List of Nebraska state senators explained

This is a list of all senators who have served in the Nebraska Legislature since it became a unicameral body in 1937.

Records show that the apportionment of the legislative districts established for the 1936 election remained unchanged through the election of 1962.^[1] ^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4] The district's boundaries were then changed in the 1966 reapportionment to exclude Pawnee County,^[5] but in the 1971 redistricting, Pawnee County was regained, as well as the southeastern corner of Gage County, but Johnson was excluded.^[6] 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.^[7]

Years Elected (Appointed)	Residence	Notes
1936	Dem	Tecumseh
1938	Rep	Falls City
1940	Dem	Humboldt	Son of Otto Kotouc, Sr.
1942, 1944	Rep	Falls City
1946	Dem	Falls City
1948	Rep	Liberty
1950, 1952, 1954, 1956	Dem	Humboldt	Father of Otto Kotouc, Jr.
1958	Rep	Humboldt	Brother of Calista Cooper Hughes^[8]
1960, 1962	Dem	Humboldt
1964	Rep	Humboldt	Sister of John R. Cooper, Sr.
1968, 1972	Rep	Falls City
1976	Dem	Falls City
1980, 1984	Rep	Auburn
1988	Dem	Tecumseh
1992, 1996, 2000	Rep	Table Rock
2004, 2008	Rep	Elk Creek
2012, 2016	Rep	Syracuse
(2019), 2020	Rep	Peru/Dunbar	Appointed by Governor Pete Ricketts; Wife of Andrew La Grone

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.

Years Elected (Appointed)	Residence	Notes
1936	Rep	Auburn
1938, 1940, 1942, 1944	Dem	Syracuse
1946, 1948, 1950	Rep	Auburn
(1952)	Rep	Auburn	Appointed by Governor Val Peterson
1952, 1954, 1956, 1958	Rep	Julian
1960, 1962	Rep	Unadilla
1964, 1966	Rep	Nebraska City
(1970)	Rep	Nebraska City	Appointed by Governor Norbert Tiemann
1970, 1974, 1978, 1982	Rep	Avoca	Son of Fred L. Carsten
1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002	Rep	Plattsmouth
2006, 2010	Rep	Louisville
(2011)	Rep	Plattsmouth	Appointed by Governor Dave Heineman
2012, 2014	Rep	Papillion
(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.

Years Elected (Appointed)	Residence	Notes
1936, 1938	Rep	Avoca	Father of Calvin Carsten; Listed as a Democrat in the 1937 legislature but as a Republican in the 1939 legislature
1940	Dem	Cedar Creek	Son of Christian E. Metzger
1942, 1944	Dem	Papillion
1946, 1948	Dem	Cedar Creek	Son of Christian E. Metzger
1950	Dem	Cedar Creek	Father of William Allan Metzger
1952	Dem	Papillion
1954	Dem	Cedar Creek	Son of Christian E. Metzger
1956	Dem	Papillion
1958, 1960	Rep	Murdock
1962, 1964	Rep	Bellevue/Papillion
1968, 1972, 1976	Dem	Springfield	Elected as a Republican in 1968 and 1972 but switched to the Democratic Party in 1973^[9]
1980, 1984, 1988	Rep	Gretna
1992	Dem	Gretna
1996, 2000	Rep	Gretna	Nebraska Attorney General
(2002)	Rep	Papillion/Bellevue	Appointed by Governor Mike Johanns
2004	Dem	Gretna
2008, 2012	Rep	Bellevue
(2013), 2014	Rep	Bellevue	Appointed by Governor Dave Heineman
2016, 2020	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.^[10]

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

Years Elected (Appointed)	Residence	Notes
1936, 1938, 1940	Rep	Omaha
1942, 1944	Rep	Omaha	Stepson of Robert B. Howell
1946, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958	Rep	Omaha
(1959), 1960, 1962	Rep	Omaha	Appointed by Governor Victor E. Anderson
1964, 1966	Rep	Omaha
1970	Rep	Omaha
(1972)	Dem	Omaha	Appointed by Governor J. James Exon
1974, 1978	Rep	Omaha
1982, 1986	Rep	Omaha
1990	Dem	Omaha
(1994)	Dem	Omaha	Appointed by Governor Ben Nelson^[11] ^[12]
1994, 1998, 2002	Rep	Omaha	Speaker (2005–2006)
2006, 2010	Rep	Omaha	Son of Carol McBride Pirsch
2014, 2018	Rep	Omaha
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.

