List of Nebraska state senators

For legislators since 1867, see Category:Members of the Nebraska House of Representatives and Category:Nebraska state senators.

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.

Legislative districts for the 1966, 1968, and 1970 elections after the 1966 reapportionment.

Legislative districts after the 1971 redistricting. Used for elections from 1972 to 1980.

Records show that the apportionment of the legislative districts established for the 1936 election remained unchanged through the election of 1962. The boundaries of these districts were restricted to fall along county lines. In the election of 1962, the voters of Nebraska passed a measure to loosen the county-line boundary restriction and to increase the number of legislative districts from 43 to 49. This resulted in a new apportionment that renumbered all the existing districts and added two additional districts to Lancaster County, three additional districts to Douglas County, and one north of Douglas county. That plan went into effect for the election of 1964.

However, on June 15, 1964, the United States Supreme Court handed down Reynolds v. Sims, which held that state senate districts must be roughly equal in population. One month later, the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska in League of Nebraska Municipalities v. Marsh held that the portion of the 1962 amendment to the Nebraska Constitution allowing the legislature to give consideration to area when redistricting was unconstitutional. This meant that the legislature had to once again redraw the district boundaries in 1965 based solely on population. In July 1965, the legislature approved a plan with newly apportioned districts which was upheld by the Nebraska Supreme Court in January 1966 and went into effect for the election of 1966. After 1966, the Nebraska Legislature conducts a process of redistricting every ten years after the decennial United States Census.

After its inception in 1937, members of the unicameral Nebraska legislature served for a term of two years, and all state legislative districts were up for reelection in every biennial election. However, another change adopted by the voters of Nebraska in the 1962 election was to increase the term of state senators from two to four years, and to stagger the election of state senators so that roughly half of the districts were up for election every two years. The election of 1964 was the last election in which all legislative districts were up for election at the same time. Odd-numbered districts elected senators to four-year terms, such that odd-numbered-district elections would coincide with United States presidential elections. Even-numbered districts elected senators in 1964 to two-year terms, such that even-numbered-district senators would be up for election again in 1966, in which they would be elected to four-year terms such that even-numbered-district elections would coincide with United States midterm elections.

Even though the Nebraska Legislature, as a nonpartisan body, officially recognizes no party affiliations, the party affiliations of individual members are still noted below when known for reference.

District 1

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 1 was also called District 1, and it consisted of the counties of Johnson, Pawnee, and Richardson. In 1964, the district was expanded to include Nemaha. The district's boundaries were then changed in the 1966 reapportionment to exclude Pawnee County, but in the 1971 redistricting, Pawnee County was regained, as well as the southeastern corner of Gage County, but Johnson was excluded. From 1980 to 2010, the district grew in size to encompass parts of Johnson and Otoe counties, and in the ten years after the 1991 redistricting, it even included the southern third of Gage County.

Today, District 1 covers Otoe, Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, and Richardson counties.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Charles A. Dafoe	1936	Dem	Tecumseh
Joseph Carrol Reavis	1938	Rep	Falls City
Otto Kotouc, Jr.	1940	Dem	Humboldt	Son of Otto Kotouc, Sr.
Joseph Carrol Reavis	1942, 1944	Rep	Falls City
Harold C. Prichard	1946	Dem	Falls City
Charles Vogt, Jr.	1948	Rep	Liberty
Otto Kotouc, Sr.	1950, 1952, 1954, 1956	Dem	Humboldt	Father of Otto Kotouc, Jr.
John R. Cooper, Sr.	1958	Rep	Humboldt	Brother of Calista Cooper Hughes
Lloyd W. Stalder	1960, 1962	Dem	Humboldt
Calista Cooper Hughes	1964	Rep	Humboldt	Sister of John R. Cooper, Sr.
Irving F. Wiltse	1968, 1972	Rep	Falls City
Nelson Merz	1976	Dem	Falls City
R. Wiley Remmers	1980, 1984	Rep	Auburn
Spencer Morrissey	1988	Dem	Tecumseh
Floyd Vrtiska	1992, 1996, 2000	Rep	Table Rock
Lavon Heidemann	2004, 2008	Rep	Elk Creek
Dan Watermeier	2012, 2016	Rep	Syracuse
Julie Slama	(2019), 2020	Rep	Peru/Dunbar	Appointed by Governor Pete Ricketts; Wife of Andrew La Grone
Robert Hallstrom (elect)	2024	Rep	Syracuse

District 2

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 2 was also called District 2, and it consisted of the counties of Otoe and Nemaha. In 1964, the district was changed to consist of Otoe and Cass counties, and in the 1966 reapportionment it was changed yet again to only include the eastern half of Otoe and Cass counties. In the 1971 redistricting, District 2 was expanded to include more of Otoe and Cass counties and added most of Johnson County. In the 1981 redistricting, Johnson county was shifted back to District 1, and District 2 was drawn to include all of Cass County and the northern half of Otoe county. For the 1991, 2001, and 2011 redistrictings, District 2 continued to shrink in size by including less and less of Otoe County.

Today, District 2 consists of only Cass County and a small portion of eastern Lancaster County.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Robert McDowell Armstrong	1936	Rep	Auburn
James Franklin "Frank" Sorrell	1938, 1940, 1942, 1944	Dem	Syracuse
John P. McKnight	1946, 1948, 1950	Rep	Auburn
Floyd W. Pohlman	(1952)	Rep	Auburn	Appointed by Governor Val Peterson
John Aufenkamp	1952, 1954, 1956, 1958	Rep	Julian
William B. Brandt	1960, 1962	Rep	Unadilla
Rick S. Budd	1964, 1966	Rep	Nebraska City
Jack D. Mullen	(1970)	Rep	Nebraska City	Appointed by Governor Norbert Tiemann
Calvin Carsten	1970, 1974, 1978, 1982	Rep	Avoca	Son of Fred L. Carsten
Roger Wehrbein	1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002	Rep	Plattsmouth
Dave Pankonin	2006, 2010	Rep	Louisville
Paul Lambert	(2011)	Rep	Plattsmouth	Appointed by Governor Dave Heineman
Bill Kintner	2012, 2014	Rep	Papillion
Robert Clements	(2017), 2018, 2022	Rep	Elmwood	Appointed by Governor Pete Ricketts

District 3

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 3 was also called District 3, and it consisted of the entirety of Sarpy County. This remained the same in the 1964 reapportionment, but after the 1966 reapportionment, it was reduced to only include a portion of Sarpy County, which continued to be readjusted for population in subsequent redistrictings.

Today, District 3 still consists of a portion of Sarpy County.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Fred L. Carsten	1936, 1938	Rep	Avoca	Father of Calvin Carsten; Listed as a Democrat in the 1937 legislature but as a Republican in the 1939 legislature
William Allan Metzger	1940	Dem	Cedar Creek	Son of Christian E. Metzger
Tom Dooley	1942, 1944	Dem	Papillion
William Allan Metzger	1946, 1948	Dem	Cedar Creek	Son of Christian E. Metzger
Christian E. Metzger	1950	Dem	Cedar Creek	Father of William Allan Metzger
Tom Dooley	1952	Dem	Papillion
William Allan Metzger	1954	Dem	Cedar Creek	Son of Christian E. Metzger
Tom Dooley	1956	Dem	Papillion
Edwin T. McHugh	1958, 1960	Rep	Murdock
Dale L. Payne	1962, 1964	Rep	Bellevue/Papillion
Orval A. Keyes	1968, 1972, 1976	Dem	Springfield	Elected as a Republican in 1968 and 1972 but switched to the Democratic Party in 1973
Emil E. Beyer, Jr.	1980, 1984, 1988	Rep	Gretna
Michael T. Avery	1992	Dem	Gretna
Jon C. Bruning	1996, 2000	Rep	Gretna	Nebraska Attorney General
Ray Mossey	(2002)	Rep	Papillion/Bellevue	Appointed by Governor Mike Johanns
Gail Kopplin	2004	Dem	Gretna
Scott Price	2008, 2012	Rep	Bellevue
Tommy Garrett	(2013), 2014	Rep	Bellevue	Appointed by Governor Dave Heineman
Carol Blood	2016, 2020	Dem	Bellevue
Victor Rountree (elect)	2024	Dem	Bellevue

District 4

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 4 was called District 9, and it included a section of Douglas County.

Today, District 4 still consists of a section of Douglas County, which has been readjusted for population in subsequent redistrictings.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Amos Thomas	1936, 1938, 1940	Rep	Omaha
Sidney J. Cullingham	1942, 1944	Rep	Omaha	Stepson of Robert B. Howell
Karl Eugen Vogel	1946, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958	Rep	Omaha
Michael P. Russillo	(1959), 1960, 1962	Rep	Omaha	Appointed by Governor Victor E. Anderson
Henry F. Pedersen, Jr.	1964, 1966	Rep	Omaha
P. J. Morgan	1970	Rep	Omaha
Richard M. Fellman	(1972)	Dem	Omaha	Appointed by Governor J. James Exon
Larry D. Stoney	1974, 1978	Rep	Omaha
Gary E. Hannibal	1982, 1986	Rep	Omaha
Thomas Horgan	1990	Dem	Omaha
James P. Monen, Sr.	(1994)	Dem	Omaha	Appointed by Governor Ben Nelson
Kermit Brashear	1994, 1998, 2002	Rep	Omaha	Speaker (2005–2006)
Pete Pirsch	2006, 2010	Rep	Omaha	Son of Carol McBride Pirsch
Bob Hilkemann	2014, 2018	Rep	Omaha
Brad von Gillern	2022	Rep	Elkhorn

District 5

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 5 was called District 8, and it included a section of Douglas County.

Today, District 5 still consists of a section of Douglas County, which has been readjusted for population in subsequent redistrictings.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Patrick J. McMahon	1936	Dem	Omaha
Peter P. Gutoski	1938	Dem	Omaha
George W. Bevins	1940	Dem	Omaha
Peter P. Gutoski	1942	Dem	Omaha
James Anthony Ryan	1944		Omaha
George W. Bevins	1946	Dem	Omaha
John Joseph Larkin, Jr.	1948, 1950, 1952, 1954		Omaha
John Patrick Munnelly	1956, 1958, 1960	Dem	Omaha
Eugene T. Mahoney	(1961), 1962, 1964, 1968, 1972	Dem	Omaha	Controversially appointed by Lt. Governor Dwight W. Burney; Initially appointed as a Republican, but switched to the Democratic Party in 1969
Bernice Labedz	(1976), 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988	Dem	Omaha	Appointed by Governor J. James Exon
Don Preister	1992, 1996, 2000, 2004	Dem	Omaha/Bellevue
Heath Mello	2008, 2012	Dem	Omaha
Mike McDonnell	2016, 2020	Rep	Omaha	Elected as a Democrat in 2016 and 2020 but switched to the Republican Party in 2024
Margo R. Juarez (elect)	2024	Dem	Omaha

District 6

What is now called District 6 was created when the legislature expanded from 43 to 49 districts in 1964, and it consisted of a portion of Douglas County.

