Bruce L. Woodbury is a politician and lawyer in Nevada

Nevada

Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...

, currently residing in Boulder City

Boulder City, Nevada

Boulder City is a city in Clark County, Nevada, United States. It is approximately from the City of Las Vegas. As of the 2010 census the population of Boulder City was 15,023.Boulder City is one of only two cities in Nevada that prohibit gambling....

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Bruce graduated from Las Vegas High School

Las Vegas High School

Las Vegas High School is a public high school in unincorporated Sunrise Manor, Nevada, United States, and a part of the Clark County School District. It is the oldest high school in Las Vegas, originally opening in 1931 on what was originally the outskirts of town...

, the University of Utah

University of Utah

The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...

 and Stanford School of Law.

The Bruce Woodbury Beltway is named in honor of his service to the county.

Biography

Woodbury's political career began when he was appointed to the Clark County Commission to fill an open seat in 1981 in District A. He was elected in 1982 to a full term and has been re-elected every four years since then. Woodbury left office in 2009 after he was unable to run in 2008 for reelection due to term limits in Nevada.

Woodbury has twice served as commission chairman. First from 1989 to 1990 and again from 1999 to 2000.