Elizabeth Nicole Helgelien (née Schworak; formerly Halseth, born February 5, 1983) is an American politician.

Elizabeth Nicole Schworak was born in Oregon in 1983, where she and her four siblings were raised by her single mother Candy.

In 2006, after her husband lost his job and her income working for a tow truck company was insufficient, the couple was forced to file for personal bankruptcy and thereafter moved to Nevada.

[5] During the primary campaign, Halseth released a telephone recording of her opponent, long-term Republican Dennis Nolan, pressuring the ex-wife of his friend, Gordon Lawes, who had been sentenced to a ten-years in prison for raping her 16-year old sister, to "tell the truth" about the rape and that it would be "very financially beneficial" if she did.

[2] She announced her resignation from office on February 17, 2012, citing issues with balancing performance of her senatorial duties with being a single mother.

In March 2023, Helgelien announced that she would run for Congress to represent Nevada's 3rd congressional district, challenging Democratic incumbent Susie Lee.

[13] In April 2021, her then 16-year-old daughter, Sierra, and Sierra's boyfriend, Aaron Guerrero, were arrested in Salt Lake City for the murder of Helgelien's ex-husband Daniel Halseth in Las Vegas; Halseth was stabbed, dismembered, and then burned in order to cover up the killing.