Name: William Mulder
Congressman, Nevada's 2nd Congressional District
Party: Republican
Region: Rocky Mountains::West
DOB: 5/20/1959
Birthplace: Rachel, NV
Current City: North Las Vegas, NV
Education:
BA, Psychology, UNLV, 1980
Ph.D., Psychology, Harvard University, 1983
Professional:
Las Vegas Field Office, FBI (1983-1988)
Resigned from FBI in 1988 for investigative indiscretions regarding PROJECT DREAMLAND
Clark County Commissioner (1988-1992)
Congressman, Nevada's 2nd Congressional District (1992-Present)
Personal:
Wife: Dana Katherine Spender, 1987-Present
Children: Jeffrey William (b. 1988), Samantha Alexandra "Alex" (b. 1991)
Favorite Band: Toad the Wet Sprocket
Bio: Born in the remote town of Rachel to parents employed at a top secret military projects research facility attached to Nellis Air Force Base near Dry Groom Lake, Nevada, Mulder became a successful college student and later a rising star in the FBI's criminal investigation community. But the young agent's interest in his parents' work soon alienated him within the bureau, and he left to pursue a career in politics. After four years on the Clark County Commission, he ran for the Republican nomination to succeed Barbara Vucanovich in the House of Representatives. Facing off against future Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons and future conservative darling Sharron Angle in the primary, Mulder's charisma and deep spending helped drive an insurgent campaign. Despite his being disavantaged by being from Clark County in the Reno-based district, Mulder swept the 2nd District's rural counties along with the Carson City area while the Reno-based Gibbons and Angle split their geographic base, allowing Mulder to defeat Angle by just 197 votes with 35.2% in the primary. He defeated his Democratic opponent Walter Krycek by 8% in the tough 1992 election cycle.
Mulder lives in North Las Vegas with his wife Dana and their two children. He rents a studio apartment in Reno when making constituent trips in the western part of the state, and is one of the first members of Congress to actively incorporate electronic mail communications into his constituent relations program, even incorporating constituents into targeted "e-mail" and matched mailing lists, including his sometimes controversial "Transparency Ticker" list, which disseminates recently declassified government documents. When he was campaigning for Congress, he also distributed communiques from a magazine publishing group known only as TLG, whose origin could not be traced due to server encryption programs that neither local authorities nor the FEC could decode....
