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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]
This is a list of all senators who have served in the Nebraska Legislature since it became a unicameral body in 1937. Legislative districts for elections from 1936 to 1962. Legislative districts for the 1964 election only. The districts were renumbered from the pre-1964 apportionment.
The Legislature meets at the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln. With 49 members, known as "senators", [3] 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. [4] Unlike ...
1st Nebraska legislature [Wikidata] July 4, 1866 [2] July 11, 1866 2nd Nebraska legislature [Wikidata] February 20, 1867 February 21, 1867 3rd Nebraska legislature [Wikidata] 1868 4th Nebraska legislature [Wikidata] 1869 5th Nebraska legislature [Wikidata] 1870 6th Nebraska legislature [Wikidata] 1871 7th Nebraska legislature [Wikidata] 1872
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
Nebraska had two senate races in 2024, the other being a special election in which Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts easily defeated his Democratic challenger. ... Fischer, 73, has been in the Senate ...
Largest legislature: New Hampshire General Court (424 members) Smallest legislature: Nebraska Legislature (49 members) Largest upper house: Minnesota Senate (67 senators) Smallest upper house: Alaska Senate (20 senators) Largest lower house: New Hampshire House of Representatives (400 representatives)
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 ...