Today, District 6 still consists of a portion of Douglas County, which has been readjusted for population in subsequent redistrictings.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Harold T. Moylan	1964, 1966, 1970, 1974	Dem	Omaha	Husband of Margaret E. Moylan
Margaret E. Moylan	(1978)		Omaha	Appointed by Governor J. James Exon; Wife of Harold T. Moylan
Peter Hoagland	1978, 1982	Dem	Omaha	US Representative
Brad Ashford	1986, 1990	Rep	Omaha	US Representative; Began his first term as a Democrat but switched to Republican in 1988; Later served as a Senator from District 20
Pam Brown	1994, 1998, 2002	Dem	Omaha
John E. Nelson	2006, 2010	Rep	Omaha	Lieutenant Governor
Joni Craighead	2014	Rep	Omaha
Theresa Thibodeau	(2017)	Rep	Omaha	Appointed by Governor Pete Ricketts
Machaela Cavanaugh	2018, 2022	Dem	Omaha	Sister of John Cavanaugh, Daughter of John J. Cavanaugh III

District 7

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 7 was also called District 7, and it included of a section of Douglas County.

Today, District 7 still consists of a section of Douglas County, which has been readjusted for population in subsequent redistrictings.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Charles F. Tvrdik	1936, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956	Dem	Omaha	Speaker (1953–1954)
Bill Skarda, Jr.	1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1968, 1972	Dem	Omaha
Patrick Venditte	1976	Dem	Omaha
Karen Kilgarin	1980	Dem	Omaha
Tim Hall	(1984), 1984, 1988, 1992	Dem	Omaha	Appointed by Governor Bob Kerrey
John Hilgert	(1995), 1996, 2000	Dem	Omaha	Appointed by Governor Ben Nelson
John Synowiecki	(2002), 2002, 2004	Dem	Omaha	Appointed by Governor Mike Johanns
Jeremy Nordquist	2008, 2012	Dem	Omaha
Nicole Fox	(2015)	Rep	Omaha	Appointed by Governor Pete Ricketts
Tony Vargas	2016, 2020	Dem	Omaha
Dunixi Guereca (elect)	2024	Dem	Omaha

District 8

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 8 was called District 10, and it included a section of Douglas County.

Today, District 8 still consists of a section of Douglas County, which has been readjusted for population in subsequent redistrictings.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Ernest Arthur Adams	1936, 1938, 1940	Rep	Omaha
Clifford Neville Ogden	1942, 1944	Rep	Omaha
Henry D. Kosman	1946, 1948		Omaha
Clifford Neville Ogden	(1949)	Rep	Omaha	Appointed by Governor Val Peterson
William S. "Bill" Moulton	1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962	Rep	Omaha	Speaker (1963–1964)
Clarence Floyd "Pat" Moulton	1964, 1966		Omaha
Donald E. Troudt	(1970)		Omaha	Appointed by Governor Norbert Tiemann
David H. Stahmer	1970	Dem	Omaha
Warren R. Swigart	1974	Rep	Omaha
Edwin V. Dvorak	(1977)	Dem	Omaha	Appointed by Governor J. James Exon
Vard Johnson	1978, 1982, 1986	Dem	Omaha	Elected as a Republican in 1978 and 1982 but switched to the Democratic Party in 1983
Sharon Beck	(1989)	Rep	Omaha	Appointed by Governor Kay Orr
Eric J. Will	1990, 1994	Dem	Omaha
Patrick Bourne	1998, 2002	Dem	Omaha
Tom White	2006	Dem	Omaha
Burke Harr	2010, 2014	Dem	Omaha
Megan Hunt	2018, 2022	Ind	Omaha	Elected in 2018 and 2022 as a Democrat but switched to nonpartisan in 2023

District 9

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 9 was called District 6, and it included a section of Douglas County.

Today, District 9 still consists of a section of Douglas County, which has been readjusted for population in subsequent redistrictings.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
William E. Worthing	1936	Dem	Omaha
Sam Klaver	1938	Rep	Omaha
George Thomas Sullivan	1940	Dem	Omaha
Sam Klaver	1942, 1944	Rep	Omaha
Joseph V. Benesch	1946, 1948	Dem	Omaha
Sam Klaver	1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1968	Rep	Omaha
John J. Cavanaugh III	1972	Dem	Omaha	US Representative; Father of Machaela Cavanaugh and John Cavanaugh
William E. Brennan	1976	Dem	Omaha
Ray Powers	(1979), 1980	Dem	Omaha	Appointed by Governor Charles Thone
Marge Higgins	1980, (1980), 1984	Dem	Omaha	Won election in 1980 but was then appointed by Governor Charles Thone after Ray Powers resigned early
John Lindsay	1988, 1992	Dem	Omaha
Shelley Kiel	1996	Dem	Omaha
Chip Maxwell	2000	Rep	Omaha
Gwen Howard	2004, 2008	Dem	Omaha	Mother of Sara Howard
Sara Howard	2012, 2016	Dem	Omaha	Daughter of Gwen Howard
John Cavanaugh	2020, 2024	Dem	Omaha	Brother of Machaela Cavanaugh, Son of John J. Cavanaugh III

District 10

What is now called District 10 was created when the legislature expanded from 43 to 49 districts in 1964, and it consisted of a section of Douglas County.

Today, District 10 still consists of a portion of Douglas County, which has been readjusted for population in subsequent redistrictings.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Clifton B. Batchelder	1964, 1966	Rep	Omaha	Husband of Anne Stuart Batchelder and Son-in-law of R. Douglas Stuart
John S. Savage	1970, 1974	Rep	Omaha
Carol McBride Pirsch	1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994	Rep	Omaha	Mother of Pete Pirsch
Deborah Suttle	(1997), 1998	Dem	Omaha	Appointed by Governor Ben Nelson
Mike Friend	2002, 2006	Rep	Omaha
Bob Krist	(2009), 2010, 2014	Dem	Omaha	Appointed by Governor Dave Heineman; Elected and served most of his term as a Republican before switching to the Democratic party to run for Governor in 2018.
Wendy DeBoer	2018, 2022	Dem	Bennington

District 11

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 11 was called District 5, and it included a section of Douglas County.

Today, District 11 still consists of a section of Douglas County, which has been readjusted for population in subsequent redistrictings.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
John Adams, Jr.	1936, 1938, 1940	Rep	Omaha	Son of John Adams, Sr.
Harry Adden Foster	1942, 1944, 1946	Rep	Omaha
John Adams, Sr.	1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960	Rep	Omaha	Father of John Adams, Jr.
Edward Ray Danner	1962, 1964, 1968	Dem	Omaha
George W. Althouse	(1970)	Rep	Omaha	Appointed by Governor Norbert Tiemann
Ernie Chambers	1970, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004	Ind	Omaha
Brenda Council	2008	Dem	Omaha
Ernie Chambers	2012, 2016	Ind	Omaha
Terrell McKinney	2020, 2024	Dem	Omaha

District 12

What is now called District 12 was created when the legislature expanded from 43 to 49 districts in 1964, and it consisted of a section of Douglas County.

Today, District 12 still consists of a section of Douglas County, which has been readjusted for population in subsequent redistrictings.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Richard Proud	1964, 1966, 1970	Rep	Omaha	Speaker (1973–1974)
Jerry Koch	1974, 1978	Rep	Ralston
Chris Abboud	1982, 1986, 1990, 1994	Rep	Omaha
Pam Redfield	1998, (1998), 2002	Rep	Omaha	Won election in 1998 but was then appointed by Governor Ben Nelson after Chris Abboud resigned early
Steve Lathrop	2006, 2010	Dem	Omaha
Merv Riepe	2014	Rep	Ralston
Steve Lathrop	2018	Dem	Omaha
Merv Riepe	2022	Rep	Ralston

District 13

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 13 was called District 4, and it included a section of Douglas County.

Today, District 13 still consists of a section of Douglas County, which has been readjusted for population in subsequent redistrictings.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Walter Richard Johnson	1936	Rep	Omaha	Nebraska Attorney General
William Joseph Norman	1938, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948	Rep	Omaha
George D. Syas	1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1968, 1972	Rep	Omaha
Dave Newell	1976, 1980	Dem	Omaha
Dan Lynch	1984, 1988, 1992, 1996	Dem	Omaha
Lowen Kruse	2000, 2004	Dem	Omaha
Tanya Cook	2008, 2012	Dem	Omaha
Justin Wayne	2016, 2020	Dem	Omaha
Ashlei Spivey (elect)	2024	Dem	Omaha

District 14

What is now called District 14 was created when the legislature expanded from 43 to 49 districts in 1964. It originally consisted of the counties of Burt and Washington. In the 1966 reapportionment, it was moved completely into Douglas County. As a result of the 1981 redistricting, District 14 was moved completely into Sarpy County.

Today, District 14 consists of a portion of Sarpy County, which has been readjusted for population in subsequent redistrictings.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Claire W. Holmquist	1964	Rep	Oakland	Elected later in District 16 after reapportionment
Moved to Douglas County as part of the 1966 Reapportionment
Florence B. Reynolds	1966	Rep	Omaha
Merlin "Duke" Snyder	1970	Rep	Omaha
Thomas Fitzgerald	1974, 1978	Dem	Omaha
Walter J. Duda	(1981)	Rep	Omaha	Appointed by Governor Charles Thone
Tom Doyle	1982	Dem	Omaha
Ron Withem	(1983), 1984, 1986, 1990, 1994	Dem	Papillion	Speaker (1994–1996); Appointed by Governor Bob Kerrey
Nancy Thompson	(1997), 1998, 2002	Dem	La Vista	Appointed by Governor Ben Nelson
Tim Gay	2006	Rep	Papillion
Jim Smith	2010, 2014	Rep	Papillion
John Arch	2018, 2022	Rep	La Vista	Speaker (2023–Present)

District 15

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 15 was called District 11, and it consisted of the counties of Dodge and Washington. In the 1964 reapportionment, it was reduced to only include Dodge County. In the 1971 redistricting, it was reduced further to only include a southern portion of Dodge County, which included the city of Fremont. District 15 was then increased in subsequent redistrictings to include more of Dodge county until the 2001 redistricting, when it once again included the entirety of Dodge county.

Today, District 15 consists of all of Dodge County and the northwest corner of Douglas County.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Pearl Leroy Cady	1936	Dem	Fremont
Richard N. Johnson	1938, 1940	Rep	Fremont
Earl Jackson Lee	1942, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954	Rep	Fremont	Speaker (1949–1950)
Ray Clifford Simmons	1956, 1958	Rep	Fremont
Ross H. Rasmussen	1960, 1962, 1964	Dem	Hooper
E. Thome Johnson	1968, (1968), 1972	Rep	Fremont	Appointed by Governor Norbert Tiemann after he was elected because seat was vacated early
Barry L. Reutzel	1976	Dem	Fremont
Lowell Johnson	1980, 1984, 1988	Rep	North Bend
Ray Janssen	1992, 1996, 2000, 2004	Dem	Nickerson	Uncle of Charlie Janssen
Charlie Janssen	2008, 2012	Rep	Fremont	Nebraska Auditor; Nephew of Ray Janssen
Dave Schnoor	(2014)	Rep	Scribner	Appointed by Governor Dave Heineman (in consultation with then-incoming Governor Pete Ricketts)
Lynne Walz	2016, 2020	Dem	Fremont
Dave Wordekemper (elect)	2024	Rep	Fremont

District 16

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 16 was called District 12, and it consisted of the counties of Cuming and Burt. In 1964, District 16 was changed to include Cuming and Colfax counties. In the 1966 reapportionment, District 16 was moved eastward to consist of Thurston, Burt, and Washington counties. In the 1981 redistricting, it picked up a northeast corner of Cuming County, and in the 1991 redistricting, District 16 dropped Thurston County and expanded to include the majority of Cuming County. In the 2001 redistricting, it lost the south half of Washington County, regained Thurston County, and added the rest of Cuming County and all of Stanton County. In the 2011 redistricting, District 16 lost Thurston and Stanton counties and was made to consist of only the entirety of Cuming, Burt, and Washington counties.

