CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Steve Sisolak says he's becoming Nevada's governor as the state is reaching new political milestones.
The Democrat noted in his inauguration remarks Monday that Nevada has the first female-majority state Legislature in the nation and that voters in November elected the state's first African American constitutional officer in Aaron Ford and first Latina lieutenant governor in Kate Marshall.
Sisolak gave a speech in Carson City shortly after being sworn in as the state's first Democratic governor in about two decades.
Ford, Marshall, Democratic Treasurer Zach Conine, Republican Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske and Democratic Controller Catherine Byrne were also sworn in Monday.