Years Elected (Appointed)	Residence	Notes
1936	Dem	Omaha
1938	Dem	Omaha
1940	Dem	Omaha
1942	Dem	Omaha
1944	Omaha
1946	Dem	Omaha
1948, 1950, 1952, 1954	Omaha
1956, 1958, 1960	Dem	Omaha
(1961), 1962, 1964, 1968, 1972	Dem	Omaha	Controversially appointed by Lt. Governor Dwight W. Burney;^[13] Initially appointed as a Republican, but switched to the Democratic Party in 1969^[14]
(1976), 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988	Dem	Omaha	Appointed by Governor J. James Exon
1992, 1996, 2000, 2004	Dem	Omaha/Bellevue
2008, 2012	Dem	Omaha
2016, 2020	Rep	Omaha	Elected as a Democrat in 2016 and 2020 but switched to the Republican Party in 2024^[15]

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.

Years Elected (Appointed)	Residence	Notes
1964, 1966, 1970, 1974	Dem	Omaha	Husband of Margaret E. Moylan
(1978)	Omaha	Appointed by Governor J. James Exon; Wife of Harold T. Moylan
1978, 1982	Dem	Omaha	US Representative
1986, 1990	Rep	Omaha	US Representative Began his first term as a Democrat but switched to Republican in 1988;^[16] Later served as a Senator from District 20
1994, 1998, 2002	Dem	Omaha
2006, 2010	Rep	Omaha	Lieutenant Governor
2014	Rep	Omaha
(2017)	Rep	Omaha	Appointed by Governor Pete Ricketts
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.

Years Elected (Appointed)	Residence	Notes
1936, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956	Dem	Omaha	Speaker (1953–1954)
1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1968, 1972	Dem	Omaha
1976	Dem	Omaha
1980	Dem	Omaha
(1984), 1984, 1988, 1992	Dem	Omaha	Appointed by Governor Bob Kerrey
(1995), 1996, 2000	Dem	Omaha	Appointed by Governor Ben Nelson
(2002), 2002, 2004	Dem	Omaha	Appointed by Governor Mike Johanns
2008, 2012	Dem	Omaha
(2015)	Rep	Omaha	Appointed by Governor Pete Ricketts
2016, 2020	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.

Years Elected (Appointed)	Residence	Notes
1936, 1938, 1940	Rep	Omaha
1942, 1944	Rep	Omaha
1946, 1948	Omaha
(1949)	Rep	Omaha	Appointed by Governor Val Peterson
1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962	Rep	Omaha	Speaker (1963–1964)
1964, 1966	Omaha
(1970)	Omaha	Appointed by Governor Norbert Tiemann
1970	Dem	Omaha
1974	Rep	Omaha
(1977)	Dem	Omaha	Appointed by Governor J. James Exon
1978, 1982, 1986	Dem	Omaha	Elected as a Republican in 1978 and 1982 but switched to the Democratic Party in 1983
(1989)	Rep	Omaha	Appointed by Governor Kay Orr
1990, 1994	Dem	Omaha
1998, 2002	Dem	Omaha
2006	Dem	Omaha
2010, 2014	Dem	Omaha
2018, 2022	Ind	Omaha	Elected in 2018 and 2022 as a Democrat but switched to nonpartisan in 2023^[17]

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.

Years Elected (Appointed)	Residence	Notes
1936	Dem	Omaha
1938	Rep	Omaha
1940	Dem	Omaha
1942, 1944	Rep	Omaha
1946, 1948	Dem	Omaha
1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1968	Rep	Omaha
1972	Dem	Omaha	US Representative Father of Machaela Cavanaugh and John Cavanaugh
1976	Dem	Omaha
(1979), 1980	Dem	Omaha	Appointed by Governor Charles Thone
1980, (1980), 1984	Dem	Omaha	Won election in 1980 but was then appointed by Governor Charles Thone after Ray Powers resigned early^[18]
1988, 1992	Dem	Omaha
1996	Dem	Omaha
2000	Rep	Omaha
2004, 2008	Dem	Omaha	Mother of Sara Howard
2012, 2016	Dem	Omaha	Daughter of Gwen Howard
2020	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.

Years Elected (Appointed)	Residence	Notes
1964, 1966	Rep	Omaha	Husband of Anne Stuart Batchelder and Son-in-law of R. Douglas Stuart
1970, 1974	Rep	Omaha
1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994	Rep	Omaha	Mother of Pete Pirsch
(1997), 1998	Dem	Omaha	Appointed by Governor Ben Nelson
2002, 2006	Rep	Omaha
(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.
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.

