Earl Benjamin Nelson is an American attorney,businessman,and politician who served as the 37th governor of Nebraska from 1991 to 1999 and as a United States Senator from Nebraska from 2001 to 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party,and as of 2023,the last Democrat to hold any statewide elected office in Nebraska.
Michael Owen Johanns is an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from Nebraska from 2009 to 2015. He served as the 38th governor of Nebraska from 1999 until 2005,and was chair of the Midwestern Governors Association in 2002. In 2005,he was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as the Secretary of Agriculture,where he served from 2005 to 2007,becoming the fourth Nebraskan to hold that position.
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.
Michael John Flood is an American attorney,businessman,and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Nebraska's 1st congressional district since July 2022. He previously served two stints as a member of the Nebraska Legislature from the 19th district,from 2005 to 2013 and 2021 to 2022. He served as speaker of the Legislature from 2007 to 2013.
Adrian Michael Smith is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Nebraska's 3rd congressional district since 2007. A member of the Republican Party,he represented the 48th district in the Nebraska Legislature from 1999 to 2007. Smith is the dean of Nebraska's congressional delegation.
The Nebraska Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of Nebraska. Over 700 Democrats are elected across the state of Nebraska. Jane Kleeb is the chair of the Nebraska Democratic Party and also serves as the Midwest Chair of the Association of State Democratic Committees.
Harold John Daub Jr. is an American lawyer and politician from Nebraska who served four terms in the United States House of Representatives and as the 48th Mayor of Omaha,Nebraska. In 2012,Daub was elected to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska system. He is a member of the Republican Party.
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.
The 2009 Omaha mayoral election was held on May 12,2009. Incumbent mayor Mike Fahey declined to seek a third term. The election was won by city councilman Jim Suttle,who defeated former mayor Hal Daub by a two percent margin.
Robert J. Krist is an American politician who served as the Nebraska State Senator from the 10th district from 2009 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party until 2017,his district includes Bennington and part of Omaha. Krist joined the Democratic Party in 2018;he was its nominee for Governor of Nebraska in the 2018 election.
Coleen J. Seng is a politician,who served as the 50th mayor of Lincoln,Nebraska. A member of the Democratic Party,she served as mayor from May 19,2003 to May 19,2007. She is best known for seeking payment for $32,000 worth of security expenses,incurred during the 2004 fundraising visit of Dick Cheney.
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.
The 2017 United States elections were held,in large part,on Tuesday,November 7,2017. This off-year election featured gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey,as well as state legislative elections in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature and in the Virginia House of Delegates. Numerous citizen initiatives,mayoral races,and a variety of other local elections also occurred. Special elections were also held for one seat of the U.S. Senate,representing Alabama,and six seats of the U.S. House of Representatives. The Democrats picked up the governorship in New Jersey and the Alabama Senate seat that was up for a special election. The governorship in Virginia and the six House seats that were up for special elections did not change party hands.
Laura 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. Originally a member of the Republican Party who described herself as "a conservative libertarian",Ebke changed her registration to the Libertarian Party in 2016;she was thought to be the first Libertarian member of the officially nonpartisan legislature. In July 2020,Ebke was elected to member-at-large of the Libertarian National Committee.
The 2020 United States Senate election in Nebraska was held on November 3,2020,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Nebraska,concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 1986 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 4,1986,and featured state Treasurer Kay Orr,a Republican,defeating Democratic nominee,former Mayor of Lincoln Helen Boosalis. Incumbent Democratic governor Bob Kerrey did not seek a second term.
Carol Blood is an American politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. In 2016,she was elected to represent District 3 in Sarpy County in the Nebraska Legislature with 51.56% of the vote. In 2020 she was re-elected with 50.4% of the vote. She was the Democratic nominee in the 2022 Nebraska gubernatorial election. Blood is a member of the Democratic Party,though elections to the Nebraska Legislature are officially nonpartisan.
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.
Lincoln,Nebraska held an election for mayor on May 7,2019,being preceded by an April 9 general primary. It saw the election of Leirion Gaylor Baird.
