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From the 50 state legislatures in the United States, the following superlatives emerge:
There are a total of 1,972 state senators nationwide, with the average state senate having 39 members.
Nebraska has a unicameral legislature.
District | Senator | Party affiliation | Residence | Took office |
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1 | Julie Slama | Republican | Peru | 2019 [2] |
2 | Robert Clements | Republican | Elmwood | 2017 |
3 | Carol Blood | Democratic | Bellevue | 2017 |
4 | Robert Hilkemann | Republican | Omaha | 2015 |
5 | Mike McDonnell | Democratic | Omaha | 2017 |
6 | Machaela Cavanaugh | Democratic | Omaha | 2019 |
7 | Tony Vargas | Democratic | Omaha | 2017 |
8 | Megan Hunt | Democratic | Omaha | 2019 |
9 | John Cavanaugh | Democratic | Omaha | 2021 |
10 | Wendy DeBoer | Democratic | Bennington | 2019 |
11 | Terrell McKinney | Democratic | Omaha | 2021 |
12 | Steve Lathrop | Democratic | Omaha | 2019 [lower-alpha 1] |
13 | Justin Wayne | Democratic | Omaha | 2017 |
14 | John Arch | Republican | LaVista | 2019 |
15 | Lynne Walz | Democratic | Fremont | 2017 |
16 | Ben Hansen | Republican | Blair | 2019 |
17 | Joni Albrecht | Republican | Thurston | 2017 |
18 | Brett Lindstrom | Republican | Omaha | 2015 |
19 | Rob Dover | Republican | Norfolk | 2022 [3] |
20 | John S. McCollister | Republican | Omaha | 2015 |
21 | Mike Hilgers | Republican | Lincoln | 2017 |
22 | Mike Moser | Republican | Columbus | 2019 |
23 | Bruce Bostelman | Republican | Brainard | 2017 |
24 | Mark Kolterman | Republican | Seward | 2015 |
25 | Suzanne Geist | Republican | Lincoln | 2017 |
26 | Matt Hansen | Democratic | Lincoln | 2015 |
27 | Anna Wishart | Democratic | Lincoln | 2017 |
28 | Patty Pansing Brooks | Democratic | Lincoln | 2015 |
29 | Eliot Bostar | Democratic | Lincoln | 2021 |
30 | Myron Dorn | Republican | Adams | 2019 |
31 | Kathleen Kauth | Republican | Omaha | 2022 [4] |
32 | Tom Brandt | Republican | Plymouth | 2019 |
33 | Steve Halloran | Republican | Hastings | 2017 |
34 | Curt Friesen | Republican | Henderson | 2015 |
35 | Ray Aguilar | Republican | Grand Island | 2021 |
36 | Matt Williams | Republican | Gothenburg | 2015 |
37 | John Lowe | Republican | Kearney | 2017 |
38 | Dave Murman | Republican | Glenvil | 2019 |
39 | Lou Ann Linehan | Republican | Omaha | 2017 |
40 | Tim Gragert | Republican | Creighton | 2019 |
41 | Tom Briese | Republican | Albion | 2017 |
42 | Mike Jacobson | Republican | North Platte | 2022 |
43 | Tom Brewer | Republican | Gordon | 2017 |
44 | Dan Hughes | Republican | Venango | 2015 |
45 | Rita Sanders | Republican | Bellevue | 2021 |
46 | Adam Morfeld | Democratic | Lincoln | 2015 |
47 | Steve Erdman | Republican | Bayard | 2017 |
48 | John Stinner | Republican | Gering | 2015 |
49 | Jen Day | Democratic | Gretna | 2021 |
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