Background
Settelmeyer was born in Carson City, and now lives and works on his family ranch in Carson Valley.
Settelmeyer was born in Carson City, and now lives and works on his family ranch in Carson Valley.
California Polytechnic State University.
He represents Churchill, Douglas, Lyon County, and Storey County in Senate District 17. Senator Settelmeyer is a third generation Nevada Rancher born in the United States. His great-grandfather migrated to Gardnerville, Nevada in 1880 from West Falla, West Germany.
Settelmeyer is an agriculturalist and was educated from California Polytechnic State University.
Settelmeyer was first elected in 2006, and his first session was in 2007 where he was placed on the Commerce and Labor, Governmental Affairs, and Election Procedures & Constitutional Amendments committees. In the Interim James has been appointed to serve on the Senior and Veterans study committee.
Before being an elected representative he was the chairman of the Carson Valley Conservation District, as well as chairman of the Nevada State Conservation Commission. Settelmeyer was appointed Chairman of District Nine of the Office of the National Ombudsman, United States. Small Business Administration in October 2008.
District Nine comprises five states: California, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii and Guam.