Years Elected (Appointed)	Residence	Notes
1936, 1938, 1940	Rep	Omaha	Son of John Adams, Sr.
1942, 1944, 1946	Rep	Omaha
1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960	Rep	Omaha	Father of John Adams, Jr.
1962, 1964, 1968	Dem	Omaha
(1970)	Rep	Omaha	Appointed by Governor Norbert Tiemann
1970, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004	Ind	Omaha
2008	Dem	Omaha
2012, 2016	Ind	Omaha
2020	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.

Years Elected (Appointed)	Residence	Notes
1964, 1966, 1970	Rep	Omaha	Speaker (1973–1974)
1974, 1978	Rep	Ralston
1982, 1986, 1990, 1994	Rep	Omaha
1998, (1998), 2002	Rep	Omaha	Won election in 1998 but was then appointed by Governor Ben Nelson after Chris Abboud resigned early^[19]
2006, 2010	Dem	Omaha
2014	Rep	Ralston
2018	Dem	Omaha
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.

Years Elected (Appointed)	Residence	Notes
1936	Rep	Omaha	Nebraska Attorney General
1938, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948	Rep	Omaha
1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1968, 1972	Rep	Omaha
1976, 1980	Dem	Omaha
1984, 1988, 1992, 1996	Dem	Omaha
2000, 2004	Dem	Omaha
2008, 2012	Dem	Omaha
2016, 2020	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.^[20]

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

Name	Years Elected (Appointed)	Residence	Notes
	1964	Rep	Oakland	Elected later in District 16 after reapportionment
Moved to Douglas County as part of the 1966 Reapportionment
	1966	Rep	Omaha
	1970	Rep	Omaha
	1974, 1978	Dem	Omaha
	(1981)	Rep	Omaha	Appointed by Governor Charles Thone
	1982	Dem	Omaha
	(1983), 1984, 1986, 1990, 1994	Dem	Papillion	Speaker (1993–1996); Appointed by Governor Bob Kerrey
	(1997), 1998, 2002	Dem	La Vista	Appointed by Governor Ben Nelson
	2006	Rep	Papillion
	2010, 2014	Rep	Papillion
	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.^[21]

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

Years Elected (Appointed)	Residence	Notes
1936	Dem	Fremont
1938, 1940	Rep	Fremont
1942, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954	Rep	Fremont	Speaker (1949–1950)
1956, 1958	Rep	Fremont
1960, 1962, 1964	Dem	Hooper
1968, (1968), 1972	Rep	Fremont	Appointed by Governor Norbert Tiemann after he was elected because seat was vacated early
1976	Dem	Fremont
1980, 1984, 1988	Rep	North Bend
1992, 1996, 2000, 2004	Dem	Nickerson	Uncle of Charlie Janssen
2008, 2012	Rep	Fremont	Nebraska Auditor Nephew of Ray Janssen
(2014)	Rep	Scribner	Appointed by Governor Dave Heineman (in consultation with then-incoming Governor Pete Ricketts)
2016, 2020	Dem	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.^[22] 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.^[23]

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)	Residence	Notes
^[24]	1936, 1938	Dem	West Point
	1940, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948	Rep	Pender
	1950, 1952, 1954, 1956	Rep	Beemer	Speaker (1957–1958)
	1958	Dem	Tekamah
	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
	1966, 1970	Rep	Oakland	Elected previously from District 14
	(1972), 1972	Dem	Walthill	Appointed by Governor J. James Exon
	1974, 1978	Rep	Blair
	(1981), 1982	Rep	Tekamah	Appointed by Governor Charles Thone
	1986	Dem	Herman
^[25]	1990, 1994	Rep	Blair
	1998, 2002	Dem	Decatur
	2006	Dem	Tekamah
	2010, 2014	Rep	Bancroft
	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.

