Nebraska 2005 Off Year Elections

The Green Papers: Nebraska 2005 Off Year Elections

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Nebraska
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress

Electoral Votes:	5	(0.93% of 538)
Governor:	1
Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
2002-2010 Representatives:	3	(0.69% of 435)
2000 Census:	1,715,369	(0.61% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):	1,234,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):	1,085,217
Capital:	Lincoln

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Nebraska State and Local Government



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 109^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1		Democratic	Senator Ben Nelson • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Class 2		Republican	Senator Chuck Hagel • First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

		Republican	Governor Dave Heineman • Succeeded to the Governor's Chair upon the 20 January 2005 resignation of Governor Mike Johanas. • Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
		Republican	(pending) • Possible candidates: Governor Dave Heineman; Congressman Tom Osborne (CD 3)
	Governor Mike Johanas (Republican, first elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002) was nominated by President George W. Bush for Secretary of Agriculture on 2 December 2004. He was approved by the U.S. Senate viva voce (by voice vote) on 20 January 2005. Following his approval, Secretary Johanns resigned his Governor's Chair.

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Elected on a ticket with the Governor

		Republican	Lieutenant Governor Rick Sheehy • Appointed: 24 January 2005 upon the ascention of Lt. Governor Dave Heineman to the Governor's chair. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
	Following the 20 January 2005 resignation of Nebraska Governor Johanas, Lieutenant Governor Dave Heineman (appointed: 2001; first elected: 2002) succeeded to the Governor's Chair. Governor Heineman announced his selection of Hastings Mayor Rick Sheehy for the position of Lieutenant Governor on Monday 24 January 2005.

109^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 109^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 3 Republican (2 Undetermined, 1 Open)

CD 1		Republican	Congressman Jeff Fortenberry • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 2		Republican	Congressman Lee Terry • First elected: 1998 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 3		Republican	Congressman Tom Osborne • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Open Seat - Candidate for Governor in 2006
		Republican	(pending) • Possible candidates: David Harris (3 May 2005)

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

		Republican	Secretary of State John A. Gale • Appointed 2000 (upon the resignation of Scott Moore); first elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
		Republican	(pending) • Candidate: Secretary of State John A. Gale

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

		Republican	Attorney General Jon Bruning • First elected: 1990, 1994, 1998; re-elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

		Republican	Treasurer Ron Ross • Appointed January 2004 by Governor Johanns to fill the unexpired term of Lorelee Byrd (Republican) who resigned in December 2003 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Auditor of Public Accounts 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

		Republican	Auditor of Public Accounts Kate Witek • First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

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