Background
Halseth was born in Oregon in 1983, where she was raised by her mother.
Halseth was born in Oregon in 1983, where she was raised by her mother.
She graduated from North Salem High School in Salem, Oregon in 2001.
Halseth is the youngest woman in Nevada to ever have been elected to the Nevada Legislature. Halseth began her political career by running for the Nevada Assembly. However, at the last minute, she decided to shift her campaign goals on the Nevada Senate.
Her successful campaign has been called "unlikely." During the primary campaign, Halseth, the more conservative candidate, defeated Dennis Nolan.
Gordon Lawes had been sentenced to a ten year prison sentence, and Nolan left the message to say it would be "very financially beneficial" if Jaime would "tell the truth" about the rape. The release of this message has been blamed for the failure of Nolan"s campaign, and cited as a contributing factor to Halseth"s success.
Halseth announced her resignation from office on February 17, 2012, citing issues with balancing performance of her senatorial duties with being a single mother. She also wrote in her letter of resignation that she will likely seek employment outside of Nevada due to issues with finding employment: personal attacks by bloggers and partisans, the high unemployment rate in Nevada, and issues with Nevada"s economic growth that she attributes to President Barack Obama.
Her resignation followed criticism that she was missing meetings and not returning telephone calls.
Her then-husband Daniel Halseth was later indicted on two felony counts: one of coercion and one of battery. He was also indicted on one misdemeanor count of open and gross lewdness.
She was a Republican member of the Nevada Senate from November 2010 until February 2012. While a Senator, Halseth was a member of the Senate Revenue Committee, Senate Commerce, Labor and Energy Committee, and the Senate Transportation Committee.