Jill Talbot Derby served from which span of years, as an elected Regent for the Nevada System of Higher Education, and ran as the Democratic candidate for the open seat of Nevada's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district that includes the northern third of the state?
1988 to 2006
Nevada's 2nd congressional district
Nevada's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district that includes the northern third of the state.
 It includes most of Lyon County, all of Churchill, Douglas, Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Pershing, Storey, and Washoe counties, as well as the state capital, Carson City.
 The largest city in the district is Reno, the state's third largest city.
 Although the district appears rural, its politics are dominated by Reno and Carson City.
Jill Derby
Jill Talbot Derby served from 1988 to 2006 as an elected Regent for the Nevada System of Higher Education, serving three terms as Board Chair.
 She ran as the Democratic candidate for the open seat of Nevada's 2nd congressional district in the 2006 election, losing but gaining national attention by making this heavily Republican district competitive for the first time.
 Following that, she served as the chairwoman of the Nevada Democratic Party from March, 2007 until February, 2008 overseeing Nevada's first ever early presidential caucus.
 She ran for Congress again in 2008, but lost.
Bill Otto (Missouri politician)
Bill Otto is a former Democratic member of the Missouri House of Representatives, representing District 70.
 He is a Navy veteran and retired air traffic controller.
 In 2016, Otto choose to run for the 2nd Congressional District seat rather than run for re-election on the state level.
 He ran a campaign with no primary opposition for the 2nd District Congressional seat and lost to Rep. Ann Wagner.
 In March 2017, Bill Otto was hired as the Executive Director of the St. Charles County Democratic Central Committee. Charles D. Madsen
Charles D. Madsen (November 6, 1906 – February 21, 1975) was a politician in Wisconsin.
 He was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate.
 Madsen was also a candidate for the United States House of Representatives twice.
 He lost to Charles W. Henney as a member of the Socialist Party of America in 1932 for the seat representing Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district and to incumbent Alvin O'Konski in 1938 in the Republican primary for the seat representing Wisconsin's 10th congressional district.
 He was born in Durham, Connecticut.
 Madsen received his bachelor's degree from Harvard University, went to University of Chicago, and received his law degree from University of Wisconsin Law School.
 He lived in Luck, Wisconsin and served as municipal judge, justice of the peace, district attorney of Polk County, Wisconsin, and on the Luck Village Board.
 Madsen was a Progressive. Minnesota's 2nd congressional district
Minnesota’s 2nd congressional district (current) covers the south Twin Cities metro area and contains all of Scott, Dakota, Goodhue, and Wabasha counties.
 It also contains part of northern and eastern Rice County including the city of Northfield, and southern Washington County including the city of Cottage Grove.
 Burnsville and Eagan are the largest cities in the district.
 Historically, for many decades in the mid 20th century the 2nd congressional district covered the southwest corner of the state, while the 1st congressional district covered most of this part of the state. David Boswell (Kentucky politician)
David E. Boswell is a former Democratic member of the Kentucky Senate, having represented the 8th District from 1990 to 2011.
 Earlier he was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1978 through 1983.
 In 1983, he defeated Republican Richard Turner to be elected Agriculture Commissioner of Kentucky with 64%.
 In 1987, he was a candidate for Lieutenant Governor unsuccessfully in the Democratic Primary on a ticket paired with Grady Stumbo.
 The Stumbo-Boswell ticket came in fourth.
 He returned the political arena and was the 2008 Democratic nominee for U.S. Representative for Kentucky's 2nd Congressional District, and lost to Republican nominee Brett Guthrie.
 The congressional seat became open because of the retirement of Republican Ron Lewis. Will Shafroth
Will Shafroth was a candidate in the Democratic primary to replace Mark Udall in Colorado's 2nd congressional district in 2008.
 Will is a fourth-generation Coloradan and the great-grandson of one of Colorado Governor John Shafroth, a man who was the principal author in the U.S. House of the Antiquities Act, which gives the President the authority to set aside lands for conservation and cultural resource preservation purposes, as well as the establishment of Rocky Mountain National Park.
 Born in Arapahoe County in 1957, Will has devoted his adult life to public service, particularly to conservation of land, water and wildlife.
 Despite winning the endorsement by both major newspapers (The Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News) and many local and state leaders, he was defeated in August 2008 by Jared Polis, who outspent Shafroth 5-1 in the primary.
 Polis was eventually elected as the Member of Congress from the 2nd congressional district. South Dakota's 2nd congressional district
South Dakota's 2nd congressional district is an obsolete district.
 It was created after the 1910 census and abolished after the 1980 census.
 Members were elected at-large until the formation of individual districts after the 1910 Census.
 From 1913 until 1933, the 2nd District covered much of northeastern South Dakota, including the cities of Aberdeen, Brookings, Huron, and Watertown.
 When South Dakota's 3rd congressional district was eliminated after the 1930 Census, the 2nd District was relocated to cover all of the counties in South Dakota west of the Missouri River.
 Population changes eventually moved the district's boundaries further east.
 During the 97th Congress, it covered all but the 21 easternmost counties in the state. Kawika Crowley
David "Kawika" Crowley, born in 1952, was the Hawaii Republican nominee for the United States House of Representatives, 2nd congressional district in November 2012.
 A colorful and offbeat candidate, he achieved notability as the "homeless handyman" running for Congress.
 He was the first homeless person in Hawaii and perhaps any state to be nominated for Congress on a major party ticket.
 In 2014, Crowley again won the Republican primary race for the 2nd Congressional district in a contested race. Jackie Walorski
Jacqueline R. Walorski (born August 13, 1963) is an American politician who has been the U.S. Representative for Indiana's 2nd congressional district since 2013.
 She is a member of the Republican Party, and she was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives, representing Indiana's 21st district, from 2005 to 2010.
 In 2010, Walorski won the Republican nomination for Indiana's 2nd congressional district, but narrowly lost in the general election to Democratic incumbent Joe Donnelly.
 In 2012, Walorski went on to win the open seat.