Cresent Leo Hardy (born June 23, 1957) is an American politician from the state of Nevada; he was the U.S. Representative for Nevada 's 4 congressional district from 2015 to 2017.
 A member of the Republican Party, Hardy was a member of the Nevada State Assembly, representing the 19th district prior to his election to the House.
 He lost his bid for re-election in the 2016 general election to Democratic challenger Ruben Kihuen.
Archie William Parnell Jr. is an American attorney and politician.
 He was the Democratic Party nominee for the June 20, 2017, special election for South Carolina's 5th congressional district of the U.S. House of Representatives.
 He lost the election to Republican Ralph Norman, receiving approximately 48% of the vote in the general election, an unexpectedly close margin.
Thomas Swann (February 3, 1809 – July 24, 1883) was an American politician.
 Initially a Know-Nothing, and later a Democrat, he served as mayor of Baltimore (1856–1860), as the 33rd Governor of Maryland (1866–1869), and as U.S. Representative from Maryland's 3rd congressional district and then 4th congressional district (1869–1879).
Jacklyn Sheryl Rosen (born August 2, 1957) is an American politician who is the U.S. Representative for Nevada's 3rd congressional district, serving since 2017.
 A member of the Democratic Party, she defeated the Republican Party nominee Danny Tarkanian in the general election held on November 8, 2016.
Thomas "Rico" Oller (born July 16, 1958) is a Republican U.S. politician from California.
 He served in the California State Assembly, representing the 4th District from 1996 to 2000, and the California State Senate, representing the 1st district from 2000 to 2004.
 In 2004, Oller ran for Congress in California's 3rd congressional district, but narrowly lost the Republican primary to former California Attorney General Dan Lungren.
 On January 10, 2008, Oller again ran for Congress, this time in California's 4th congressional district, for a seat being vacated by retiring Congressman John Doolittle.
 He faced opposition from former Congressman Doug Ose.
 On March 4, 2008, Oller dropped out of the race when California State Senator Tom McClintock (R-Thousand Oaks) announced that he was running for Doolittle's seat.
 In a statement, Oller said his decision was "a bitter pill indeed for me to swallow."
 But, he said he was endorsing McClintock to prevent the election of Ose, whom he labeled as "an unarguably liberal Republican."
 Oller ran for the newly former 5th Assembly District in 2012 facing Madera County Supervisor Frank Bigelow in the November general election.
 Oller lost to Bigelow by 5.7%.
Joaquim "Jack" M. Martins is an American attorney and politician.
 A Republican, he was first elected to represent the 7th district in the New York State Senate in 2010 and served until December 31, 2016.
 He was the Republican nominee in the 2016 election to represent New York's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, losing to Democrat Thomas Suozzi in the general election.
T. D. "Ted" Little (born June 21, 1942) is a former member of the Alabama Senate, representing the 21st District from 1974 to 1986 and the 27th District from 1990 to 2010.
 He served a total of 32 years in the Alabama Senate.
 He ran for the U. S. Congress in Alabama's 3rd Congressional District in 1996, being the Democratic nominee, but lost to Bob Riley (R) in the general election.
 Little later lost his seat in the state senate after he was defeated by Republican-challenger Tom Whatley in the general election on November 2, 2010.
Terri E. Bonoff (born August 1, 1957) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Minnesota.
 She is a former member of the Minnesota Senate, representing District 44, which included portions of Minnetonka, Plymouth and Woodland in Hennepin County in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
 A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), she was a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Minnesota's 3rd congressional district in 2016.
 She was defeated by incumbent Republican Erik Paulsen in the general election.
Daniel John "Danny" Tarkanian (born December 18, 1961) is an American attorney, businessman and Candidate for US Senate in the state of Nevada.
 A member of the Republican Party, he has mounted unsuccessful campaigns for the Nevada Senate (2004), Nevada Secretary of State (2006), the United States Senate (2010) and the United States House of Representatives (2012 and 2016).
 He most recently lost to Democrat Jacky Rosen in the November 8, 2016, general election by a close margin.
Joseph John “Joe” Heck (born October 30, 1961) is an American politician, physician, and U.S. Army Brigadier General who had served as the U.S. Representative for Nevada's 3rd congressional district from 2011 to 2017.
 Heck, a member of the Republican Party, is a board-certified physician and served as a Nevada State Senator from 2004-08.
 He ran unsuccessfully against Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto in the general election for the open Nevada United States Senate seat in 2016.
 In the same year, Heck made headlines by joining a long list of Republicans who opposed the GOP nominee for President, Donald Trump.

Question: What American politician who is the U.S. Representative for Nevada's 3rd congressional district won the November 8, 2016, general election by a close margin, taking the position from an American attorney, businessman and Candidate for US Senate in the state of Nevada?
Answer: Jacklyn Sheryl Rosen