Today, District 16 consists of all of Cuming, Burt, and Washington counties as well as the eastern half of Stanton County.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Emil M. Von Seggern	1936, 1938	Dem	West Point
George C. Weborg	1940, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948	Rep	Pender
John E. Beaver	1950, 1952, 1954, 1956	Rep	Beemer	Speaker (1957–1958)
Oliver O. Olinger	1958	Dem	Tekamah
William H. Hasebroock	1960, 1962, 1964	Rep	West Point	Elected later in District 18 after reapportionment
Moved to Thurston, Burt, and Washington Counties as part of the 1966 Reapportionment
Claire W. Holmquist	1966, 1970	Rep	Oakland	Elected previously from District 14
Blair K. Richendifer	(1972), 1972	Dem	Walthill	Appointed by Governor J. James Exon
Walter George	1974, 1978	Rep	Blair
James E. Goll	(1981), 1982	Rep	Tekamah	Appointed by Governor Charles Thone
Frank Korshoj	1986	Dem	Herman
Clifton N. "Bud" Robinson	1990, 1994	Rep	Blair
Matt Connealy	1998, 2002	Dem	Decatur
Kent Rogert	2006	Dem	Tekamah
Lydia Brasch	2010, 2014	Rep	Bancroft
Ben Hansen	2018, 2022	Rep	Blair

District 17

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 17 was called District 13, and it consisted of the counties of Dixon, Dakota, and Thurston. In the 1964 reapportionment, the district boundaries remained unchanged. In the 1966 reapportionment, District 17 lost Thurston County but gained Wayne County. In the 1971 redistricting, District 17 only lost a small northwest corner of Wayne County, and in 1981, it lost a little more area in that same corner. In the 1991 redistricting, District 17 was reorganized to include only a small eastern portion of Dixon County, the eastern half of Wayne County, a northern portion of Cuming County, and all of Dakota and Thurston Counties. In the 2001 redistricting, District 17 retained all of Dakota county and gained back all of Dixon and Wayne counties, but it lost Thurston County and its portions of Cuming County. As a result of the 2011 redistricting, it lost all of Dixon county and regained all of Thurston county.

Today, District 17 consists of a southern portion of Dixon county and all of Wayne, Dakota, and Thurston counties.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
L. C. Nuernberger	1936	Rep	Wakefield
James Bert Rossiter	1938	Dem	Walthill
Louis M. Jeppesen	1940, 1942	Rep	Hubbard
Roy B. Carlberg	1944, 1946		Pender
Hal Bridenbaugh	1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962	Rep	Dakota City
Elmer Wallwey	1964, 1968	Dem	Emerson
LeRoy G. Pfister	(1971)	Dem	South Sioux City	Appointed by Governor J. James Exon
John R. Murphy	1972, 1976	Rep	South Sioux City
Merle Von Minden	1980	Rep	Allen
Gerald Allen Conway	1984, 1988	Rep	Wayne
Kurt Hohenstein	1992	Rep	Dakota City
L. Patrick Engel	(1993), 1994, 1996, 2000, 2004	Rep	South Sioux City	Appointed by Governor Ben Nelson; first elected as a Democrat but later switched to the Republican Party
Robert Giese	2008	Dem	South Sioux City
Dave Bloomfield	(2010), 2012	Rep	Hoskins	Appointed by Governor Dave Heineman
Joni Albrecht	2016, 2020	Rep	Thurston
Glen Meyer (elect)	2024	Rep	Pender

District 18

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 18 was called District 16, and it consisted of the counties of Wayne, Stanton, and Colfax. In 1964, the district gained Pierce County but lost Colfax County. In the 1966 reapportionment, District 18 was shifted to encompass all of Stanton, Colfax, and Cuming counties. In the 1972 redistricting, it gained the northern half of Dodge County, and in the 1981 redistricting, it only lost a small northeast corner of Cuming County. In 1991, District 18 was shifted to include a small southeastern corner of Knox County, the western half of Wayne County, most of Dixon County, and all of Cedar, Pierce, and Stanton counties. As a result of the 2001 redistricting, District 18 was moved completely to consist of eastern portions of Washington and Douglas counties. In the 2011 redistricting, it was shifted completely into Douglas County.

Today, District 18 consists solely of a portion of Douglas County, which has been adjusted for population in subsequent redistrictings.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Emil E. Brodecky	1936, 1938	Dem	Howells
William A. Crossland	1940, 1942, 1944	Rep	Wayne
Norris Franklin Schroeder	1946, 1948		Hoskins
Lenhart M. Shultz	1950, 1952, 1954		Rogers
Peter H. Claussen	1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964	Dem	Leigh
William H. Hasebroock	1966, 1970, 1974, 1978	Rep	West Point	Speaker (1971–1972); Elected previously in District 16
Harry B. Chronister	(1979), 1982	Rep	Schuyler	Appointed by Governor Charles Thone
Stan Schellpeper	1986, 1990, 1994, 1998	Dem	Stanton
Robert L. Dickey	(1999)	Rep	Laurel	Appointed by Governor Mike Johanns
Doug Cunningham	2000	Rep	Wausa	Elected in 2002 in District 40 after the 2001 redistricting
Moved to Douglas and Washington Counties as part of the 2001 Redistricting
Mick Mines	2002, 2006	Rep	Blair
Scott Lautenbaugh	(2007), 2008, 2010	Rep	Omaha	Appointed by Governor Dave Heineman
Brett Lindstrom	2014, 2018	Rep	Omaha
Christy Armendariz	2022	Rep	Omaha

District 19

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 19 was called District 14, and it consisted of the counties of Knox and Cedar. The district was unaffected by the 1964 reapportionment, but in the 1966 reapportionment, it gained a northern portion of Pierce County. In the 1971 redistricting, District 19 gained more area in Pierce County as well as a small part of the northwest corner of Wayne County, and in the 1981 redistricting, it gained all of Pierce County as well as a bit more of Wayne County in the northwest corner. During the 1991 redistricting process, the legislature passed a plan that divided Madison County between two legislative districts (Districts 18 and 19), each of which included other counties as well. Citizens of Madison County challenged the constitutionality of the plan in the case Day v. Nelson, alleging that the Nebraska Constitution required legislative districts to follow county lines when a county has sufficient population to constitute a single district. The Nebraska Supreme Court sided with the citizens of Madison County, and therefore a new plan was approved by the legislature making District 19 to consist of only Madison County. The district boundary was unaffected in the 2001 redistricting, and in the 2011 redistricting, District 19 gained the northwest corner of Stanton County, but in the 2021 redistricting, the district lost its area in Stanton County but gained the southern half of Pierce County.

Today, District 19 consists of Madison County and the southern half of Pierce County.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
John D. Reynolds	1936	Rep	Niobrara
Martin Julius Mischke	1938, 1940, 1942	Rep	Crofton
Dwight W. Burney	1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954	Rep	Hartington	Speaker (1955–1956); Governor; Lieutenant Governor
Julius W. "Jules" Burbach	1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1968, 1972	Dem	Crofton	Speaker (1975–1976)
Elroy M. Hefner	1976, (1976), 1980, 1984, 1988	Rep	Coleridge	Won election in 1976 but was then appointed by Governor J. James Exon after Jules Burbach resigned early
Moved to Madison County as part of the 1991 Redistricting
Connie J. Day	1992	Dem	Norfolk
Leland C. Klein	(1995)	Dem	Battle Creek	Appointed by Governor Ben Nelson
Gene Tyson	1996, 2000	Rep	Norfolk
Mike Flood	2004, 2008	Rep	Norfolk	Speaker (2007–2012); US Representative
Jim Scheer	2012, 2016	Rep	Norfolk	Speaker (2017–2020)
Mike Flood	2020	Rep	Norfolk	US Representative
Rob Dover	(2022), 2024	Rep	Norfolk	Appointed by Governor Pete Ricketts

District 20

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 20 was called District 27, and it consisted of the counties of Antelope and Boone. In the 1964 reapportionment, the counties of Garfield and Wheeler were added to the district. However, in the 1966 reapportionment, District 20 was moved completely to south central Douglas County.

Today, District 20 still consists of a portion of south central Douglas County, which has been adjusted for population in subsequent redistrictings.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Edwin Schultz	1936, 1938	Rep	Elgin
Elmer C. Rakow	1940, 1942	Rep	Neligh
Edwin Schultz	1944	Rep	Elgin
Nell Keenan Krause	(1946)	Rep	Albion	Appointed by Governor Dwight Griswold
Glenn Cramer	1946, 1948, 1950, 1952		Albion
John G. Donner	1956, 1958	Rep	Elgin
Matt Wylie	1960, 1962	Rep	Elgin	Husband of Fannie B. Wylie; Father of William M. Wylie
Fannie B. Wylie	(1964)	Dem	Elgin	Appointed by Governor Frank B. Morrison; Wife of Matt Wylie; Mother of William M. Wylie
William M. Wylie	1964	Rep	Elgin	Elected later in District 40 after reapportionment; Son of Matt Wylie and Fannie B. Wylie
Moved to Douglas County as part of the 1966 Reapportionment
Bill K. Bloom	1966	Dem	Omaha
Glenn A. Goodrich	1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986	Dem	Omaha
Jessie Rasmussen	1990	Dem	Omaha
Jim Jensen	1994, 1998, 2002	Rep	Omaha
Brad Ashford	2006, 2010	Dem	Omaha	US Representative; Elected as a Republican but later switched to the Democratic Party; Previously served as a Senator from District 6
John S. McCollister	2014, 2018	Rep	Omaha	Son of John Y. McCollister
John Fredrickson	2022	Dem	Omaha

District 21

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 21 was called District 15, and it consisted of the counties of Pierce and Madison. In the 1964 reapportionment, it was reduced to only Madison County, but in the 1966 reapportionment, it regained the majority of Pierce County. In the 1971 redistricting, the district lost some of its area in Pierce County, and in the 1981 redistricting, it was once again reduced to only include Madison County. In the 1991 redistricting, District 21 was moved completely and reorganized to include the western portion of Douglas County, the eastern and southern portions of Saunders County, and the northwest corner of Lancaster County. In the 2001 redistricting, the district was reduced to only include southern Saunders County and northwest Lancaster County, and as a result of the 2011 redistricting, it was shifted completely into northwest Lancaster County.

