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Nebraska is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north;Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast,both across the Missouri River;Kansas to the south;Colorado to the southwest;and Wyoming to the west. It is the only triply landlocked U.S. state.
Unicameralism is a type of legislature,which consists of one house or assembly,that legislates and votes as one.
The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation,also called Pine Ridge Agency,is an Oglala Lakota Indian reservation located entirely within the U.S. state of South Dakota. Originally included within the territory of the Great Sioux Reservation,Pine Ridge was created by the Act of March 2,1889,25 Stat. 888. in the southwest corner of South Dakota on the Nebraska border. Today it consists of 3,468.85 sq mi (8,984 km2) of land area and is one of the largest reservations in the United States.
Reynolds v. Sims,377 U.S. 533 (1964),was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that the electoral districts of state legislative chambers must be roughly equal in population. Along with Baker v. Carr (1962) and Wesberry v. Sanders (1964),it was part of a series of Warren Court cases that applied the principle of "one person,one vote" to U.S. legislative bodies.
Leo Patrick Engel was an American politician from the state of Nebraska. A resident of South Sioux City,Engel served four terms in the Nebraska Legislature,from 1993 to 2009.
Nancy Thompson is a former Nebraska state senator from Papillion,Nebraska in the Nebraska Legislature.
The Nebraska Democratic Party 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.
Steve Lathrop is an American attorney and Democratic Party politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. From 2007 to 2015,he served as a member of the Nebraska Legislature,representing an Omaha-area district.
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 ran as the Democratic Party's candidate for Nebraska State Auditor in 2014,losing to Republican candidate Charlie Janssen.
Scott Lautenbaugh is an American politician from the state of Nebraska. He served in the Nebraska Legislature from 2007 to 2014,representing an Omaha-based district.
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.
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 state legislature of any U.S. state.
Dave Bloomfield is an American politician from Hoskins,Nebraska,who was a state senator in the Nebraska Legislature.
Robert Steere (1833–1910) was a latter 19th century pioneer in California,nine years after U.S. statehood. He was a member of the Los Angeles Common Council,the legislative branch of the city government.
The 1904 South Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 8,1904. Incumbent Republican Governor Charles N. Herreid declined to run for re-election to a third term. Clark County State's Attorney Samuel H. Elrod won the Republican nomination to run as Herreid's successor,and he faced Democratic nominee Louis N. Crill,the former President of the State Senate,and former U.S. Congressman Freeman Knowles,the Socialist nominee. For the first time since 1894,the Democratic and Populist Parties nominated separate candidates. Ultimately,the split in the two parties did not prove dispositive;Elrod defeated Crill and the other candidates in a landslide.
Adam Morfeld is an American politician from the state of Nebraska. In 2014,he was elected to the Nebraska Legislature,representing a district in the city of Lincoln. He is also the executive director and founder of a nonprofit organization,Civic Nebraska. Morfeld is a member of the Democratic Party.
Anthony Vargas is an American educator and politician 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 State Legislature elections will take place as part of the biennial United States elections. Nebraska voters will elect state senators in the 24 even-numbered seats of the 49 legislative districts in the Nebraska Unicameral as well as in a special election for the 31st District. State senators serve four-year terms in the unicameral Nebraska Legislature.
The 1930 South Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 4,1930. Incumbent Democratic Governor William J. Bulow declined to run for re-election to a third term,instead opting to successfully run for the U.S. Senate. The Republican nomination was hard-fought and the primary was crowded;because no candidate received 35% of the vote,state law required that the nomination be decided at a state party convention. There,former State Senator Warren Green,the last-place finisher in the primary,defeated Secretary of State Gladys Pyle,the plurality winner. In the general election,Green faced D. A. McCullough,the state's Rural Credits Commissioner and the Democratic nominee. Despite Bulow's success in the preceding two elections,Green defeated McCullough by a decisive margin—even as Bulow himself was elected to the U.S. Senate.
The 1940 South Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 5,1940. Incumbent Republican Governor Harlan J. Bushfield sought re-election to a second term. After winning the Republican primary by a large margin,he faced Democrat Lewis W. Bicknell,former Day County State's Attorney,in the general election. Though Bushfield underperformed Republican presidential nominee Wendell Willkie,who won the state in a landslide,he nonetheless defeated Bicknell by a wide margin to easily win re-election.
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- "Nebraska Unicameral Legislature". Sen. Charlie Janssen. Retrieved February 28, 2009.
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