Years Elected (Appointed)	Residence	Notes
1936	Rep	Wakefield
1938	Dem	Walthill
1940, 1942	Rep	Hubbard
1944, 1946	Pender
1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962	Rep	Dakota City
1964, 1968	Dem	Emerson
(1971)	Dem	South Sioux City	Appointed by Governor J. James Exon
1972, 1976	Rep	South Sioux City
1980	Rep	Allen
1984, 1988	Rep	Wayne
1992	Rep	Dakota City
(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
2008	Dem	South Sioux City
(2010), 2012	Rep	Hoskins	Appointed by Governor Dave Heineman
2016, 2020	Rep	Thurston

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)	Residence	Notes
	1936, 1938	Dem	Howells
	1940, 1942, 1944	Rep	Wayne
	1946, 1948	Hoskins
	1950, 1952, 1954	Rogers
	1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964	Dem	Leigh
	1966, 1970, 1974, 1978	Rep	West Point	Speaker (1971–1972); Elected previously in District 16
	(1979), 1982	Rep	Schuyler	Appointed by Governor Charles Thone
	1986, 1990, 1994, 1998	Dem	Stanton
	(1999)	Rep	Laurel	Appointed by Governor Mike Johanns
	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
	2002, 2006	Rep	Blair
	(2007), 2008, 2010	Rep	Omaha	Appointed by Governor Dave Heineman
	2014, 2018	Rep	Omaha
	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)	Residence	Notes
	1936	Rep	Niobrara
	1938, 1940, 1942	Rep	Crofton
	1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954	Rep	Hartington	Speaker (1955–1956); Governor; Lieutenant Governor
	1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1968, 1972	Dem	Crofton	Speaker (1975–1976)
	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^[26]
Moved to Madison County as part of the 1991 Redistricting
	1992	Dem	Norfolk
	(1995)	Dem	Battle Creek	Appointed by Governor Ben Nelson
	1996, 2000	Rep	Norfolk
	2004, 2008	Rep	Norfolk	Speaker (2007–2012); US Representative
	2012, 2016	Rep	Norfolk	Speaker (2017–2020)
	2020	Rep	Norfolk	US Representative
	(2022)	Rep	Norfolk	Appointed by Governor Pete Ricketts^[27]

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)	Residence	Notes
	1936, 1938	Rep	Elgin
	1940, 1942	Rep	Neligh
	1944	Rep	Elgin
	(1946)	Rep	Albion	Appointed by Governor Dwight Griswold
	1946, 1948, 1950, 1952	Albion
	1956, 1958	Rep	Elgin
	1960, 1962	Rep	Elgin	Husband of Fannie B. Wylie; Father of William M. Wylie
	(1964)	Dem	Elgin	Appointed by Governor Frank B. Morrison; Wife of Matt Wylie; Mother of William M. Wylie^[28]
	1964	Rep	Elgin	Elected later in District 40 after reapportionment; Son of Matt Wylie and Fannie B. Wylie^[29]
Moved to Douglas County as part of the 1966 Reapportionment
	1966	Dem	Omaha
	1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986	Dem	Omaha
	1990	Dem	Omaha
	1994, 1998, 2002	Rep	Omaha
	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
	2014, 2018	Rep	Omaha	Son of John Y. McCollister
	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)	Residence	Notes
	1936, 1938	Rep	Norfolk
	1940, 1942	Rep	Norfolk
	(1944)	Norfolk	Appointed by Governor Dwight Griswold
	1944, 1946	Norfolk
	1948, 1950, 1952	Norfolk
	1954	Norfolk
	1956, 1958	Rep	Norfolk
	1960, 1962	Rep	Newman Grove
	1964	Norfolk
	1968, 1972	Dem	Newman Grove
	1976	Rep	Norfolk
	(1977), 1978	Dem	Newman Grove	Appointed by Governor J. James Exon
	1980, 1984, 1988	Rep	Norfolk
Moved to Lancaster and Saunders Counties as part of the 1991 Redistricting
	1992, 1996, 2000, 2004	Rep	Malcolm
	2008, 2012	Dem	Malcolm
	2016, 2020	Rep	Lincoln	Speaker (2021–2022); Nebraska Attorney General
	(2023)	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.

Years Elected (Appointed)	Residence	Notes
1936	Dem	Columbus
1938, 1940	Dem	Columbus	Listed as a Republican in the 1939 legislature but later listed as a Democrat in the 1941 legislature
1942	Genoa
1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952	Dem	Columbus
(1953), 1954	Fullerton	Appointed by Governor Robert B. Crosby
1956	Columbus
1958, 1960, 1962	Rep	Columbus
(1963)	Dem	Columbus	Appointed by Governor Frank B. Morrison
1964, 1966, 1970	Rep	Genoa
1974, 1978	Rep	Columbus
1982, 1986	Rep	Monroe
(1988)	Rep	Columbus	Appointed by Governor Kay Orr
1988, 1990, 1994, 1998	Dem	Columbus	Mother of Kim M. Robak
2002, 2006	Rep	Platte Center
2010, 2014	Rep	Columbus
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)	Residence	Notes
	1936	Rep	Ashland
^[30] ^[31]	1938	Dem	Brainard
	1940, 1942, 1944	Rep	Wahoo
^[32]	1946, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954	Wahoo
	1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964	Dem	Rising City
	1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988	Rep	Bellwood
	1992, 1996, 2000	Rep	Wahoo	Speaker (2003–2004)
	2004, 2008	Rep	Schuyler
	2012	Rep	Wahoo
	2016, 2020	Rep	Brainard

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.

