Dan Watermeier | |
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Member of the Nebraska Legislature from the 1st district | |
In office January 9, 2013 –January 9, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Lavon Heidemann |
Succeeded by | Julie Slama |
Personal details | |
Born | Lincoln,Nebraska,U.S. | May 29,1961
Political party | Republican |
Education | University of Nebraska,Lincoln (BS) |
Website | Official website |
Dan Watermeier (born May 29,1961 in Lincoln,Nebraska) [1] is an American politician and a former Nebraska state senator in the unicameral Nebraska Legislature representing District 1. [2]
While in the legislature,Watermeier served as the chairman of the Legislative Performance Audit Committee [3] and vice-chairman of the Executive Committee. [4]
Watermeier earned his BS in agriculture from University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
When Senator Lavon Heidemann ran for Nebraska University Board of Regents in 2012 and left the District 1 seat open,Watermeier placed first in the May 15,2012,Primary election with 3,438 votes, [5] and won the November 6,2012 General election with 8,737 votes against Jerry Joy, [6] who had previously run for the seat in 2008.
Watermeier was previously elected to the Nemaha Natural Resources District and appointed to the Nebraska Natural Resources Commission. [7]
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