Today, District 21 comprises the northern part of Lancaster County, including portions of the City of Lincoln.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Carl Henry Peterson	1936, 1938	Rep	Norfolk
Harlan Gregg Greenamyre	1940, 1942	Rep	Norfolk
Lynn D. Hutton	(1944)		Norfolk	Appointed by Governor Dwight Griswold
Ernest C. Raasch	1944, 1946		Norfolk
Charles Wilson	1948, 1950, 1952		Norfolk
William Purdy	1954		Norfolk
David Dean Tews	1956, 1958	Rep	Norfolk
H. L. Gerhart	1960, 1962	Rep	Newman Grove
S. H. Brauer, Sr.	1964		Norfolk
Thomas C. Kennedy	1968, 1972	Dem	Newman Grove
Keith M. Boughn	1976	Rep	Norfolk
Thomas C. Kennedy	(1977), 1978	Dem	Newman Grove	Appointed by Governor J. James Exon
Richard Peterson	1980, 1984, 1988	Rep	Norfolk
Moved to Lancaster and Saunders Counties as part of the 1991 Redistricting
Carol Hudkins	1992, 1996, 2000, 2004	Rep	Malcolm
Ken Haar	2008, 2012	Dem	Malcolm
Mike Hilgers	2016, 2020	Rep	Lincoln	Speaker (2021–2022); Nebraska Attorney General
Beau Ballard	(2023), 2024	Rep	Lincoln	Appointed by Governor Pete Ricketts (in consultation with then-incoming Governor Jim Pillen)

District 22

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 22 was called District 26, and it consisted of the counties of Nance and Platte. The boundaries of the district were unaffected by the 1964 and 1966 reapportionments. In the 1971 redistricting, the southern half of Boone County was added to the district. In the 1981 redistricting, the district lost a very small portion in the southeast corner of Platte County and also lost the southwest quarter of Boone County, but in the 1991 redistricting, it gained back all of Platte county but lost more of Boone County. As a result of the 2001 redistricting, District 22 lost all of Nance county but gained the northern half of Colfax County. In the 2011 redistricting, it lost a portion of Colfax County but gained the majority of Stanton County.

Today, District 22 consists of the western side of Stanton County and nearly all of Platte County (except a very small portion in the southeast corner). It no longer contains any portion of Colfax County.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Richard C. Regan	1936	Dem	Columbus
Thomas Lewis Lambert	1938, 1940	Dem	Columbus	Listed as a Republican in the 1939 legislature but later listed as a Democrat in the 1941 legislature
Dudley E. Thompson	1942		Genoa
Ed F. Lusienski	1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952	Dem	Columbus
Robert C. Brower	(1953), 1954		Fullerton	Appointed by Governor Robert B. Crosby
August Wagner	1956		Columbus
John Overly Peck	1958, 1960, 1962	Rep	Columbus
F. O. Gottschalk	(1963)	Dem	Columbus	Appointed by Governor Frank B. Morrison
Herbert E. Nore	1964, 1966, 1970	Rep	Genoa
Donald N. Dworak	1974, 1978	Rep	Columbus
Lee Rupp	1982, 1986	Rep	Monroe
Helen Campbell	(1988)	Rep	Columbus	Appointed by Governor Kay Orr
Jennie Robak	1988, 1990, 1994, 1998	Dem	Columbus	Mother of Kim M. Robak
Arnie Stuthman	2002, 2006	Rep	Platte Center
Paul Schumacher	2010, 2014	Rep	Columbus
Mike Moser	2018, 2022	Rep	Columbus

District 23

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 23 was called District 17, and it consisted of the counties of Butler and Saunders. The boundaries of the district were unaffected by the 1964 and 1966 reapportionments. In the 1971 redistricting, an eastern part of Polk County was added to the district, and a southeastern part of Saunders County was lost. In 1981, the district was returned to including all of Butler and Saunders counties along with a very small southeastern portion of Platte County. As a result of the 1991 redistricting, District 23 was reorganized to include all of Butler and Colfax counties along with portions of Saunders, Polk, Platte, Dodge, and Cuming counties. In the 2001 redistricting, District 23 was reorganized yet again to include all of Butler County, most of Saunders County except a southern portion, and parts of Colfax, Douglas, and Sarpy counties. In the 2011 redistricting, District 23 was restored to include the entirety of Butler and Saunders counties along with most of Colfax county.

Today, District 23 consists of all of Colfax and Saunders Counties and most of Butler County, except for its western edge.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
John B. Peterson	1936	Rep	Ashland
Manley E. Westley	1938	Dem	Brainard
Alfred J. Brodahl	1940, 1942, 1944	Rep	Wahoo
Owen H. Person	1946, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954		Wahoo
Harold B. Stryker	1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964	Dem	Rising City
Loran Schmit	1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988	Rep	Bellwood
Curt Bromm	1992, 1996, 2000	Rep	Wahoo	Speaker (2003–2004)
Chris Langemeier	2004, 2008	Rep	Schuyler
Jerry Johnson	2012	Rep	Wahoo
Bruce Bostelman	2016, 2020	Rep	Brainard
Jared Storm (elect)	2024	Rep	David City

District 24

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 24 was also called District 24, and it consisted of the counties of York and Seward. The boundaries of the district were unaffected by the 1964 and 1966 reapportionments. In the 1971 redistricting, the southeastern corner of Polk County was added to the district, which remained the same after the 1981 redistricting. The portion of Polk County included in District 24 was then enlarged in the 1991 redistricting, enlarged further in the 2001 redistricting, and enlarged even further in the 2011 redistricting to include all of Polk County.

Today, District 24 consists of the entirety of Polk, Seward, and York counties along with the western side of Butler County and very small section of the southeast corner of Platte County.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
William H. Diers	1936, 1938	Dem	Gresham	Speaker (1939–1940); Brother of Herbert K. Diers
Stanley A. Matzke	1940, 1942	Rep	Milford	Father of Gerald E. Matzke
Fayette H. Wood	1944, 1946, 1948		Seward
Herbert K. Diers	1950, 1952, 1954	Ind	Gresham	Brother of William H. Diers
Fayette H. Wood	1956		Seward
Herbert K. Diers	1958, 1960	Ind	Gresham	Brother of William H. Diers
Clifton Neal Foster	1962	Rep	Benedict
Stanley A. Matzke	1964, 1966	Rep	Milford	Father of Gerald E. Matzke
Wayne Leroy Schreurs	(1969)	Rep	Seward	Appointed by Governor Norbert Tiemann
Walter H. Epke	1970	Rep	York
Douglas K. Bereuter	1974	Rep	Utica	US Representative
Harold F. Sieck	1978, 1982	Dem	Pleasant Dale
Scott Moore	1986, 1990	Rep	Stromsburg/Seward	Nebraska Secretary of State
Elaine Stuhr	1994, 1998, 2002	Rep	Bradshaw
Greg L. Adams	2006, 2010	Rep	York	Speaker (2013–2014)
Mark Kolterman	2014, 2018	Rep	Seward
Jana Hughes	2022	Rep	Seward

District 25

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 25 was called District 18, and it consisted of a section of Lancaster County. In the 1966 reapportionment, District 25 was expanded to include a portion of Cass County. In the 1971 redistricting, it was expanded to include portions of Lancaster County outside the City of Lincoln along with portions of Saunders, Cass, Otoe, and Johnson counties. As a result of the 1981 redistricting, District 25 lost all of its area outside Lancaster County and was made to consist of all the area of Lancaster county surrounding the districts that included portions of the City of Lincoln. In 1991, the district was reduced to only include the eastern side of Lancaster county, including parts of the city of Lincoln, and in the 2001 and 2011 redistrictings, District 25 was readjusted for population mostly in the northeastern corner of Lancaster County.

Today, District 25 consists of a portion of southeastern Lancaster County.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Charles Joseph Warner	1936	Rep	Waverly	Speaker (1937–1938); Lieutenant Governor; Father of Jerome Warner
James E. Reed	1938, 1940	Rep	Lincoln
Henry Phillip Heiliger	1942, 1944, 1946		Lincoln
Victor E. Anderson	1948	Rep	Havelock	Governor
Otto H. Liebers	1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958	Rep	Lincoln
George A. Knight	1960		Lincoln	Father of John E. Knight
Jerome Warner	1962, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996	Rep	Waverly	Speaker (1969–1970); Son of Charles J. Warner
Ron Raikes	(1997), 1998, 2000, 2004	Ind	Lincoln	Appointed by Governor Ben Nelson
Kathy Campbell	2008, 2012	Rep	Lincoln
Suzanne Geist	2016, 2020	Rep	Lincoln	Resigned to run for mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska
Carolyn Bosn	(2023), 2024	Rep	Lincoln	Appointed by Governor Jim Pillen

District 26

What is now called District 26 was created when the legislature expanded from 43 to 49 districts in 1964, and it consisted of a section of Lancaster County.

Today, District 26 still consists of a portion of Lancaster County, which has been readjusted for population in subsequent redistrictings. It mostly includes the northeast corner of the City of Lincoln.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
John E. Knight	1964, 1966		Lincoln	Son of George A. Knight
Wally Barnett, Jr.	1970, 1974	Rep	Lincoln
Louis Knar "L. K." Emry	(1978)	Dem	Lincoln	Appointed by Governor J. James Exon
Don Wesely	1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994	Dem	Lincoln
Marian H. Price	1998, 2002	Rep	Lincoln
Amanda McGill	2006, 2010	Dem	Lincoln
Matt Hansen	2014, 2018	Dem	Lincoln
George Dungan III	2022	Dem	Lincoln

District 27

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 27 was called District 19, and it consisted of a section of Lancaster County.

Today, District 27 still consists of a portion of Lancaster County, which has been readjusted for population in subsequent redistrictings. It mostly includes the southwest corner of the City of Lincoln.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
John H. Comstock	1936	Rep	Lincoln
George I. Craven	1938	Dem	Lincoln
Jack W. Price	1940	Rep	Lincoln
George I. Craven	1942	Dem	Lincoln
Thomas H. Adams	1944, 1946, 1948, 1950		Lincoln
Howard Leslie Britt	1952	Rep	Lincoln	Husband of Fay O. Britt
Fay O. Britt	(1954)		Lincoln	Appointed by Governor Robert B. Crosby; Wife of Howard L. Britt
Thomas H. Adams	1954		Lincoln
Stanley Lee Portsche	1956, 1958	Rep	Lincoln
Marvin E. Stromer	1960, 1962, 1964	Rep	Lincoln
William F. Swanson	(1967), 1968	Rep	Lincoln	Appointed by Governor Norbert Tiemann
Steve Fowler	1972, 1976, 1980	Dem	Lincoln
Bill Harris	(1983), 1984	Dem	Lincoln	Appointed by Governor Bob Kerrey
Stephanie Johanns	(1987)	Rep	Lincoln	Appointed by Governor Kay Orr; Wife of Mike Johanns
DiAnna Schimek	1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004	Dem	Lincoln
Colby Coash	2008, 2012	Rep	Lincoln
Anna Wishart	2016, 2020	Dem	Lincoln
Jason Prokop (elect)	2024	Dem	Lincoln

District 28

What is now called District 28 was created when the legislature expanded from 43 to 49 districts in 1964, and it consisted of a section of Lancaster County.

Today, District 28 still consists of a portion of Lancaster County, which has been readjusted for population in subsequent redistrictings. It mostly includes the central part of the City of Lincoln.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Hal W. Bauer	1964	Dem	Lincoln
Roland A. Luedtke	1966, 1970, 1974	Rep	Lincoln	Speaker (1977–1978); Lieutenant Governor
Chris Beutler	1978, 1982	Dem	Lincoln
James McFarland	(1986), 1986	Dem	Lincoln	Appointed by Governor Bob Kerrey
Chris Beutler	1990, 1994, 1998, 2002	Dem	Lincoln
Bill Avery	2006, 2010	Dem	Lincoln
Patty Pansing Brooks	2014, 2018	Dem	Lincoln
Jane Raybould	2022	Dem	Lincoln

District 29

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 29 was called District 20, and it consisted of a section of Lancaster County.