Years Elected (Appointed)	Residence	Notes
1936, 1938	Dem	Gresham	Speaker (1939–1940); Brother of Herbert K. Diers
1940, 1942	Rep	Milford	Father of Gerald E. Matzke
1944, 1946, 1948	Seward
1950, 1952, 1954	Ind	Gresham	Brother of William H. Diers
1956	Seward
1958, 1960	Ind	Gresham	Brother of William H. Diers
1962	Rep	Benedict
1964, 1966	Rep	Milford	Father of Gerald E. Matzke
(1969)	Rep	Seward	Appointed by Governor Norbert Tiemann
1970	Rep	York
1974	Rep	Utica	US Representative
1978, 1982	Dem	Pleasant Dale
1986, 1990	Rep	Stromsburg/Seward	Nebraska Secretary of State
1994, 1998, 2002	Rep	Bradshaw
2006, 2010	Rep	York	Speaker (2013–2014)
2014, 2018	Rep	Seward
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.

Years Elected (Appointed)	Residence	Notes
1936	Rep	Waverly	Speaker (1937–1938); Lieutenant Governor; Father of Jerome Warner
1938, 1940	Rep	Lincoln
1942, 1944, 1946	Lincoln
1948	Rep	Havelock	Governor
1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958	Rep	Lincoln
1960	Lincoln	Father of John E. Knight^[33]
1962, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996	Rep	Waverly	Speaker (1969–1970); Son of Charles J. Warner
(1997), 1998, 2000, 2004	Ind	Lincoln	Appointed by Governor Ben Nelson
2008, 2012	Rep	Lincoln
2016, 2020	Rep	Lincoln	Resigned to run for mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska^[34]
(2023)	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.

Years Elected (Appointed)	Residence	Notes
1964, 1966	Lincoln	Son of George A. Knight
1970, 1974	Rep	Lincoln
(1978)	Dem	Lincoln	Appointed by Governor J. James Exon^[35] ^[36]
1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994	Dem	Lincoln
1998, 2002	Rep	Lincoln
2006, 2010	Dem	Lincoln
2014, 2018	Dem	Lincoln
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.

Years Elected (Appointed)	Residence	Notes
1936	Rep	Lincoln
1938	Dem	Lincoln
1940	Rep	Lincoln
1942	Dem	Lincoln
1944, 1946, 1948, 1950	Lincoln
1952	Rep	Lincoln	Husband of Fay O. Britt
(1954)	Lincoln	Appointed by Governor Robert B. Crosby; Wife of Howard L. Britt
1954	Lincoln
1956, 1958	Rep	Lincoln
1960, 1962, 1964	Rep	Lincoln
(1967), 1968	Rep	Lincoln	Appointed by Governor Norbert Tiemann
1972, 1976, 1980	Dem	Lincoln
(1983), 1984	Dem	Lincoln	Appointed by Governor Bob Kerrey
(1987)	Rep	Lincoln	Appointed by Governor Kay Orr; Wife of Mike Johanns
1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004	Dem	Lincoln
2008, 2012	Rep	Lincoln
2016, 2020	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.

Years Elected (Appointed)	Residence	Notes
1964	Dem	Lincoln
1966, 1970, 1974	Rep	Lincoln	Speaker (1977–1978); Lieutenant Governor
1978, 1982	Dem	Lincoln
(1986), 1986	Dem	Lincoln	Appointed by Governor Bob Kerrey
1990, 1994, 1998, 2002	Dem	Lincoln
2006, 2010	Dem	Lincoln
2014, 2018	Dem	Lincoln
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.

Years Elected (Appointed)	Residence	Notes
1936, 1938	Rep	Lincoln
1940, 1942, 1944, 1946	Rep	Lincoln	Speaker (1945–1946)
1948	Lincoln
1950, 1952	Rep	Lincoln
1954	Lincoln
1956	Lincoln
1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1968	Rep	Lincoln
1972, 1976, 1980, 1984	Rep	Lincoln	Wife of Frank Marsh
1988, 1992, 1996	Rep	Lincoln	Wife of Robert B. Crosby
2000, 2004	Rep	Lincoln	Nebraska Auditor, Lieutenant Governor
(2007), 2008	Rep	Lincoln	Appointed by Governor Dave Heineman; Nebraska Tax Commissioner
2012, 2016	Dem	Lincoln
2020	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.

