Earl Benjamin Nelson is an American attorney,businessman,and politician who served as the 37th governor of Nebraska from 1991 to 1999 and as a United States Senator from Nebraska from 2001 to 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party,and as of 2024,is the last Democrat to hold and/or win any statewide elected office in Nebraska.
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.
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.
Russ Karpisek is a politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. He served in the Nebraska Legislature from 2007 to 2015.
Ken Haar is a politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. A resident of Malcolm,Haar held a seat in the Nebraska Legislature from 2009 to 2017. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
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 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska were held on Tuesday,November 6,2012 and elected the three U.S. representatives from the state of Nebraska. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including a quadrennial presidential election and an election to the U.S. Senate. Primary elections were held on May 15,2012.
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 Platte Institute for Economic Research is a free market advocacy group and think tank headquartered in Omaha,Nebraska. The group is conservative.
Burke Harr is a politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. Harr was a member of the Nebraska Legislature,in which he represented the 8th legislative district in Omaha,consisting of the midtown neighborhoods of Dundee and Benson and the neighborhoods that surround Creighton Preparatory School. Harr was barred from reelection in 2018 due to term limits.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Steve Erdman is an American politician who has served in the Nebraska Legislature from the 47th district since 2017.
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.
Tom Brewer is an American politician serving as a member of the Nebraska Legislature from the 43rd district. Elected in 2016,he assumed office in 2017.
Julia RenéSchmit-Albin was an American political activist recognized for her work in the United States anti-abortion movement in Nebraska,serving as the director of the Nebraska Right to Life organization from 1989 until her death. She was awarded the title of Admiral in the Great Navy of the State of Nebraska by Governor of Nebraska Pete Ricketts.
