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barbara buckley

barbara buckley -lrb- born november 23 , 1960 in philadelphia , pennsylvania -rrb- is an attorney and democratic party politician who served as a member of the nevada assembly , representing clark county district 8 from 1994 to 2011 .
she served as assembly speaker from 2007 to 2011 , the first woman in nevada history to serve as speaker .
she also served as majority leader of the assembly from 2001 to 2007 .
recently enacted term limits prevented buckley from seeking re-election in the 2010 elections .
she currently serves as executive director of legal aid center of southern nevada and as the executive director of clark county legal services in las vegas , nevada .
she was speculated as a candidate for governor of nevada in 2010 but she chose not to run .
she considered running in 2014 but again declined to do so , saying that `` i am not getting back into the political world '' .