Today, District 29 still consists of a portion of Lancaster County, which has been readjusted for population in subsequent redistrictings. It mostly includes the south central portion of the City of Lincoln.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Lester L. Dunn	1936, 1938	Rep	Lincoln
C. Petrus Peterson	1940, 1942, 1944, 1946	Rep	Lincoln	Speaker (1945–1946)
Thomas M. Davies	1948		Lincoln
Robert Donald McNutt	1950, 1952	Rep	Lincoln
Ralph R. Perry	1954		Lincoln
Fred M. Waggoner	1956		Lincoln
Fern Hubbard Orme	1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1968	Rep	Lincoln
Shirley Marsh	1972, 1976, 1980, 1984	Rep	Lincoln	Wife of Frank Marsh
LaVon Crosby	1988, 1992, 1996	Rep	Lincoln	Wife of Robert B. Crosby
Mike Foley	2000, 2004	Rep	Lincoln	Nebraska Auditor, Lieutenant Governor
Tony Fulton	(2007), 2008	Rep	Lincoln	Appointed by Governor Dave Heineman; Nebraska Tax Commissioner
Kate Bolz	2012, 2016	Dem	Lincoln
Eliot Bostar	2020, 2024	Dem	Lincoln

District 30

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 30 was called District 21, and it consisted of Gage County. The district's boundaries were unaffected in the reapportionment of 1964; however, in the reapportionment of 1966, it was shifted slightly to include most of Gage County except for the western edge, and Pawnee County was added to it. In the 1971 redistricting, District 30 was modified again by dropping Pawnee County completely, regaining the western edge of Gage County but losing the southeastern corner, and adding portions of Saline and Jefferson counties. As a result of the 1981 redistricting, the district was reorganized to include all of Gage County and only the southeastern corner of Jefferson County. In the 1991 redistricting, District 30 began to gain area in southern Lancaster County; it also lost the bottom third of Gage County and regained the southeastern corner of Saline County and more area in Jefferson County. After the 2001 redistricting, District 30 consisted of all of Gage County and a portion of southern Lancaster County, which continued to be adjusted for population in subsequent redistrictings.

Today, District 30 consists of all of Gage County and a southeastern slice of Lancaster County.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Henry Ferdinand Brandt	1936	Dem	Beatrice
John S. Callan	1938, 1940	Dem	Odell
Latimer J. "Ladd" Hubka	1942, 1944	Rep	Beatrice	Brother of Ernie Hubka
John S. Callan	1946, 1948	Dem	Odell
Joseph P. Shalla	1950		Beatrice
Ernie Hubka	1952, 1954		Beatrice	Brother of Latimer J. Hubka
Willard Henry Waldo	1956	Rep	DeWitt
George F. Fulton	1958	Rep	Beatrice	Seated after a recount in which Fulton was determined to be the winner over Willard Henry Waldo
Willard Henry Waldo	1960	Rep	DeWitt	Later elected in District 31 in 1968
Thomas H. Damrow	1962	Dem	Beatrice
Fred W. Carstens	1964, 1966, 1970	Rep	Beatrice
George "Bill" Burrows	1974, 1978	Dem	Adams
Patricia Stalder Morehead	1982, 1986	Dem	Beatrice
Dennis Byars	(1988), 1990	Rep	Beatrice	Appointed by Governor Kay Orr
David I. Maurstad	1994	Rep	Beatrice	Lieutenant Governor
Dennis Byars	1998, 2002	Rep	Beatrice
Norm Wallman	2006, 2010	Dem	Cortland
Roy Baker	2014	Rep	Lincoln
Myron Dorn	2018, 2022	Rep	Adams

District 31

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 31 was called District 22, and it consisted of the counties of Thayer and Jefferson. In the 1964 reapportionment, the district lost Thayer County and gained Saline County. In the 1966 reapportionment, the western edge of Gage County was added to the district. In the 1971 redistricting, the district was moved completely to south central Douglas County.

Today, District 31 still consists of a portion of south central Douglas County, mostly in the Millard area, which has been adjusted for population in subsequent redistrictings.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Franklin Stewart Wells	1936	Dem	Fairbury
J. Lyndon Thornton	1938, 1940	Rep	Fairbury
J. E. Conklin	1942, 1944		Hubbell
R. B. Steele	1946		Fairbury
Ralph W. Hill	1948, 1950, 1952		Hebron
Arnold J. Ruhnke	1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964	Ind	Plymouth
Willard Henry Waldo	1968, (1968)	Rep	DeWitt	Appointed by Governor Norbert Tiemann after he was elected because seat was vacated early; Previously Served from District 30
Moved to Douglas County as part of the 1971 Redistricting
James A. Dickinson	1972	Rep	Millard
Neil S. Simon	1976	Dem	Omaha
Steve Wiitala	1980	Dem	Omaha
Gordon Lee McDonald	(1983)	Dem	Omaha	Appointed by Governor Bob Kerrey
Jerry Chizek	1984, 1988	Dem	Omaha
Kate Witek	1992, 1996	Rep	Omaha	Nebraska Auditor
Mark Quandahl	(1999), 2000	Rep	Omaha	Appointed by Governor Ben Nelson
Rich Pahls	2004, 2008	Rep	Omaha/Boys Town
Rick Kolowski	2012, 2016	Dem	Omaha
Rich Pahls	2020	Rep	Omaha
Kathleen Kauth	(2022), 2022, 2024	Rep	Omaha	Appointed by Governor Pete Ricketts

District 32

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 32 was called District 23, and it consisted of the counties of Fillmore and Saline. In the 1964 reapportionment, the district lost Saline County but gained Clay and Thayer counties. District 32 was unaffected by the 1966 reapportionment. In the 1971 redistricting, District 31 lost Clay County, but it gained most of Saline County and half of Jefferson County. In the 1981 redistricting, the district gained all of Saline County and most of Jefferson County except for the southeast corner. As a result of the 1991 redistricting, District 31 lost portions of Saline and Jefferson counties but gained the eastern side of Nuckolls County. In the 2001 redistricting, District 31 lost its area in Nuckoklls County and was adjusted to include all of Fillmore, Saline, Thayer, and Jefferson counties. In the 2011 redistricting, the district gained a portion of southwestern Lancaster County.

Today, District 32 consists of the entirety of Fillmore, Thayer, Saline, and Jefferson counties as well as a southwestern portion of Lancaster County.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Alois Slepicka	1936	Dem	Wilber
John E. Mekota	1938, 1940, 1942, 1944	Dem	Crete
Chauncey C. Lillibridge	1946, 1948, 1950, 1952		Crete
Mervin V. Bedford	1954, 1956	Dem	Geneva
Joe T. Vosoba	1958, 1960	Dem	Wilber
Eric C. Rasmussen	1962, 1964, 1966	Rep	Fairmont
Theodore C. Wenzlaff	(1968)	Rep	Sutton	Appointed by Governor Norbert Tiemann
Richard H. Maresh	1970, 1974, 1978	Rep	Milligan
Sharon V. Apking	(1981)	Rep	Alexandria	Appointed by Governor Charles Thone
Don Eret	1982	Dem	Dorchester	Elected as a Republican but later switched to the Democratic Party
George Coordsen	1986, 1990, 1994, 1998	Rep	Hebron
Jeanne Combs	2002	Rep	Friend
Russ Karpisek	2006, 2010	Dem	Wilber
Laura Ebke	2014	Lib	Crete	Elected as a Republican but later switched to the Libertarian Party
Tom Brandt	2018, 2022	Rep	Plymouth

District 33

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 33 was called District 31, and it consisted of the counties of Kearney and Adams. In the 1964 reapportionment, it was reduced to just Adams County. The boundaries of the district were unaffected by the 1966 reapportionment, 1971 redistricting, and 1981 redistricting. After the 1991 redistricting, District 33 gained the southwestern half of Hall County. In the 2001 and 2011 redistrictings, the district continued to expand into Hall County.

Today, as a result of the 2021 redistricting, District 33 contains all of Adams and Kearney counties and a large portion of Phelps County.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Leland R. Hall	1936, 1938	Dem	Roseland
Harry Eugene Bowman	1940, 1942	Rep	Hastings
Harry Frederick Russell	(1943)		Hastings	Appointed by Governor Dwight Griswold
Fred A. Seaton	1944, 1946	Rep	Hastings	US Senator; US Secretary of the Interior
William Halsey Bohlke	1948		Hastings	Father-in-law of Ardyce Bohlke
Richard D. Marvel	1950, 1952	Rep	Hastings
Kathleen Ackerson Foote	1954, 1956		Axtell
Richard D. Marvel	1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980	Rep	Hastings	Speaker (1979–1982)
Clarence E. Jacobson	(1982)	Rep	Hastings	Appointed by Governor Charles Thone
Jacklyn J. Smith	1984, 1988	Rep	Hastings
Ardyce Bohlke	(1991), 1992, 1996	Dem	Hastings	Appointed by Governor Ben Nelson; Daughter-in-law of William Halsey Bohlke
Carroll Burling	2000, 2004	Rep	Kenesaw
Dennis Utter	2008	Rep	Hastings
Les Seiler	(2012), 2012	Rep	Hastings	Appointed by Governor Dave Heineman
Steve Halloran	2016, 2020	Rep	Hastings
Dan Lonowski (elect)	2024	Rep	Hastings

District 34

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 34 was called District 25, and it consisted of the counties of Polk, Hamilton, and Clay. In the 1964 reapportionment, the district lost Clay County but gained all of Merrick County. The boundaries of the district were unaffected by the 1966 reapportionment, but in the 1971 redistricting, District 34 regained Clay County and also added the northern half of Nuckolls County while losing the eastern half of Polk County. In the 1981 redistricting, the district gave up its share of Nuckolls County and expanded into portions of Hall County and further portions of Polk County. In the 1991 redistricting, the District 34 lost all of its area in Polk County and gained more in Hall County. After the 2001 redistricting, the district had lost Clay County but it had gained Nance and regained the northwestern half of Polk County. In the 2011 redistricting, the district gained more area in Hall County but lost all of its area in Polk County again.

Today, District 34 contains all of Hamilton, Merrick, and Nance counties along with the northeast corner of Hall County excluding the city of Grand Island.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
John Nathaniel Norton	1936	Dem	Polk	US Representative
Jay Hastings	1938	Rep	Osceola
Ray Thomas	(1940), 1940, 1942	Dem	Clay Center	Appointed by Governor Robert Leroy Cochran
Lester H. Anderson	1944, 1946, 1948	Rep	Aurora
Rolland H. Kreutz	1950	Dem	Giltner
Lester H. Anderson	1952, 1954	Rep	Aurora
Hans O. Jensen	1956, 1958, 1960	Dem	Aurora
Maurice A. Kremer	1962, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978	Rep	Aurora	Father of Bob Kremer
Rod Johnson	1982, 1986, 1990	Rep	Sutton
Janis Johnson McKenzie	(1993), 1994	Dem	Harvard	Appointed by Governor Ben Nelson
Jerry D. Willhoft	(1997)	Dem	Central City	Appointed by Governor Ben Nelson
Bob Kremer	1998, 2002	Rep	Aurora	Son of Maurice A. Kremer
Annette Dubas	2006, 2010	Dem	Fullerton
Curt Friesen	2014, 2018	Rep	Henderson
Loren Lippincott	2022	Rep	Central City

District 35

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 35 was called District 30, and it consisted of the counties of Hall and Merrick. In the 1964 reapportionment, the district was reduced to just Hall County, and in the 1966 reapportionment, the district was further reduced to just the northeastern corner of Hall County, which contains the city of Grand Island.

