LAS VEGAS — Growing up in Las Vegas, Steven Horsford never dreamed he’d one day serve in Congress.
To help his single mother and his three siblings, he started working at age 14 for a Pizza Hut during the day and an animal shelter at night, cleaning the kennels.
Horsford, D-Nev., grew up poor but has since climbed the political ladder. He was the first in his family to attend college, and he led the Culinary Academy of Las Vegas before winning a seat in the Nevada state Senate and later, a seat in Congress, the first Black person to represent the Silver State in that body. And in his new role as chair of an influential congressional caucus, he has pushed also Nevada to an even higher position on the national level.
