Michael Roberson

{{short description|Minority Leader of the Nevada Senate}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Michael Roberson

|office = Minority Leader of the Nevada Senate

|term_start = November 9, 2016

|term_end = November 7, 2018

|predecessor = Aaron D. Ford

|successor = James Settelmeyer

|term_start1 = February 4, 2013

|term_end1 = November 5, 2014

|predecessor1 = Mike McGinness

|successor1 = Aaron D. Ford

|office2 = Majority Leader of the Nevada Senate

|term_start2 = November 5, 2014

|term_end2 = November 9, 2016

|predecessor2 = Mo Denis

|successor2 = Aaron D. Ford

|state_senate3 = Nevada

|district3 = 20th

|term_start3 = December 8, 2011

|term_end3 = November 9, 2018

|predecessor3 = Constituency established

|successor3 = Keith Pickard

|state_senate4 = Nevada

|district4 = 5th

|alongside4 = Shirley Breeden

|term_start4 = November 3, 2010

|term_end4 = December 7, 2011

|predecessor4 = Joyce Woodhouse

|successor4 = Constituency abolished

|birth_name = Michael Craig Roberson

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|6|20}}

|birth_place = Webb City, Missouri, U.S.

|death_date =

|death_place =

|party = Republican

|spouse = {{marriage|Liberty Leavitt|2008}}

|education = University of Kansas, Lawrence {{small|(BA, JD)}}

|website = {{URL|votemichaelroberson.com|Campaign website}}

}}

Michael Craig Roberson is an American attorney and politician who served in the Nevada Senate from 2010 until 2018, representing the 20th district. A Republican, Roberson was Senate Majority Leader from 2014 until 2016, and Senate Minority Leader from 2013 to 2014 and again from 2016 to 2018. He is responsible for passing the largest tax increase in Nevada's history, the 2015 Commerce Tax.[http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/76th2011/legislators/Senators/Roberson.pdf Government website]

On August 21, 2017, Roberson announced that he would run for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada; the incumbent, Mark Hutchison, announced that he would not be seeking a second term in the 2018 election. After winning the Republican nomination, Roberson lost in the general election to the Democratic candidate, Kate Marshall.