Today, District 35 consists of just the portion of Hall County containing Grand Island, which has been adjusted for population in subsequent redistrictings.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
John Knickrehm	1936	Rep	Grand Island
Alva M. Johnston	1938	Rep	Doniphan
Walter R. Raecke	1940, 1942, 1944, 1946	Dem	Central City	Speaker (1947–1948)
Louis A. Holmes	1948	Rep	Grand Island
H. G. Wellensiek	1950	Rep	Grand Island
Joseph D. Martin III	1952, 1954	Dem	Grand Island
Marvin M. Lautenschlager	1956, 1958, 1960	Rep	Grand Island
Ted C. Reeves	1962	Rep	Central City
Ira E. Paine	1964		Grand Island
Don Elrod	(1966), 1966, 1968	Dem	Grand Island	Appointed by Governor Frank B. Morrison
Ralph D. Kelly	1972, 1976	Rep	Grand Island
Howard L. Peterson	1980	Rep	Grand Island
Arlene B. Nelson	1984, 1988	Dem	Grand Island
Dan Fisher	1992	Rep	Grand Island
Chris Peterson	1996	Rep	Grand Island
Ray Aguilar	(1999), 2000, 2004	Rep	Grand Island	Appointed by Governor Mike Johanns
Mike Gloor	2008, 2012	Rep	Grand Island
Dan Quick	2016	Dem	Grand Island
Ray Aguilar	2020	Rep	Grand Island
Dan Quick (elect)	2024	Dem	Grand Island

District 36

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 36 was called District 34, and it consisted of the counties of Sherman and Buffalo. In the 1964 reapportionment, the district was reduced to just Buffalo County, and in the 1966 reapportionment, it added the northwest corner of Hall County. In the 1971 redistricting, District 36 was shifted to include only the eastern half of Buffalo County and most of Hall County, excluding the City of Grand Island and the northern edge of Hall County. However, in the 1981 redistricting, District 36 lost area in the southeast corner of Hall County but gained back all of Buffalo County except for the City of Kearney. After the 1991 redistricting, the district began to shift west, losing all of its area in Hall County but gaining all of Dawson and the southwest corner of Sherman County. In the 2001 redistricting, District 36 lost all of its area in Sherman County and also the southwest corner of Dawson County. In the 2011 redistricting, it regained all of Dawson County, lost all but a northern section of Buffalo County, and added all of the sizeable Custer County. In the 2021 redistricting, District 36 was moved completely to Sarpy County.

Today, District 36 consists of roughly the southwest half of Sarpy County.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Roy W. Johnson	1936	Rep	Miller	Lieutenant Governor
Fred A. Mueller	1938, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1946	Rep	Kearney
Walter Jackson Williams	1948, 1950, 1952		Kearney
Norman A. Otto	1954, 1956, 1958	Dem	Kearney
Ernest H. Staubitz	1960		Kearney
Richard R. Lysinger	1962, 1964	Rep	Ravenna
Leslie Robinson	1966	Rep	Kearney
Gerald A. Stromer	1970	Rep	Kearney
Ron Cope	1974, 1978	Rep	Kearney
Ray E. Lundy	1982	Dem	Kearney
Lorraine Langford	1986	Rep	Kearney
Jim D. Cudaback	1990, 1994, 1998, 2002	Rep	Riverdale
John Wightman	2006, 2010	Rep	Lexington
Matt Williams	2014, 2018	Rep	Gothenburg
Moved to Sarpy County as part of the 2021 Redistricting
Rick Holdcroft	2022	Rep	Bellevue

District 37

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 37 was called District 32, and it consisted of the counties of Franklin, Webster, and Nuckolls. In the 1964 reapportionment, District 37 gained Kearney County, and in the 1966 reapportionment, it gained the eastern half of Harlan County. In the 1971 redistricting, the district lost its eastern half of Harlan County and the northern Half of Nuckolls County but gained a slice in the western part of Buffalo County. In the 1981 redistricting, District 37 regained all of Nuckolls County, but lost its area in Buffalo County except for the City of Kearney. After the 1991 redistricting, the district was resituated to include only Kearney County and the part of Buffalo County containing the City of Kearney. District 37 was unaffected by the 2001 redistricting, but in the 2011 redistricting, it lost Kearney County and was reduced to the southeast portion of Buffalo County which contained the City of Kearney. In the 2021 redistricting, District 37 was further reduced to the area around the City of Kearney.

Today, District 37 contains a portion of Buffalo County which contains the City of Kearney.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Earl Wilfred Carpenter	1936	Dem	Guide Rock
Daniel Garber	1938, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1946	Rep	Red Cloud	Nephew of Silas Garber
Carl R. Lindgren	1948, 1950	Rep	Campbell
William A. McHenry	1952, 1954, 1956	Rep	Nelson
Kenneth L. Bowen	1958, 1960, 1962, 1964	Rep	Red Cloud	Speaker (1965–1966)
Richard L. Ely	(1967)	Rep	Guide Rock	Appointed by Governor Norbert Tiemann
Wayne W. Ziebarth	1968	Dem	Wilcox
Gary Anderson	1972	Dem	Axtell	Originally elected as a Republican but switched to the Democratic Party in 1973
Martin Kahle	1976, 1980	Dem	Kearney
Jerry D. Miller	1984	Dem	Davenport
Doug Kristensen	1988, 1992, 1996, 2000	Rep	Minden	Speaker (1997–2002)
Joel T. Johnson	(2002), 2002, 2004	Rep	Kearney	Appointed by Governor Mike Johanns
Galen Hadley	2008, 2012	Rep	Kearney	Speaker (2015–2016)
John Lowe	2016, 2020	Rep	Kearney
Stanley Clouse (elect)	2024	Rep	Kearney

District 38

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 38 was called District 33, and it consisted of the counties of Red Willow, Furnas, and Harlan. The district was unaffected by the 1964 reapportionment, but in the 1966 reapportionment, it gained Frontier and Gosper counties but lost the eastern half of Harlan County. As a result of the 1971 redistricting, District 38 regained all of Harlan County as well as the eastern half of Hayes County. In the 1981 redistricting, it lost its area in Hayes County but gained a substantial southern portion of Lincoln County. In the 1991 redistricting, the district was shifted substantially eastward, losing all of Frontier and Red Willow counties as well as its area in Lincoln County and a small slice on the western edge of Furnas County; however, it gained Phelps, Franklin, and Webster counties as well as a majority portion of Nuckolls County. With the 2001 redistricting, District 38 continued its shift eastward by losing Furnas County but acquiring all of Nuckolls County and adding Clay County. In the 2011 redistricting, the district yet again moved eastward, losing Gosper and Harlan counties but gaining Kearney County and the southwest part of Buffalo County. As a result of the 2021 redistricting, District 38 began to move westward again, regaining its original three counties, Harlan, Furnas, and Red Willow counties, but losing its area in Buffalo County, most of its area in Phelps County except for a portion containing the City of Holdrege, and all of Kearney County.

Today, District 38 consists of Red Willow, Furnas, Harlan, Franklin, Webster, Nuckolls, and Clay counties as well as the portion of Phelps County containing the City of Holdrege.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Earl M. Neubauer	1936, 1938, 1940, 1942	Dem	Orleans
C. Edward Hoyt	1944, 1946, 1948, 1950	Rep	McCook	Speaker (1951–1952)
George H. Frazier	(1952)	Rep	Oxford	Appointed by Governor Val Peterson
Tom Coffey	1952		Alma
Donald L. Thompson	1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962	Rep	McCook	Speaker (1961–1962)
Lester Harsh	1964, 1966	Rep	Bartley/McCook
Richard Lewis	1970, 1974	Rep	Holbrook
Geno "Tom" Vickers	1978, 1982	Dem	Farnam	Elected in 1978 and 1982 as a Republican but switched to the Democratic Party in 1983
W. Owen Elmer	1986, 1990	Rep	Indianola	Elected in 1994 in District 44 after the 1991 Redistricting
Ed Schrock	1994, 1998, 2002	Rep	Elm Creek	Previously appointed to District 39 in 1990 before the 1991 Redistricting
Tom Carlson	2006, 2010	Rep	Holdrege
John Kuehn	2014	Rep	Heartwell
Dave Murman	2018, 2022	Rep	Glenvil

District 39

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 39 was called District 36, and it consisted of the counties of Dawson, Gosper, and Phelps. The district was unaffected by the 1964 reapportionment, but in the 1966 reapportionment, District 39 lost Gosper County. In the redistricting of 1971, the district gained a thin slice on the western edge of Buffalo County, but that area of Buffalo County was then lost in the redistricting of 1981. As a result of the redistricting of 1991, District 39 was moved to the central part of Douglas County where it contained mostly Douglas County and a very little bit of northern Sarpy County. In the 2001 redistricting, District 39 was extended North to include the southwestern corner of Washington County. After the 2011 redistricting, the district was shifted completely into Douglas County.

Today, District 39 consists of a portion of Douglas County on its western side.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Swan Carlson	1936, 1938, 1940	Dem	Funk
Delmar S. Anderson	1942		Lexington
Lloyd Kain	1944, 1946	Rep	Lexington
Willard Martin Wilson	1948		Holdrege
Herbert J. Duis	1950, 1952	Rep	Gothenburg
Arthur W. Swanson	1954, 1956, 1958	Rep	Holdrege
Albert A. Kjar	1960, 1962, 1964	Dem	Lexington
Herbert J. Duis	1968, 1972, 1976	Rep	Gothenburg
Bill Barrett	(1979), 1980, 1984, 1988	Rep	Lexington	Speaker (1987–1990); Appointed by Governor Charles Thone; US Representative
Ed Schrock	(1990)	Rep	Elm Creek	Appointed by Governor Kay Orr; Elected in 1994 in District 38 after the 1991 Redistricting
Moved to Douglas County as part of the 1991 Redistricting
Dwite Pedersen	1992, 1996, 2000, 2004	Rep	Elkhorn
Beau McCoy	2008, 2012	Rep	Omaha
Lou Ann Linehan	2016, 2020	Rep	Omaha
Tony Sorrentino (elect)	2024	Rep	Elkhorn

District 40

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 40 was called District 28, and it consisted of the counties of Keya Paha, Rock, Boyd, and Holt. In the 1964 reapportionment, the district was relabeled as District 42, but its boundaries remained unchanged. In the 1966 reapportionment, the district was again relabeled as District 40 and was shifted slightly eastward, losing Keya Paha and Rock counties but gaining Wheeler and Antelope counties. In the 1971 redistricting, District 40 lost Wheeler County but gained a substantial northern portion of Boone County. In the 1981 redistricting, the district gained even more area in Boone County such that the district now contained about three quarters of Boone County except the southeastern corner. As a result of the 1991 redistricting, District 40 lost all of its area in Boone County but added almost all of Knox County except for a small section in the southeast corner. In the 2001 redistricting, the district shifted substantially eastward, losing Boyd and Antelope counties as well as the western half of Holt county, but it gained all the area of Knox County as well as Pierce and Cedar counties. In the 2011 redistricting, District 40 regained Boyd County and all of Holt County, gained Rock and Dixon counties, and lost Pierce County. After the 2021 redistricting, District 40 lost Rock and Boyd counties again as well as a southern portion of Dixon County, but it gained Antelope County and the northern half of Pierce County.

