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.
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.
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.
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 2014 United States Senate election in Nebraska took place on November 4,2014. Incumbent Republican Senator Mike Johanns did not run for re-election to a second term. Republican nominee Ben Sasse defeated Democratic nominee David Domina to succeed him.
The 2014 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Nebraska were held on Tuesday,November 4,2014,to elect 3 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from the state of Nebraska,one from each of the state's three congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including the governor of Nebraska and a United States senator. Primary elections to determine candidates in the general election were held on Tuesday,May 13,2014. The members elected at this election will serve in the 114th Congress.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Nebraska on November 4,2014. 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. Primary elections were held on May 13,2014,for offices that require them.
Tommy Garrett is a politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. In 2013,he was appointed to fill a vacancy in the unicameral Nebraska Legislature,representing a district in Sarpy County,in the Omaha metropolitan area. Garrett is a member of the Republican Party. In Nebraska,the legislature is non-partisan.
Robert "Bob" Hilkemann is a politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. In 2014,he was elected to the Nebraska Legislature,representing an Omaha district.
Joni Craighead is a politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. In 2014,she was elected to the Nebraska Legislature,representing a district in Omaha. She resigned in 2017,before the end of her term.
John S. McCollister is an American politician who served as a member of the Nebraska Legislature from 2015 to 2023,representing an Omaha district. McCollister is a moderate member of the Republican Party.
Matthew V. "Matt" Hansen is a politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. In 2014,he was elected to the Nebraska Legislature,representing a Lincoln district. Hansen is a member of the Democratic Party.
The 2018 Nebraska gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the governor of Nebraska,concurrently with the election of Nebraska's Class I U.S. Senate seat,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states,elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various Nebraska and local elections. Incumbent Republican governor Pete Ricketts won re-election to a second term.
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.
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.
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.
The 2022 Nebraska gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the next governor of Nebraska. Incumbent Republican governor Pete Ricketts was term-limited and unable to seek a third term. In the general election,Republican Jim Pillen won the gubernatorial election by a 23-point margin.
