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Robert Berkey Crosby was an American Republican politician who served as the 27th governor of Nebraska from 1953 to 1955.
David Eugene Heineman is an American politician who served as the 39th governor of Nebraska from 2005 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party,he was the 39th treasurer of Nebraska from 1995 to 2001 and 37th lieutenant governor of Nebraska from 2001 to 2005 under governor Mike Johanns. Heineman took over the governorship after Johanns resigned to become the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.
The 2006 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 7,2006;the primary election was held on May 9,2006. Republican incumbent Dave Heineman was elected to a full term,defeating Democrat David Hahn.
Donald Francis McGinley was a Democratic politician from Nebraska who served a single term in the United States House of Representatives from 1959 to 1961 and as Nebraska's 32nd lieutenant governor from 1983 to 1987 under Governor Bob Kerrey.
George de Rue Meiklejohn was an American politician who served as the fifth lieutenant governor of Nebraska under Governor John Milton Thayer and as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Nebraska. He was the United States Assistant Secretary of War from 1897 to 1901.
Lavon Lynn Heidemann is an American politician and farmer who served as the 39th lieutenant governor of Nebraska from February 13,2013 to September 9,2014 under Governor Dave Heineman. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Abbie Cornett is a politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. She served two terms,from 2005 to 2013,as a member of the Nebraska Legislature.
Rick Sheehy is an American politician who served as the 38th lieutenant governor of Nebraska from 2005 to 2013. A member of the Republican Party since 2003,he is the longest-serving lieutenant governor in Nebraska history,with slightly over eight years of service. He was appointed to the office by Governor Dave Heineman,having been previously elected as Mayor of Hastings in 2000.
The lieutenant governor of Nebraska is the highest-ranking executive official in the State of Nebraska after the governor. According to the Nebraska State Constitution,in the event a governor dies,becomes permanently incapacitated,resigns,or is removed from office,the lieutenant governor will become governor.
Jon Cumberland Bruning is an American politician who served as the 32nd Attorney General of Nebraska from 2003 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party,he previously represented the 3rd district in the Nebraska Legislature from 1997 until 2003. He was a candidate in the 2012 United States Senate election in Nebraska,losing the Republican nomination to Deb Fischer and in the 2014 Nebraska gubernatorial election,also losing the nomination to Pete Ricketts.
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.
Tony Fulton is a politician and businessman who served as the tax commissioner of Nebraska under Governor Pete Ricketts from 2016 to 2022. He previously represented a Lincoln district in the Nebraska Legislature from 2007 to 2013.
Origen Drew Richardson was an American lawyer and politician in the U.S. state of Michigan and in the Nebraska Territory. He served in the Michigan House of Representatives and was the fourth lieutenant governor of Michigan.
Jeremiah J. Nordquist is a politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. Nordquist represented an Omaha district in the Nebraska Legislature from 2009 to 2015. He served in the Unicameral as a member of the Democratic Party,but is now a registered Republican.
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.
The 1994 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 8,1994. Incumbent Governor Ben Nelson won a re-election to a second term in a landslide,defeating Republican businessman Gene Spence by 47.4 percentage points and sweeping all but two counties in the state. As of 2023,this is the last time that a Democrat was elected governor of Nebraska.
The 2014 Nebraska gubernatorial election took place on Tuesday,November 4,2014,to elect the 40th Governor of Nebraska. Republican Candidate and former COO of TD Ameritrade Pete Ricketts defeated Democratic candidate and former Regent of the University of Nebraska Chuck Hassebrook,receiving 57.2% of the vote to Hassebrook's 39.2% This was the first open seat election,and the first time a Democrat won a county for governor since 1998.
The 2022 Nebraska's 1st congressional district special election was held on June 28,2022. The seat became vacant upon the resignation of incumbent Republican representative Jeff Fortenberry on March 31,who had announced his plans to resign after being indicted and arrested for lying to the FBI about campaign contributions.
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.