Today, District 40 consists of the entirety of Holt, Knox, Antelope, and Cedar counties as well as most of Dixon County and the northern half of Pierce County.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Frank J. Brady	1936, 1938	Rep	Atkinson
Tony Asimus	1940, 1942	Dem	O’Neill
Dennis H. Cronin	1944	Rep	O’Neill
John L. Copeland	1946		Mariaville
Frank Nelson	1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964	Rep	O’Neill
Francis D. "Bart" Lee	(1966)	Dem	Atkinson	Appointed by Governor Frank B. Morrison
William M. Wylie	1966	Rep	Elgin	Elected previously in District 20; Son of Matt Wylie and Fannie B. Wylie
John W. De Camp	1970, 1974, 1978, 1982	Rep	Neligh	Was associated with the Democratic and Libertarian Parties at other points in his career
Cap Dierks	1986, 1990, 1994, 1998	Dem	Ewing
Doug Cunningham	2002	Rep	Wausa	Elected previously in District 18
Cap Dierks	2006	Rep	Ewing	Switched to the Republican Party since the last time he was elected
Tyson Larson	2010, 2014	Rep	O'Neill
Tim Gragert	2018	Rep	Creighton
Barry DeKay	2022	Rep	Niobrara

District 41

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 41 was called District 29, and it consisted of the counties of Wheeler, Valley, Greeley, and Howard. In the 1964 reapportionment, the district lost Wheeler County and gained Sherman. In the 1966 reapportionment, Boone County was added to the district. In the 1971 redistricting, District 41 lost Boone County but gained all of Loup, Garfield County, Nebraska, and Wheeler counties as well as the northeast corner of Custer County and the northern edge of Hall County. In the 1981 redistricting, District 41 was largely unaffected, with only slight changes to its boundaries within Custer and Hall counties. After the 1991 redistricting, the district lost Loup county as well as part of its area in Sherman County and most of its area in Custer County except for a small carve-out. However, the district gained most of Boone County except for a part in the southeast corner and added to its territory in Hall County. In the 2001 redistricting, the district gained back all of Sherman County, gained the remainder of Boone County, and added Antelope County while slightly adjusting its boundaries in Hall County. In the 2011 redistricting, District 41 gave up all of its area in Hall County but added Pierce County. After the 2021 redistricting, the district shifted southward, losing Garfield, Antelope, and Pierce counties, but gaining most of Buffalo County, except for an area around the City of Kearney, and most of Hall County, except for an area around the City of Grand Island.

Today, District 41 consists of the entirety of Wheeler, Boone, Valley, Greeley, Sherman, and Howard counties as well as most of Buffalo County, except for the area around the city of Kearney comprised by District 37, and most of Hall County except for the area around the city of Grand Island comprised by Districts 34 and 35.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Tracy T. Frost	1936	Dem	St. Paul
John Francis Doyle	1938	Dem	Greeley
Joseph T. Knezacek	1940	Rep	Ord
John Francis Doyle	1942, 1944, 1946	Dem	Greeley
Hugh Carson	1948, 1950, 1952	Rep	Ord
Leroy Bahensky	1954, 1956	Dem	Palmer/St. Paul
Jack Romans	1958, 1960	Rep	Ord
Leroy Bahensky	1962	Dem	St. Paul
Rudolf C. Kokes	1964, 1968	Dem	Ord
Dennis L. Rasmussen	1972, 1976	Rep	Scotia
Donald L. Wagner	(1979), 1980	Rep	Ord	Appointed by Governor Charles Thone
Carson Rogers	1984, 1988	Rep	Ord
Jerry W. Schmitt	1992, 1996	Rep	Ord
Richard N. McDonald	2000	Rep	Rockville	Husband of Vickie D. McDonald
Vickie D. McDonald	(2001), 2002, 2004	Rep	St. Paul	Appointed by Governor Mike Johanns; Wife of Richard N. McDonald
Kate Sullivan	2008, 2012	Dem	Cedar Rapids
Tom Briese	2016, 2020	Rep	Albion	Resigned to become Nebraska State Treasurer
Fred Meyer	(2023)	Rep	St. Paul	Appointed by Governor Jim Pillen
Daniel D. McKeon (elect)	2024	Rep	Amherst

District 42

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 42 was called District 35, and it consisted of the counties of Loup, Garfield, and Custer. In the 1964 reapportionment, the district was relabeled as District 40 and shifted slightly westward; it lost Garfield County but gained the counties of Hooker, Thomas, Blaine, McPherson, and Logan. In the 1966 reapportionment, the district was again relabeled as District 42 and expanded by regaining Garfield County and adding Garden and Arthur counties. In the 1971 redistricting, District 42 was substantially reorganized and moved slightly southward to consist of only Lincoln County and a small western section of Custer County. As a result of the 1981 redistricting, the area of District 42 was reduced to only include a substantial northeastern portion of Lincoln County, including the City of North Platte. In the 1991 redistricting, the district was expanded to include all of Lincoln County, and its area remained unaffected by the 2001 and 2011 redistrictings. In the 2021 redistricting, District 42 gained Hooker, Thomas, McPherson, and Logan counties along with three quarters of Perkins County.

Today, District 42 consists of the entirety of Lincoln, Hooker, McPherson, Thomas, and Logan counties as well as three quarters of Perkins county, excluding its southwest corner.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Willis F. "Bill" Haycock	1936	Dem	Callaway
Albert Cornelius Van Diest	1938, 1940	Dem	Almeria
Harry F. Burnham	1942, 1944, 1946, 1948	Rep	Sargent
K. W. Peterson	1950, 1952, 1954	Rep	Sargent
Dwain Williams	1956, 1958	Rep	Broken Bow
M. M. "Duke" Forrester	1960, 1962	Rep	Anselmo
Chester Paxton	1964	Rep	Thedford
J. James Waldron	1966, 1970	Rep	Callaway
Moved to Lincoln County as part of the 1971 Redistricting
Myron G. A. Rumery	1974, 1978	Dem	North Platte
Jim Pappas	1982, 1986	Dem	North Platte	Elected as a Republican but later switched to the Democratic Party
David Bernard-Stevens	(1988), 1988, 1990, 1994	Rep	North Platte	Appointed by Governor Kay Orr
Don Pederson	(1996), 1996, 1998, 2002	Rep	North Platte	Appointed by Governor Ben Nelson; Father of Steve Pederson
Tom Hansen	2006, 2010	Rep	North Platte
Mike Groene	2014, 2018	Rep	North Platte
Mike Jacobson	(2022), 2022	Rep	North Platte	Appointed by Governor Pete Ricketts

District 43

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 43 was called District 40, and it consisted of the counties of Sheridan, Cherry, and Brown. It was unaffected in the 1964 reapportionment, but in the 1966 reapportionment, the counties of Grant, Rock, and Keya Paha were added. In the 1971 redistricting, District 43 lost its western counties of Sheridan and Grant but it gained a number of counties to the south, including Hooker, Thomas, Blaine, McPherson, and Logan as well as most of Custer. In the 1981 redistricting, District 43 was unaffected except that the shape of the portion of Custer County contained within it was altered. As a result of the 1991 redistricting, the district gained Grant and Loup counties as well as a portion of Sheridan County. It also gained most of Custer County except for a small carve-out on the east side. During the 2001 redistricting, the district shifted slightly eastward, giving up Grant County, its portion of Sheridan County, and the western edge of Cherry County, but adding the last little bit of Custer County as well as all of Boyd County and half of Holt County. In the 2011 redistricting, District 43 shifted back westward, regaining the western edge of Cherry County and gaining all of Grant and Sheridan counties along with an eastern portion of Box Butte County while losing its area in Holt County and all of Boyd, Rock, and Custer counties. In the 2021 redistricting, District 43 lost its area in Box Butte County and many of its counties in the southern part of the district, including Grant, Hooker, Thomas, McPherson, and Logan counties. On its eastern side, it added Boyd, Rock, Garfield, and Custer counties.

Today, District 43 consists of Dawes, Sheridan, Cherry, Keya Paha, Boyd, Brown, Rock, Blaine, Loup, Garfield, and Custer counties.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Allen A. Strong	1936	Rep	Gordon
George B. Gross	1938	Dem	Valentine
Don E. Hanna, Sr.	1940, 1942, 1944	Rep	Brownlee/Valentine	Father of Don E. Hanna, Jr.
Joe W. Leedom	1946	Rep	Gordon
Don E. Hanna, Sr.	1948	Rep	Valentine	Father of Don E. Hanna, Jr.
D. J. "Jay" Cole	1950, 1952, 1954, 1956	Rep	Merriman
Earl Hollenbeck	1958	Rep	Long Pine
Elvin Adamson	1960, 1962, 1964, 1968	Rep	Nenzel/Valentine	Speaker (1967–1968)
Don E. Hanna, Jr.	(1969)	Rep	Brownlee	Appointed by Governor Norbert Tiemann; Son of Don E. Hanna, Sr.
Otho G. Kime	1970, 1972	Rep	Valentine
Howard A. Lamb	1976, 1980, 1984, 1988	Rep	Anselmo
Jim Jones	1992, 1996, 2000	Rep	Eddyville
Deb Fischer	2004, 2008	Rep	Valentine	US Senator
Al Davis	2012	Rep	Hyannis
Tom Brewer	2016, 2020	Rep	Gordon
Tanya Storer (elect)	2024	Rep	Whitman

District 44

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 44 was called District 39, and it consisted of the counties of Garden, Deuel, Grant, Arthur, Keith, Hooker, McPherson, Thomas, Logan, and Blaine. In the 1964 reapportionment, the district shifted substantially westward, losing the eastern counties of Blaine, Thomas, Logan, Hooker, and McPherson but gaining Morrill County to the west. In the 1966 reapportionment, the district again shifted substantially, but this time to the south to absorb most of the previous District 46 which was moved. The district lost all of its counties except for Deuel and Keith counties, but it gained Perkins, Chase, Dundy, Hayes, and Hitchcock counties. In the 1971 redistricting, District 44 lost the eastern half of Hayes County but regained Arthur and Garden counties to the north. In the 1981 redistricting, it regained all of Hayes County as well as all of Grant County and a western portion of Lincoln County, but it lost Garden County. As a result of the 1991 redistricting, District 44 lost its northern counties of Deuel, Grant, Arthur, and Keith as well as its area in Lincoln County, but it gained Frontier and Red Willow counties as well as a thin western slice of Furnas County. In the 2001 redistricting, District 44 gained all of Furnas County and a triangular portion of the southwest corner of Dawson County. After the 2011 redistricting, the district lost its area in Dawson County but gained Gosper and Harlan counties. In the 2021 redistricting, District 44 lost Harlan, Furnas, and Red Willow counties as well as three quarters of Perkins County, except for the southwest corner, but it gained Dawson County.