Years Elected (Appointed)	Residence	Notes
1936	Dem	Beatrice
1938, 1940	Dem	Odell
1942, 1944	Rep	Beatrice	Brother of Ernie Hubka^[37]
1946, 1948	Dem	Odell
1950	Beatrice
1952, 1954	Beatrice	Brother of Latimer J. Hubka
1956	Rep	DeWitt
1958	Rep	Beatrice	Seated after a recount in which Fulton was determined to be the winner over Willard Henry Waldo
1960	Rep	DeWitt	Later elected in District 31 in 1968
1962	Dem	Beatrice
1964, 1966, 1970	Rep	Beatrice
1974, 1978	Dem	Adams
1982, 1986	Dem	Beatrice
(1988), 1990	Rep	Beatrice	Appointed by Governor Kay Orr
1994	Rep	Beatrice	Lieutenant Governor
1998, 2002	Rep	Beatrice
2006, 2010	Dem	Cortland
2014	Rep	Lincoln
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)	Residence	Notes
	1936	Dem	Fairbury
	1938, 1940	Rep	Fairbury
	1942, 1944	Hubbell
	1946	Fairbury
	1948, 1950, 1952	Hebron
	1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964	Ind	Plymouth
	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
	1972	Rep	Millard
	1976	Dem	Omaha
	1980	Dem	Omaha
	(1983)	Dem	Omaha	Appointed by Governor Bob Kerrey
	1984, 1988	Dem	Omaha
	1992, 1996	Rep	Omaha	Nebraska Auditor
	(1999), 2000	Rep	Omaha	Appointed by Governor Ben Nelson
	2004, 2008	Rep	Omaha/Boys Town
	2012, 2016	Dem	Omaha
	2020	Rep	Omaha
	(2022), 2022	Rep	Omaha	Appointed by Governor Pete Ricketts^[38]

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.

Years Elected (Appointed)	Residence	Notes
1936	Dem	Wilber
1938, 1940, 1942, 1944	Dem	Crete
1946, 1948, 1950, 1952	Crete
1954, 1956	Dem	Geneva
1958, 1960	Dem	Wilber
1962, 1964, 1966	Rep	Fairmont
(1968)	Rep	Sutton	Appointed by Governor Norbert Tiemann
1970, 1974, 1978	Rep	Milligan
(1981)	Rep	Alexandria	Appointed by Governor Charles Thone
1982	Dem	Dorchester	Elected as a Republican but later switched to the Democratic Party^[39]
1986, 1990, 1994, 1998	Rep	Hebron
2002	Rep	Friend
2006, 2010	Dem	Wilber
2014	Lib	Crete	Elected as a Republican but later switched to the Libertarian Party
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.

Years Elected (Appointed)	Residence	Notes
1936, 1938	Dem	Roseland
1940, 1942	Rep	Hastings
(1943)	Hastings	Appointed by Governor Dwight Griswold
1944, 1946	Rep	Hastings	US Senator US Secretary of the Interior
1948	Hastings	Father-in-law of Ardyce Bohlke
1950, 1952	Rep	Hastings
1954, 1956	Axtell
1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980	Rep	Hastings	Speaker (1979–1982)
(1982)	Rep	Hastings	Appointed by Governor Charles Thone
1984, 1988	Rep	Hastings
(1991), 1992, 1996	Dem	Hastings	Appointed by Governor Ben Nelson; Daughter-in-law of William Halsey Bohlke
2000, 2004	Rep	Kenesaw
2008	Rep	Hastings
(2012), 2012	Rep	Hastings	Appointed by Governor Dave Heineman
2016, 2020	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.

Years Elected (Appointed)	Residence	Notes
1936	Dem	Polk	US Representative
1938	Rep	Osceola
(1940), 1940, 1942	Dem	Clay Center	Appointed by Governor Robert Leroy Cochran
1944, 1946, 1948	Rep	Aurora
1950	Dem	Giltner
1952, 1954	Rep	Aurora
1956, 1958, 1960	Dem	Aurora
1962, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978	Rep	Aurora	Father of Bob Kremer
1982, 1986, 1990	Rep	Sutton
(1993), 1994	Dem	Harvard	Appointed by Governor Ben Nelson
(1997)	Dem	Central City	Appointed by Governor Ben Nelson
1998, 2002	Rep	Aurora	Son of Maurice A. Kremer
2006, 2010	Dem	Fullerton
2014, 2018	Rep	Henderson
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.

