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.
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.
Russ Karpisek is a politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. He served in the Nebraska Legislature from 2007 to 2015.
The Nebraska Legislature is the legislature of the U.S. state of Nebraska. The Legislature meets at the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln. With 49 members,known as "senators",the Nebraska Legislature is the smallest U.S. state legislature. A total of 25 members is required for a majority;however,in order to overcome a filibuster,a two-thirds vote of all members is required,which takes 33 votes.
Burke Harr is a politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. Harr was a member of the Nebraska Legislature,in which he represented the 8th legislative district in Omaha,consisting of the midtown neighborhoods of Dundee and Benson and the neighborhoods that surround Creighton Preparatory School. Harr was barred from reelection in 2018 due to term limits.
Mervin Merle Riepe is an American politician from the state of Nebraska. In 2014,he was elected to the Nebraska Legislature,representing a district in the Omaha metropolitan area. In 2018,he lost re-election to Democrat Steve Lathrop,but in 2022 after Lathrop decided not to seek re-election,Riepe was again elected to the Nebraska Legislature.
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.
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.
Robert Clements is an American politician and businessman.
Jane Michele Raybould is a member of the Nebraska Legislature from Lincoln,Nebraska,in District 28. She is a former member of the Lincoln city council.
The 2018 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. Nebraska is unique among American| states in that there is only one chamber in its state legislature,and this chamber is called the Unicameral and the State Legislature interchangeably. State senators serve four-year terms in the Nebraska Unicameral.
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.
Machaela M. Cavanaugh is an American politician serving in the Nebraska Legislature from the 6th district. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
The 2020 Nebraska State Legislature elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Nebraska voters elected state senators in the 25 odd-numbered seats of the 49 legislative districts in the Nebraska Unicameral. State senators serve four-year terms in the unicameral Nebraska Legislature.
John K. Arch is a politician in the U.S. state of Nebraska who has served in the Nebraska Legislature from the 14th district since 2019.
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.
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.
George Dungan III is a member of the state legislature in the U.S. state of Nebraska and a public defender.
Rick Holdcroft is a member of the Nebraska Legislature for District 36 from Bellevue,Nebraska. He was elected to the Nebraska Legislature on November 8,2022. Holdcroft is the first senator to serve District 36 since it was relocated to Sarpy County after the Nebraska Legislature's 2021 redistricting. Holdcroft served in the United States Navy for 28 years.
