Brian Nieves

Brian D. Nieves is a former Republican member of the Missouri Senate, and a former majority whip in the Missouri House of Representatives. Nieves represented the 26th District, which covers Franklin County, Warren County, and part of St.Louis County.

Not to be confused with Brian Nievas.
Brian Nieves
Missouri Senate Majority Whip
In office
January 5, 2013 – January 8, 2015
Preceded byMike Parson
Succeeded bySandy Crawford
Member of the Missouri Senate
from the 26th district
In office
January 5, 2011 – January 8, 2015
Preceded byJohn Griesheimer
Succeeded byDave Schatz
Personal details
Born (1965-06-19) June 19, 1965
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Julie Nieves
Children3
ResidenceWashington, Missouri

Personal life

Nieves is a graduate of Pacific High School in Franklin County. In 1984, Nieves enlisted in the United States Navy, serving ten years as a Hospital Corpsman, as a field medic alongside the Marines.

Following his military service, Nieves returned to Franklin County. He currently resides in Washington, Missouri with his wife, Julie.

Nieves was the host of a morning talk radio show called "The Patriot Enclave" on KWMO 1350 AM in Washington, MO and functioned as KWMO's marketing director. He and his wife also operate Nieves Enterprises and Hwy 66 Auto Sales. Additionally, Nieves serves as a high school substitute teacher.

Bullying Behavior

According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, Nieves is "something of a bully. In August 2010, after winning the Senate primary, he pulled a gun on a man who worked for his opponent’s campaign." [1]

In April 2013 an article in Gawker covered an exchange of emails with one of his constituents. This was also reported in the Huffington post in the same month. In the exchange Nieves insulted the constituent's appearance and suggested that if he typed slower the constituent may find it easier to understand.

In August 2010 the Riverfront Times published a link to the 12 pages of a police report filed with the Washington Police department by Shawn Bell following an alleged verbal and physical attack by Nieves. In the report by Bell, he is said to have been hit with Nieves' spit in the face as well as kicked and punched while lying on the ground shirtless. He then forced Bell to call Nieves wife to apologize for letting her know that he had cheated on her, and to state it was not true. This was also reported in the Law and Order section of the Missouri State Dispatch.

In August 2010, Nieves was accused of assaulting an opponents' campaign worker, Shawn Bell, following a contentious primary election which Nieves won, during a visit by Bell to Nieves' campaign headquarters while he and his campaign manager were winding down the campaign.[2] Nieves denied any assault had occurred and his campaign manager, who was present during the entire visit by Bell, concurred with this denial. On September 10, 2010, Franklin County Prosecutor Bob Parks announced he would not be seeking criminal charges against Nieves, commenting that he could not prove that a criminal act had occurred.[3] Shawn Bell announced in a statement that he still planned to file a civil lawsuit against Nieves.[4]

Elected office

A new 98th District was created after redistricting following the 2000 census. The 110th and 98th merged into the new (98th) District. In 2002, Nieves ran to replace outgoing State Representatives May Scheve(D) and Francis Overschmidt(D). Nieves won a primary race against Dave Bailey, and won a general election contest against Tom Herbst. He won reelection in 2004, 2006, and 2008. His term expired in 2010, at which point he ran to succeed John Griesheimer as a state senator. In 2014, Nieves ran an unsuccessful campaign for the position of Recorder of Deeds in Franklin County, Missouri, losing in the Republican primary. [5] In January 2013, he was elected to Majority Whip of the Senate.[6]

Electoral history
2010 General Election for Missouri's 26th Senate District[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Brian Nieves 42,112 65.6
Democratic George (Boots) Weber 19,063 29.7
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 Constitution Richard Newton 2,988 4.7
2010 Republican Primary for Missouri's 26th Senate District[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Brian Nieves 13,157 44.1
Republican Dick Stratman 6,300 21.1
Republican Donald Meyer 1,003 3.4
Republican Jack Jackson 9,346 31.4
2008 General Election for Missouri’s 98th District House of Representatives[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Brian Nieves 10,356 60.0
Democratic Jim Mense 6,909 40.0
2006 General Election for Missouri’s 98th District House of Representatives[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Brian Nieves 7,470 57.2
Democratic Jim Mense 5,585 42.8
2004 General Election for Missouri’s 98th District House of Representatives[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Brian Nieves 9,816 62.4
Democratic Gloria Sennert 5,924 37.6
2002 General Election for Missouri’s 98th District House of Representatives[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Brian Nieves 6,141 53.8
Democratic Tom Herbst 5,272 46.2
2002 Primary Election for Missouri’s 98th District House of Representatives[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Brian Nieves 2,297 57.3
Democratic Dave Bailey 1,710 42.7

References
  1. "Missouri Lawmaker Proposes Amendment to Reject U.S. Laws". Southern Poverty Law Cantre. 18 April 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. Kansas City Star Archived August 17, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Parks: No Charge in Case Against Nieves" Washington Missourian, September 10, 2010
  4. "Bell Plans to File Civil Lawsuit Against Nieves" Washington Missourian, September 10, 2010
  5. "08-05-14 Primary Results" Official Website of Franklin County, Missouri
  6. https://patch.com/missouri/eureka-wildwood/senator-nieves-appointed-missouri-majority-caucus-whip
  7. Missouri Secretary of State Election Archives-November 2, 2010 General Election-Senate District 26-Retrieved December 13, 2010
  8. Missouri Secretary of State Election Archives-August 3, 2010 Primary Election-Senate District 26-Retrieved December 13, 2010
  9. Missouri Secretary of State Election Archives-November 4, 2008 General Election-District 98-Retrieved March 29, 2009
  10. Missouri Secretary of State Election Archives-November 7, 2006 General Election-District 98-Retrieved March 29, 2009
  11. Missouri Secretary of State Election Archives-November 2, 2004 General Election-District 98-Retrieved March 29, 2009
  12. Missouri Secretary of State Election Archives-November 5, 2002 General Election-District 98-Retrieved March 29, 2009
  13. Missouri Secretary of State Election Archives-August 6, 2002 Primary Election-District 98-Retrieved March 29, 2009
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