district religion children state_assembly birth_place party preceded birth_date term_start spouse image article_title name occupation
32nd latter-day saints 8 nevada reno , nevada republican don gustavson 05 october 1960 january 2011 alexis ira hansen.png ira hansen
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ira hansen

ira hansen -lrb- born october 5 , 1960 -rrb- is an american politician and member of the republican party who has been a member of the nevada state assembly since 2011 , representing district 32 in northern nevada .
in november 2014 , he was designated by assembly republicans to be the next speaker of the assembly .
he withdrew from consideration later that month after a controversy over sexist , racist and homophobic comments he had made in newspaper opinion columns .
