Nebraska 2007 Off Year Election

The Green Papers: Nebraska 2007 Off Year Election

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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. 110^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1	Democratic	Senator E. Benjamin "Ben" Nelson • First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Class 2	Republican	Senator Charles T. "Chuck" Hagel • First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Open Seat - Announced his retirement on 10 September 2007.

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. 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 Johanns; first elected: 2006 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. 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; first elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

110^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 3 Republican (3 Undetermined)

CD 1 {map}	Republican	Congressman Jeffrey Lane "Jeff" Fortenberry • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 2 {map}	Republican	Congressman Lee Terry • First elected: 1998 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 3 {map}	Republican	Congressman Adrian M. Smith • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

	Republican	Secretary of State John A. Gale • Appointed 2000 (upon the resignation of Scott Moore); first elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

	Republican	Attorney General Jon Bruning • First elected: 1990, 1994, 1998; re-elected: 2002; 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Candidate for Senator in 2008

Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

	Republican	Treasurer Shane Osborn • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Auditor of Public Accounts 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

	Republican	Auditor of Public Accounts Mike Foley • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

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.

Major Parties
	• Democratic (affiliates): 1 incumbent
	• Republican: 10 incumbents
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from an election authority that the person so listed will actually appear on the ballot.

FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.