Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 11/02/2004
Next Election: Term Limited
Party: Non-partisan

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Robin: 3 Children: Jared, Mikayla, Bryan
Birth date: 10/24/1958
Birthplace: Pawnee City, NE
Home City: Elk Creek NE
Religion: Lutheran

Profession

General Foreman, Christensen Boyles Corporation, Drilling, 1983-1995 Drilling Foreman, Longyear Drilling Corporation, 1978-1982 Dairy Farmer

Education

Attended, Midwest Council of State Governments, Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership, 2006 Diploma, Elk Creek High School, 1977

Committees

Appropriations
Nebraska Retirement Systems

LB 703 2011 Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 704 2011 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 703 2011 Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 704 2011 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 521 Requiring Physician Presence During Abortions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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LB 703 2011 Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 704 2011 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 703 2011 Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 704 2011 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 521 Requiring Physician Presence During Abortions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 421 Park Entry Permit Fees
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

LB 22 Prohibits Insurance Coverage of Abortion
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 999 Temporary Prohibition on New Hospital Licenses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 594 Abortion Screening Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 1103 Prohibiting Abortions After 20 Weeks of Pregnancy
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 594 Abortion Screening Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 1103 Prohibiting Abortions After 20 Weeks of Pregnancy
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 861 Alcohol Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

LB 780 PTSD Workers' Compensation Benefits for First Responders
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

LB 842 Repealing Special Prosecutor Requirement for In-Custody Deaths
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Amdt 2454 Limiting First Responder PTSD Death Benefits to 1 Year
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

Amdt 2455 Limiting First Responder PTSD Benefits to 26 Weeks
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: -

Amdt 2454 Limiting First Responder PTSD Death Benefits to 1 Year
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

Amdt 2455 Limiting First Responder PTSD Benefits to 26 Weeks
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: -

LB 1102 Legalizing "Horse Racing Machines"
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: -

LR 284 CA Abolishing Office of State Treasurer
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 1105 Death Penalty Cost Study
Stage: Motion Vote
Vote: Nay

LB 952 Water and Natural Gas Infrastructure Replacement and Sewage Program Sales Tax Exemption
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Nay

LB 675 Requiring Ultrasounds before Abortion
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 36 Requiring Lethal Injection
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 355 Exempting Cigar Bars from the Smoking Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 260 Wrongful Conviction Compensation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 5 Trapping In Rights-of-Way
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 85 Bond Revenue to Fund Streets and Bridges
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

LB 1 Establishing an Age Limit on Safe Haven Law
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AM 4 to LB 1 Establishing an Age Limit on Safe Haven Law
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

LB 1082 Expanding Workers' Compensation Benefits
Stage: Motion Vote
Vote: -

LB 959 Gas Tax Veto Override
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

LB 1157 Uniform School Testing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

LB 959 Gas Tax Veto Override
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

LB 1157 Uniform School Testing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

LB 959 Gas Tax Veto Override
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

AM 2319 to LB 1174 Farm and Ranch Ownership Requirements
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

LB 959 2007-2009 Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 1063 Abolishing the Death Penalty
Stage: Motion Vote
Vote: Nay

LB 395 Statewide Smoking Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

AM 1736 Eliminating Opt-Out Provision of Smoking Ban
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

LB 39 Restricting Petition Circulation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

LB 253 Repealing Motorcycle Helmet Law
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

LB 653 Standard Academic Testing
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

LB 551 Sports Arena and Convention Center Funding
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

LB 641 School Property Tax and Learning Communities Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

LB 367 Tax Credits and Reductions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 476 Elimination of the Death Penalty
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

LB 239 In-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

LB 239 In-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

LB 1024 School Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 239 In-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

LB 239 In-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

LR 449 Impeachment of C. David Hergert
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

AM 3142 Redistricting of Omaha Public Schools
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

LB 1060 2005-2007 Biennium Budget
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

LB 188 Campaign Finance
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

LB 454 Concealed Handgun Permit Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 1060 2005-2007 Biennium Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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