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Nebraska was admitted to the Union on March 1, 1867, and elects its United States senators to class 1 and class 2. George W. Norris was the state’s longest serving senator (served 1913–1943). Nebraska's current senators are Republicans Deb Fischer (since 2013) and Pete Ricketts (since 2023). [1]
Nebraska: Deb Fischer: Republican March 1, 1951 (age 73) Rancher Nebraska Legislature: University of Nebraska–Lincoln : January 3, 2013 2030. Class 1 Lincoln: Pete Ricketts: Republican August 19, 1964 (age 60) Businessman Governor of Nebraska: University of Chicago (BA, MBA) January 12, 2023 [u] 2026 Class 2 Omaha: Nevada: Catherine Cortez Masto
Fischer was born Debra Lynelle Strobel on March 1, 1951, in Lincoln, Nebraska.She is the daughter of Florence M. (née Bock) and Gerold Carl Strobel. [2] [3] Her father was the State Engineer/Director of the Nebraska Department of Roads under Governors Kay Orr and Ben Nelson and her mother was an elementary school teacher with Lincoln Public Schools.
Nebraska's congressional districts since 2023 [1] These are tables of congressional delegations from Nebraska to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate . The current dean of the Nebraska delegation is Representative Adrian Smith (NE-3) , having served in the House since 2007.
Nebraska had two senate races in 2024, the other being a special election in which Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts easily defeated his Democratic challenger. But in the race for Fischer's seat ...
The 2024 United States Senate election in Nebraska was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Nebraska. [1] Republican incumbent Deb Fischer was re-elected to a third term, defeating independent union leader Dan Osborn . [ 2 ]
Eight years later, Moser ran for the Nebraska Legislature from the same district as his predecessor was unable to run again due to term limits. He easily won that election with 64.3% of the votes against Doug Oertwich. [3] He was sworn in as senator on January 9, 2019. [4] On May 25, 2020, Moser was hospitalized due to COVID-19. [5]
A Republican Nebraska lawmaker who stirred a firestorm of controversy by repeatedly name-checking a fellow senator while reading a graphic account of rape from a best-selling memoir on the floor ...