McQuestian, J. Fay

Democrat, J. Fay McQuestian ran for the University of Nevada Board of Regents in 1916. She was opposed by two other women: Republican, Edna Baker and Socialist I.H. Kent. Baker won the election and thus became the first woman to hold state office in Nevada. At the time of this election the Board of Regents was a statewide office. However, in 1957 the state legislature re-designated the office as a district specific position.