Today, District 44 consists of the southwest quarter of Perkins County as well as the entirety of Chase, Dundy, Hayes, Hitchcock, Frontier, Dawson, and Gosper counties.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Rufus Melvin Howard	1936, 1938, 1940	Rep	Flats/Sutherland	Speaker (1941–1942)
Carl P. Jeffords	1942, 1944	Rep	Mullen
Clyde Franklin Cretsinger	1946, 1948		Paxton
Joshua Logan Brown	1950, 1952		Brule
Clyde Franklin Cretsinger	(1954)		Paxton	Appointed by Governor Robert B. Crosby
Donald F. McGinley	1954, 1956	Dem	Ogallala	US Representative; Lieutenant Governor
Lewis Webb	1958, 1960	Rep	Ogallala
Donald F. McGinley	1962	Dem	Ogallala	US Representative; Lieutenant Governor
Ramey C. Whitney	1964, 1966, 1970	Rep	Chappell
Jaclund "Jack" Dale Mills	1974	Dem	Big Springs
Shirley Parks	(1978)		Ogallala	Appointed by Governor J. James Exon
Rex Haberman	1978, 1982, 1986, 1990	Rep	Imperial
W. Owen Elmer	1994	Rep	Indianola	Elected previously in District 38
Tom Baker	1998, 2002	Rep	Trenton
Mark R. Christensen	2006, 2010	Rep	Imperial
Dan Hughes	2014, 2018	Rep	Venango
Teresa Ibach	2022	Rep	Sumner	Wife of Greg Ibach

District 45

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 45 was called District 38, and it consisted of the counties of Lincoln and Frontier. In the 1964 reapportionment, it was reduced to just Lincoln County. District 45 was unaffected by the 1966 reapportionment, but in the 1971 redistricting, it was moved completely to the eastern side of Sarpy County, where it has remained.

Today, District 45 consists of an eastern portion of Sarpy County, which has been readjusted for population in subsequent redistrictings.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Harry Leon Pizer	1936	Dem	North Platte	Speaker (1959–1960)
Charles Roscoe Herrick	1938	Dem	Curtis
Robert B. Crosby	1940, 1942	Rep	North Platte	Speaker (1943–1944); Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Husband of LaVon Crosby
Harry Leon Pizer	1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958	Rep	North Platte	Speaker (1959–1960); Listed as a Democrat in the 1937 legislature but later listed as a Republican
Cecil I. Craft	1960, 1962, 1964	Rep	North Platte	Husband of Ellen E. Craft
Ellen E. Craft	(1966)	Rep	North Platte	Appointed by Governor Frank B. Morrison; Wife of Cecil I. Craft
Glenn Viehmeyer	1966	Dem	North Platte
Ellen E. Craft	1968	Rep	North Platte	Wife of Cecil I. Craft
Moved to Sarpy County as part of the 1971 Redistricting
Frank Lewis	1972, 1976	Dem	Bellevue	Elected as a Republican in 1972 but switched to the Democratic Party in 1973
George Fenger	1980	Rep	Bellevue
D. Paul Hartnett	1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000	Dem	Bellevue
Abbie Cornett	2004, 2008	Rep	Bellevue	Initially elected as a Democrat but switched to the Republican Party in 2006
Sue Crawford	2012, 2016	Dem	Bellevue
Rita Sanders	2020, 2024	Rep	Bellevue

District 46

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 46 was called District 37, and it consisted of the counties of Perkins, Chase, Dundy, Hayes, and Hitchcock. In the 1964 reapportionment, Frontier County was added to the district, but in the 1966 reapportionment, District 46 was moved completely to Lancaster County, where it has remained.

Today, District 46 consists of a portion of Lancaster County, which has been readjusted for population in subsequent redistrictings. It mostly includes the northwest part of the City of Lincoln.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Hugh Benton Ashmore	1936, 1938	Rep	Palisade
Arthur Carmody	1940, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952	Rep	Trenton
George Hoffmeister	1954		Imperial
Norval B. Dame	1956	Dem	Stratton
Dale Erlewine	1958, 1960, 1962	Ind	Grant
H. C. Crandall	1964		Curtis
Moved to Lancaster County as part of the 1966 Reapportionment
Harold D. Simpson, Sr.	1966, 1970, 1974	Rep	Lincoln
Jo Ann Maxey	(1977)	Dem	Lincoln	Appointed by Governor J. James Exon
David Landis	1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002	Dem	Lincoln
Danielle (Nantkes) Conrad	2006, 2010	Dem	Lincoln
Adam Morfeld	2014, 2018	Dem	Lincoln
Danielle Conrad	2022	Dem	Lincoln

District 47

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 47 was called District 43, and it consisted of the counties of Banner, Kimball, Morrill, and Cheyenne. In the 1964 reapportionment, the district lost Morrill County, but in the 1966 reapportionment, it gained the western half of Scotts Bluff County. In the 1971 redistricting, District 47 regained Morrill County and also gained more area in Scotts Bluff County, consisting of the eastern and western thirds, but not the central third, of the county. In the 1981 redistricting, the district continued to grow by gaining Garden County. As a result of the 1991 redistricting, the district gained three more counties, Arthur, Deuel, and Keith, but it lost Banner County and all of its area in Scotts Bluff County. In the 2001 redistricting, District 47 regained Banner County, and in the 2011 redistricting, it added Sioux County and most of Box Butte County except for the eastern edge. In the 2021 redistricting, District 47 lost Banner and Kimball counties but gained all of Box Butte County as well as Grant County.

Today, District 47 consists of Sioux, Box Butte, Morrill, Cheyenne, Garden, Deuel, Grant, Arthur, and Keith counties.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Arthur L. Miller	1936, 1938	Rep	Kimball	US Representative
Ernest William Robert Blome	1940	Dem	Sidney
Thomas C. Osborne	1942	Dem	Bayard
Ray A. Babcock	1944, 1946, 1948, 1950		Sidney
Albert Andrew Fenske	1952, 1954, 1956, 1958	Rep	Sunol
George H. Fleming	1960, 1962, 1964	Dem	Sidney
Robert L. Clark	1968, 1972, 1976, 1980	Rep	Sidney
Dennis Baack	1984, 1988, 1992	Rep	Kimball	Speaker (1991–1993)
Gerald E. Matzke	(1993), 1994, 1996	Rep	Sidney	Appointed by Governor Ben Nelson; Son of Stanley A. Matzke
Philip Erdman	2000, 2004	Rep	Bayard	Son of Steve Erdman
Ken Schilz	2008, 2012	Rep	Ogallala
Steve Erdman	2016, 2020	Rep	Bayard	Father of Philip Erdman
Paul E. Strommen (elect)	2024	Rep	Sidney

District 48

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 48 was called District 42, and it consisted of Scotts Bluff County. In the 1964 reapportionment, the district was unaffected, but in the 1966 reapportionment, it was reduced to only include the eastern half of Scotts Bluff County, including the city of Scottsbluff. In the 1971 redistricting, it was further reduced to include the central third of Scotts Bluff County, retaining the city of Scottsbluff. Though the district was readjusted for population in 1981, 1991, and 2001, it still consisted of a portion of central Scotts Bluff County. In the 2011 redistricting, District 48 was expanded to once again include all of Scotts Bluff County. In the 2021 redistricting, Banner and Kimball counties were added to the district.

Today, District 48 consists of Scotts Bluff, Banner, and Kimball counties.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Leslie B. Murphy	1936, 1938, 1940	Rep	Scottsbluff/Kimball
James Hodson Anderson	1942, 1944	Rep	Scottsbluff	Nebraska Attorney General
Otto Julius Prohs	1946, 1948, 1950	Rep	Gering	Speaker (1952)
Terry M. Carpenter	1952	Rep	Scottsbluff	US Representative
Amos Morrison	1954	Rep	Mitchell
Terry M. Carpenter	1956, 1958	Rep	Scottsbluff	US Representative
Theodore H. McCosh	1960		Gering
Terry M. Carpenter	1962, 1964, 1966, 1970	Dem	Scottsbluff	US Representative; Began his tenure as a Republican but switched to the Democratic Party in 1972
Charles Davey	(1974)	Dem	Scottsbluff	Appointed by Governor J. James Exon
William E. Nichol	1974, 1978, 1982	Rep	Scottsbluff	Speaker (1983–1986); Lieutenant Governor
John L. Weihing	1986	Rep	Gering
Joyce Hillman	1990, 1994	Dem	Gering
Adrian Smith	1998, 2002	Rep	Scottsbluff	US Representative
John Harms	2006, 2010	Rep	Scottsbluff
John Stinner	2014, 2018	Rep	Gering
Brian Hardin	2022	Rep	Gering

District 49

In the pre-1964 apportionment, what is now District 49 was called District 41, and it consisted of the counties of Sioux, Dawes, and Box Butte. The district was unaffected by the 1964 reapportionment, but in the 1966 reapportionment, it gained Morrill County. In the 1971 redistricting, District 49 lost Morrill County but gained Sheridan and Grant counties. As a result of the 1981 redistricting, the district lost Grant County. In the 1991 redistricting, District 49 lost a portion of Sheridan County but gained all of Banner County and eastern and western portions of Scotts Bluff County, not including the City of Scottsbluff. After the 2001 redistricting, District 49 lost Banner County but regained all of Sheridan County as well as Grant County and a western slice of Cherry County. As a result of the 2011 redistricting, the district was moved completely to the northwest corner of Sarpy County.

Today, District 49 consists of a portion of Sarpy County, which has been readjusted for population in subsequent redistrictings.

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Party	Residence	Notes
Harry E. Gantz	1936, 1938, 1940, 1942	Dem	Alliance
William Hern	1944, 1946, 1948, 1950	Rep	Chadron
J. Monroe Bixler	1952, 1954, 1956	Rep	Harrison
George C. Gerdes	1958, 1960, 1962, 1964	Rep	Alliance
Leslie A. Stull	1968, 1972	Rep	Alliance
Samuel K. Cullan	1976, 1980	Ind	Hemingford
Sandra K. Scofield	(1983), 1984, 1988	Dem	Chadron	Appointed by Governor Bob Kerrey
William Wickersham	(1991), 1992, 1996, 2000	Dem	Harrison	Appointed by Governor Ben Nelson
Fred Hlava Jr.	(2002)	Rep	Gordon	Appointed by Governor Mike Johanns
LeRoy J. Louden	2002, 2004, 2008	Rep	Ellsworth
Moved to Sarpy County as part of the 2011 Redistricting
John Murante	2012, 2016	Rep	Gretna	Nebraska Treasurer
Andrew La Grone	(2019)	Rep	Gretna	Appointed by Governor Pete Ricketts; Husband of Julie Slama
Jen Day	2020	Dem	Gretna/Omaha
Bob Andersen (elect)	2024	Rep	Omaha

References

In the tables above:

• An election year in italics indicates that a special election was held to fill a vacancy in what would not otherwise have been an election year for that district.

Sources included

• The Nebraska Blue Book, which is published every other year, lists each state senator as well as their home address and sometimes party affiliation. Blue books from http://nebraskaccess.nebraska.gov/bluebookbios.asp were consulted extensively for the lists above.
• District maps for each year can also be found in the Nebraska Blue Book from https://nebraskaccess.nebraska.gov/LegPastPresent/LegMaps.asp.
• Party affiliations were gathered from either the Nebraska Blue Book or various newspaper accounts.

References