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.
Omaha Public Schools (OPS) is the largest school district in the state of Nebraska,United States. This public school district serves a diverse community of about 52,000 students at over 80 elementary and secondary schools in Omaha. Its district offices are located in the former Tech High at 30th and Cuming Streets.
John Peter Ricketts is an American businessman and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Nebraska since 2023. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the 40th governor of Nebraska from 2015 to 2023.
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.
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.
Michael John Flood is an American attorney,businessman,and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Nebraska's 1st congressional district since July 2022. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served two stints as a member of the Nebraska Legislature from the 19th district,from 2005 to 2013 and 2021 to 2022. He served as speaker of the legislature from 2007 to 2013.
Harold John Daub Jr. is an American lawyer and politician from Nebraska who served four terms in the United States House of Representatives and as the 48th Mayor of Omaha,Nebraska. In 2012,Daub was elected to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska system. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Tom White is a former member of the unicameral Nebraska Legislature from Omaha,Nebraska. He represented the 8th District,which consists of the Benson and Dundee neighborhoods in Omaha.
Racial tension in Omaha,Nebraska occurred mostly because of the city's volatile mixture of high numbers of new immigrants from southern and eastern Europe and African-American migrants from the Deep South. While racial discrimination existed at several levels,the violent outbreaks were within working classes. Irish Americans,the largest and earliest immigrant group in the 19th century,established the first neighborhoods in South Omaha. All were attracted by new industrial jobs,and most were from rural areas. There was competition among ethnic Irish,newer European immigrants,and African-American migrants from the South,for industrial jobs and housing. They all had difficulty adjusting to industrial demands,which were unmitigated by organized labor in the early years. Some of the early labor organizing resulted in increasing tensions between groups,as later arrivals to the city were used as strikebreakers. In Omaha as in other major cities,racial tension has erupted at times of social and economic strife,often taking the form of mob violence as different groups tried to assert power. Much of the early violence came out of labor struggles in early 20th century industries:between working class ethnic whites and immigrants,and blacks of the Great Migration. Meatpacking companies had used the latter for strikebreakers in 1917 as workers were trying to organize. As veterans returned from World War I,both groups competed for jobs. By the late 1930s,however,interracial teams worked together to organize the meatpacking industry under the United Packinghouse Workers of America (UPWA). Unlike the AFL and some other industrial unions in the CIO,UPWA was progressive. It used its power to help end segregation in restaurants and stores in Omaha,and supported the civil rights movement in the 1960s. Women labor organizers such as Tillie Olsen and Rowena Moore were active in the meatpacking industry in the 1930s and 1940s,respectively.
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 Non-Partisan.
Charlie Janssen is an American politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. A member of the Republican Party,Jansen served in the Nebraska Legislature from 2009 to 2014;in 2014,he was elected Nebraska Auditor of Public Accounts.
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 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 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.
Bill Kintner is an American politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. He represented a southeastern Nebraska district in the Nebraska Legislature. Kintner is a member of the Republican Party.
Michael K. Groene is a politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. In 2014,he was elected to the Nebraska Legislature,representing a district in the southwestern part of the state,including the city of North Platte. Groene is a member of the Republican Party. He resigned in 2022 after admitting to taking sexually inappropriate photographs of a legislative aide.
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.
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.
Mike McDonnell is an American politician who serves in the Nebraska Legislature,representing the 5th district. He was a Democrat before switching to the Republican Party in 2024 after being censured by the Nebraska Democratic Party for voting for anti-abortion legislation and a ban on transgender medical procedures for those under the age of 18.
Tom Brewer is an Oglala American retired military officer and politician serving as a member of the Nebraska Legislature from the 43rd Legislative District. Elected in 2016,he assumed office in 2017.
