Ernest William Chambers is an American politician and civil rights activist who represented North Omaha's 11th District in the Nebraska State Legislature from 1971 to 2009 and again from 2013 to 2021. He could not run in 2020 due to term limits.
John Peter Ricketts is an American politician who is the United States senator-designate for the state of Nebraska. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the 40th governor of Nebraska from 2015 to 2023.
Mike Foley is an American politician who formerly served as the 41st lieutenant governor of Nebraska from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party,he was previously elected to the Nebraska Legislature from 2001 to 2007 and served as the Nebraska Auditor of Public Accounts from 2007 until 2015. Following the Nebraska 2022 elections he was elected and won to serve as auditor of Nebraska serving since 2023.
Ray Janssen served as a Nebraska state senator from Nickerson,Nebraska in the Nebraska Legislature from 1993 to 2009 and as a grocer.
Peter Allen "Pete" Pirsch is a politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. He was born in Omaha,Nebraska. His mother,Carol McBride Pirsch,was a member of the Nebraska Legislature,representing the 10th district from 1979 to 1997. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia,the University of Nebraska College of Law (JD),and the University of Nebraska at Omaha (MBA). His professional experience included working as the vice president of PBC,Inc.,and as a criminal prosecutor in the city of Omaha.
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.
Amanda McGill Johnson is a politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. From 2007 to 2015,she represented a Lincoln district in the Nebraska Legislature. She ran as the Democratic Party's candidate for Nebraska State Auditor in 2014,losing to Republican candidate Charlie Janssen.
The 2014 Nebraska gubernatorial election took place on Tuesday,November 4,2014 to elect the 40th Governor of Nebraska. Republican Candidate and former COO of TD Ameritrade Pete Ricketts defeated Democratic candidate and former Regent of the University of Nebraska Chuck Hassebrook,receiving 57.2% of the vote to Hassebrook's 39.2% This was the first open seat election,and the first time a Democrat won a county for governor since 1998.
The 2014 United States Senate election in Nebraska took place on November 4,2014. Incumbent Republican Senator Mike Johanns did not run for re-election to a second term. Republican nominee Ben Sasse defeated Democratic nominee David Domina to succeed him.
Benjamin Eric Sasse is an American academic administrator and politician who served as a United States senator from Nebraska from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party,Sasse is the president-designate of the University of Florida.
Chip Maxwell is an American politician and conservative talk radio host from the state of Nebraska. A member of the Republican Party,Maxwell served in the unicameral Nebraska Legislature from 2001 to 2005 and on the Douglas County Board of Commissioners from 2005 to 2009. He stated that he would run in the Republican Party primary election for the U.S. House of Representatives in Nebraska's 2nd congressional district in the 2016 Election. Maxwell was defeated in the 2016 Republican primary by Don Bacon,66%–34%,and in 2017 became the host of the "Omaha's Morning Answer" radio show on The Answer/KOTK.
John Murante is an American politician serving as the 44th and current Nebraska State Treasurer since 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he previously was elected to the unicameral Nebraska Legislature from 2013 until 2019,representing District 49.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Nebraska on November 4,2014. 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. Primary elections were held on May 13,2014,for offices that require them.
David Schnoor is a politician from the state of Nebraska. In December 2014,he was appointed to the Nebraska Legislature,representing a district in the east-central part of the state. He was defeated by Lynne Walz in the 2016 election. He is a member of the Republican Party.
The 2018 Nebraska gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the Governor of Nebraska,concurrently with the election of Nebraska's Class I U.S. Senate seat,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states,elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various Nebraska and local elections. Incumbent Republican Governor Pete Ricketts won re-election to a second term.
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.
Anthony Vargas is an American educator and politician serving as a member of the Nebraska Legislature. Vargas represents the 7th district,which covers all of downtown Omaha and much of southeastern Omaha.
Lynne Walz is a Nebraska Senator for the Unicameral. She currently represents District 15 which includes Fremont,NE and surrounding areas. She is a member of the Democratic Party but the Nebraska Unicameral is a nonpartisan elected body.
The 2022 Nebraska gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Nebraska. Incumbent Republican Governor Pete Ricketts was term-limited and unable to seek a third term.
The Government of the U.S. State of Nebraska,established by the Nebraska Constitution,is a republican democracy modeled after the Federal Government of the United States. The state government has three branches:the executive,the legislative,and the judicial. Through a system of separation of powers,or "checks and balances," each of these branches has some authority to act on its own,and also some authority to regulate the other two branches,so that all three branches can limit and balance the others' authority. The State Government is based in Lincoln,the capital city of Nebraska.
