Elaine Stuhr (born 1936) is a politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. She served three terms in the Nebraska Legislature, from 1995 to 2007.
Stuhr was born on June 19, 1936, in Polk County, Nebraska and graduated from Thayer High School in 1954 and from University of Nebraska-Lincoln in home economics education in 1969. She worked as an assistant instructor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and as a teacher in Henderson and Hampton.
Stuhr was elected in 1994 to represent the 24th Nebraska legislative district and reelected in 1998 and 2002. She sat on the Education Committee and the Rules Committee, represented Nebraska on the Education Commission of the States, served as vice chair of the Natural Resources Committee, and chaired the Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee.
Under Nebraska's term-limits law, she was ineligible to run for re-election in 2006.
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.
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.
Carol L. Hudkins is a politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. She served in the Nebraska Legislature for four terms, covering sixteen years.
Bob Kremer is a politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. From 1999 to 2007, he represented the 34th District in the Nebraska Legislature. Kremer is a farmer and cattle feeder.
Don Pederson was an American politician from Nebraska. He served in the state legislature from 1996 to 2007.
Marian Heiss Price is a former Nebraska state senator from Lincoln, Nebraska and registered nurse. She is a Republican.
Pam Redfield was a Nebraska state senator from Omaha, Nebraska in the Nebraska Legislature.
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.
Kermit Brashear is an American politician and lawyer from Omaha, Nebraska. He was a member of the unicameral Nebraska Legislature from 1995 to 2007, and he served as its speaker from 2005 to 2007.
The Nebraska Democratic Party (NDP) 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.
Mark Quandahl is an Omaha attorney appointed by Governor Pete Ricketts as the director of Nebraska Department of Banking and Finance, a former member of the Nebraska State Board of Education representing District 2, and the former chairman of the Nebraska Republican Party.
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 has served on the Millard Public Schools Board of Education since 2017. In 2020, she published her first children's book Unicameral and You: Collaborating for the Common Good in Nebraska's Capitol.
William P. "Bill" Avery is a politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. He served two terms in the Nebraska Legislature, from 2007 to 2015. Avery is a retired adjunct professor of political science who specializes in international trade and foreign relations.
Danielle Nantkes Conrad is a politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. From 2007 to 2015, she served in the Nebraska State Legislature, representing District 46 on the city of Lincoln's north side. She was elected again to the Nebraska Legislature in 2022.
Tanya Cook is a politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. She represented the 13th district, made up of part of Omaha, in the Nebraska Legislature.
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.
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.
Curt Friesen is a politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. In 2006, he unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the Nebraska Legislature. In 2014, he was elected to the legislature, and has since represented a central portion of the state. Friesen is a member of the Republican Party.
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.
Anthony Vargas is an American politician and former educator serving as a member of the Nebraska Legislature. Vargas represents the 7th district, which covers all of downtown Omaha and much of southeastern Omaha.