Doug Cunningham (born October 13, 1954, in Osmond, Nebraska) is a politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. He served in the Nebraska Legislature from 2001 to 2007.
Cunningham graduated from Wausa High School in 1972.
He was elected in 2000 to represent the 18th Nebraska Legislative District. In redistricting following the 2000 U.S. census, Wausa became part of the 40th District. Cunningham was elected to the 40th District seat in 2002.
In the legislature, he chaired the Business and Labor Committee, and sat on the Agriculture Committee and the Health and Human Services Committee.
Wausa is a village in Knox County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 634 at the 2010 census.
Douglas Kent Bereuter is an American retired politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 until 2004. He also served as the president and CEO of The Asia Foundation from 2004 to 2011 and is a member of the ReFormers Caucus at Issue One. Bereuter is a member of the Republican Party.
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.
Norbert Theodore "Nobby" Tiemann was an American Republican politician from Wausa, Nebraska, and was the 32nd Governor of Nebraska, serving from 1967 to 1971.
Jim D. Cudaback is a politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. From 1991 to 2007, he represented the 36th District in the Nebraska Legislature.
Leo Patrick Engel was an American politician from the state of Nebraska. A resident of South Sioux City, Engel served four terms in the Nebraska Legislature, from 1993 to 2009.
Philip Erdman is a politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. A member of the Republican Party, Erdman served in the Nebraska Legislature from 2001 to 2009. He works as a credit analyst and appraiser.
Ray Janssen served as a Nebraska state senator from Nickerson, Nebraska in the Nebraska Legislature from 1993 to 2009 and as a grocer.
Joel T. Johnson was a Nebraska state senator from Kearney, Nebraska, in the Nebraska Legislature and a retired general surgeon.
Don Preister is a Democrat who served 16 years as a Nebraska state senator from Bellevue, Nebraska in the Nebraska Legislature and greeting card manufacturer for Joy Creations. He has served on the Bellevue City Council since 2009 and was the council president for 2013. He founded Green Bellevue in 2009 and serves as its leader.
Ed Schrock was a Nebraska state senator from Elm Creek, Nebraska, United States in the Nebraska Legislature and farmer.
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John E. Nelson is an American politician who served as the 40th lieutenant governor of Nebraska from September 29, 2014 to January 8, 2015 under Governor Dave Heineman. He is a member of the Republican Party.
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Merton L. "Cap" Dierks was an American politician from the state of Nebraska. He served in the Nebraska Legislature from 1987 to 2003 and again from 2007 to 2011.
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 state legislature of any U.S. state.
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.
The 1966 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1966, and featured former Wausa Mayor Norbert Tiemann, a Republican, defeating Democratic nominee, Lieutenant Governor Philip C. Sorensen. This was the first gubernatorial election in Nebraska in which the term in office was extended from two to four years, with a limit of two consecutive terms.
Mike Hilgers is an American businessman, lawyer and politician who is the Nebraska Attorney General. He previously served as a Republican member of the Nebraska Legislature, representing the 21st district from 2017 to 2023. On January 6, 2021, Hilgers was elected as Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature.
The 2022 Nebraska Attorney General election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the next attorney general of Nebraska. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Doug Peterson was eligible to run for a third term, but he announced on December 14, 2021 that he would not run for re-election.