Roger Wehrbein is an American politician and a former member of the unicameral Nebraska Legislature.
Debra Lynelle Fischer is an American politician and former educator serving as the senior United States senator from Nebraska,a seat she has held since 2013. A member of the Republican Party,Fischer is the third woman to represent Nebraska in the U.S. Senate and the first to be reelected.
Jon Cumberland Bruning is an American politician who served as the 32nd Attorney General of Nebraska from 2003 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party,he previously represented the 3rd district in the Nebraska Legislature from 1997 until 2003. He was a candidate in the 2012 United States Senate election in Nebraska,losing the Republican nomination to Deb Fischer and in the 2014 Nebraska gubernatorial election,also losing the nomination to Pete Ricketts.
John Bradley Ashford was an American politician who served in the Nebraska Legislature and the United States House of Representatives from Nebraska's 2nd congressional district.
Tom White is a former member of the unicameral Nebraska Legislature from Omaha,Nebraska. He represented the 8th District,which consists of the Benson and Dundee neighborhoods in Omaha.
Danielle Nantkes Conrad is a politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. From 2007 to 2015,she served in the Nebraska State Legislature,representing District 46 on the city of Lincoln's north side. She was elected again to the Nebraska Legislature in 2022.
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Nebraska since June 26,2015,when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges that the denial of marriage rights to same-sex couples violates the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Following the court ruling,Attorney General Doug Peterson announced that the state of Nebraska would comply and recognize same-sex marriages.
Laura Lynne Ebke is a politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. A resident of the city of Crete in the southeastern part of the state,she served a single term in the Nebraska Legislature,from 2015 to 2019.
Matthew V. "Matt" Hansen is a politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. In 2014,he was elected to the Nebraska Legislature,representing a Lincoln district. Hansen is a member of the Democratic Party.
Patty Pansing Brooks is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Nebraska Legislature from the 28th district. Elected in November 2014,she assumed office on January 7,2015.
In the 1990 Nebraska gubernatorial election,Democratic challenger Ben Nelson narrowly defeated first-term Republican incumbent Kay Orr for the governorship of the state of Nebraska.
The Legal Marijuana Now Party (LMN) is a political third party in the United States. The party's platform includes abolishing the Drug Enforcement Administration and legalizing hemp and marijuana. As of 2024,the party has ballot access in Minnesota and Nebraska.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Nebraska on November 6,2018. All of Nebraska's executive officers were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat,and all of Nebraska's three seats in the United States House of Representatives.
Mark Gerald Elworth Jr. is an American freelance musician,businessman,cannabis rights activist,perennial candidate for public office,and rockhound. Elworth was the Libertarian Party candidate for Governor of Nebraska in 2014 and was the Legal Marijuana Now candidate for Vice President of the United States in 2016.
Anna Wishart is an American politician who has served in the Nebraska Legislature from the 27th district since 2017. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Megan Catherine Hunt is an American entrepreneur and politician serving as a member of the Nebraska Legislature. Hunt represents the 8th legislative district in Omaha,consisting of the midtown neighborhoods of Dundee,Benson,and Keystone. She succeeded term-limited Nebraska State Senator Burke Harr. She identifies as bisexual,and was the first openly LGBT person elected to the state legislature of Nebraska,as well as the first woman to represent the 8th district.
Nebraska Legal Marijuana NOW is a political third party in the U.S. state of Nebraska established in 2016 as the state affiliate of the Legal Marijuana Now Party.
The 2022 Nebraska State Legislature elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Nebraska voters elected state senators in the 24 even-numbered seats of the 49 legislative districts in the Nebraska Unicameral as well as in a special election for the 31st District. State senators serve four-year terms in the unicameral Nebraska Legislature.
Krystal Gabel is an American cannabis rights activist,perennial candidate,and writer. Gabel,a candidate for governor of Nebraska in the 2018 election,at age 33 was the youngest of a record number of women who ran for governorships,nationally. In 2020,Gabel ran for Nebraska Public Service Commission in the Republican primary.
The 2024 Nebraska State Legislature elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Nebraska voters elected state senators for the 25 odd-numbered seats of the 49 legislative districts in the Nebraska Unicameral. State senators serve four-year terms in the Nebraska Legislature. All elections are technically non-partisan in the State Legislature;therefore,any parties listed are from candidates' websites and official party endorsement lists. Candidates all appear on the ballot as nonpartisan. Senators are limited to two consecutive terms,after which they must wait four years before running again.