Years Elected (Appointed)	Residence	Notes
1936	Rep	Grand Island
1938	Rep	Doniphan
1940, 1942, 1944, 1946	Dem	Central City	Speaker (1947–1948)
1948	Rep	Grand Island
1950	Rep	Grand Island
1952, 1954	Dem	Grand Island
1956, 1958, 1960	Rep	Grand Island
1962	Rep	Central City
1964	Grand Island
(1966), 1966, 1968	Dem	Grand Island	Appointed by Governor Frank B. Morrison
1972, 1976	Rep	Grand Island
1980	Rep	Grand Island
1984, 1988	Dem	Grand Island
1992	Rep	Grand Island
1996	Rep	Grand Island
(1999), 2000, 2004	Rep	Grand Island	Appointed by Governor Mike Johanns
2008, 2012	Rep	Grand Island
2016	Dem	Grand Island
2020	Rep	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)	Residence	Notes
	1936	Rep	Miller	Lieutenant Governor
	1938, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1946	Rep	Kearney
	1948, 1950, 1952	Kearney
	1954, 1956, 1958	Dem	Kearney
	1960	Kearney
	1962, 1964	Rep	Ravenna
	1966	Rep	Kearney
	1970	Rep	Kearney
	1974, 1978	Rep	Kearney
	1982	Dem	Kearney
	1986	Rep	Kearney
	1990, 1994, 1998, 2002	Rep	Riverdale
	2006, 2010	Rep	Lexington
	2014, 2018	Rep	Gothenburg
Moved to Sarpy County as part of the 2021 Redistricting
	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.

Years Elected (Appointed)	Residence	Notes
1936	Dem	Guide Rock
1938, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1946	Rep	Red Cloud	Nephew of Silas Garber
1948, 1950	Rep	Campbell
1952, 1954, 1956	Rep	Nelson
1958, 1960, 1962, 1964	Rep	Red Cloud	Speaker (1965–1966)
(1967)	Rep	Guide Rock	Appointed by Governor Norbert Tiemann
1968	Dem	Wilcox
1972	Dem	Axtell	Originally elected as a Republican but switched to the Democratic Party in 1973^[40]
1976, 1980	Dem	Kearney
1984	Dem	Davenport
1988, 1992, 1996, 2000	Rep	Minden	Speaker (1997–2002)
(2002), 2002, 2004	Rep	Kearney	Appointed by Governor Mike Johanns
2008, 2012	Rep	Kearney	Speaker (2015–2016)
2016, 2020	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.

Years Elected (Appointed)	Residence	Notes
1936, 1938, 1940, 1942	Dem	Orleans
1944, 1946, 1948, 1950	Rep	McCook	Speaker (1951–1952)
(1952)	Rep	Oxford	Appointed by Governor Val Peterson
1952	Alma
1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962	Rep	McCook	Speaker (1961–1962)
1964, 1966	Rep	Bartley/McCook
1970, 1974	Rep	Holbrook
1978, 1982	Dem	Farnam	Elected in 1978 and 1982 as a Republican but switched to the Democratic Party in 1983
1986, 1990	Rep	Indianola	Elected in 1994 in District 44 after the 1991 Redistricting
1994, 1998, 2002	Rep	Elm Creek	Previously appointed to District 39 in 1990 before the 1991 Redistricting
2006, 2010	Rep	Holdrege
2014	Rep	Heartwell
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)	Residence	Notes
	1936, 1938, 1940	Dem	Funk
	1942	Lexington
	1944, 1946	Rep	Lexington
	1948	Holdrege
	1950, 1952	Rep	Gothenburg
	1954, 1956, 1958	Rep	Holdrege
	1960, 1962, 1964	Dem	Lexington
	1968, 1972, 1976	Rep	Gothenburg
	(1979), 1980, 1984, 1988	Rep	Lexington	Speaker (1987–1990); Appointed by Governor Charles Thone; US Representative
	(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
	1992, 1996, 2000, 2004	Rep	Elkhorn
	2008, 2012	Rep	Omaha
	2016, 2020	Rep	Omaha

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.

