James Settelmeyer is a Republican politician of the Nevada Senate in the United States of America. He represents Churchill, Douglas, Lyon County, and Storey County in Senate District 17. Settelmeyer was born in Carson City, and now lives and works on his family ranch in Carson Valley. Senator Settelmeyer is a third generation Nevada Rancher born in the United States. His great-grandfather migrated to Gardnerville, NV in 1880 from West Falla, West Germany.