Augustine, Kathy Marie

Kathy Augustine worked in the Nevada legislature from 1993 to 2006. Augustine was born May 29, 1956 in Los Angeles, California. In California Augustine received her Bachelor's Degree from Occidental College and her Master's Degree in Public Administration from California State University, Long Beach. Augustine came to Las Vegas in 1988 while working as a flight attendant for Delta Air Lines. In 1993 she won the assembly seat for District 12 running as a Republican. Augustine was part of the Nevada State Senate from 1994 to 1998. In 1998 Augustine was elected State Controller and she was the first woman to have the position. In 2004 Augustine was impeached for unethical campaigning in her 2002 reelection campaign. Despite being impeached she was allowed to remain in office as State Controller because her lawyers argued her crimes did not affect the people of Nevada, and were not the sort of crimes an official is removed from office for. Augustine continued her to work as State Controller until 2006, when she was found unconscious in her Reno, Nevada home. She died four days later on July 11th, 2006. While initially her death seemed to be from natural causes, her husband was later convicted of her murder.