Years Elected (Appointed)	Residence	Notes
1936, 1938	Rep	Atkinson
1940, 1942	Dem	O’Neill
1944	Rep	O’Neill
1946	Mariaville
1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964	Rep	O’Neill
(1966)	Dem	Atkinson	Appointed by Governor Frank B. Morrison
1966	Rep	Elgin	Elected previously in District 20; Son of Matt Wylie and Fannie B. Wylie
1970, 1974, 1978, 1982	Rep	Neligh	Was associated with the Democratic and Libertarian Parties at other points in his career
1986, 1990, 1994, 1998	Dem	Ewing
2002	Rep	Wausa	Elected previously in District 18
2006	Rep	Ewing	Switched to the Republican Party since the last time he was elected
2010, 2014	Rep	O'Neill
2018	Rep	Creighton
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.

Years Elected (Appointed)	Residence	Notes
1936	Dem	St. Paul
1938	Dem	Greeley
1940	Rep	Ord
1942, 1944, 1946	Dem	Greeley
1948, 1950, 1952	Rep	Ord
1954, 1956	Dem	Palmer/St. Paul
1958, 1960	Rep	Ord
1962	Dem	St. Paul
1964, 1968	Dem	Ord
1972, 1976	Rep	Scotia
(1979), 1980	Rep	Ord	Appointed by Governor Charles Thone
1984, 1988	Rep	Ord
1992, 1996	Rep	Ord
2000	Rep	Rockville	Husband of Vickie D. McDonald
(2001), 2002, 2004	Rep	St. Paul	Appointed by Governor Mike Johanns; Wife of Richard N. McDonald
2008, 2012	Dem	Cedar Rapids
2016, 2020	Rep	Albion	Resigned to become Nebraska State Treasurer
(2023)	Rep	St. Paul	Appointed by Governor Jim Pillen^[41]

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)	Residence	Notes
	1936	Dem	Callaway
	1938, 1940	Dem	Almeria
	1942, 1944, 1946, 1948	Rep	Sargent
	1950, 1952, 1954	Rep	Sargent
	1956, 1958	Rep	Broken Bow
	1960, 1962	Rep	Anselmo
	1964	Rep	Thedford
	1966, 1970	Rep	Callaway
Moved to Lincoln County as part of the 1971 Redistricting
	1974, 1978	Dem	North Platte
	1982, 1986	Dem	North Platte	Elected as a Republican but later switched to the Democratic Party^[42]
	(1988), 1988, 1990, 1994	Rep	North Platte	Appointed by Governor Kay Orr
	(1996), 1996, 1998, 2002	Rep	North Platte	Appointed by Governor Ben Nelson; Father of Steve Pederson
	2006, 2010	Rep	North Platte
	2014, 2018	Rep	North Platte
	(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.

Years Elected (Appointed)	Residence	Notes
1936	Rep	Gordon
1938	Dem	Valentine
1940, 1942, 1944	Rep	Brownlee/Valentine	Father of Don E. Hanna, Jr.
1946	Rep	Gordon
1948	Rep	Valentine	Father of Don E. Hanna, Jr.
1950, 1952, 1954, 1956	Rep	Merriman
1958	Rep	Long Pine
1960, 1962, 1964, 1968	Rep	Nenzel/Valentine	Speaker (1967–1968)
(1969)	Rep	Brownlee	Appointed by Governor Norbert Tiemann; Son of Don E. Hanna, Sr.
1970, 1972	Rep	Valentine
1976, 1980, 1984, 1988	Rep	Anselmo
1992, 1996, 2000	Rep	Eddyville
2004, 2008	Rep	Valentine	US Senator
2012	Rep	Hyannis
2016, 2020	Rep	Gordon

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.

Years Elected (Appointed)	Residence	Notes
1936, 1938, 1940	Rep	Flats/Sutherland	Speaker (1941–1942)
1942, 1944	Rep	Mullen
1946, 1948	Paxton
1950, 1952	Brule
(1954)	Paxton	Appointed by Governor Robert B. Crosby
1954, 1956	Dem	Ogallala	US Representative Lieutenant Governor
1958, 1960	Rep	Ogallala
1962	Dem	Ogallala	US Representative Lieutenant Governor
1964, 1966, 1970	Rep	Chappell
1974	Dem	Big Springs
(1978)	Ogallala	Appointed by Governor J. James Exon
1978, 1982, 1986, 1990	Rep	Imperial
1994	Rep	Indianola	Elected previously in District 38
1998, 2002	Rep	Trenton
2006, 2010	Rep	Imperial
2014, 2018	Rep	Venango
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)	Residence	Notes
	1936	Dem	North Platte	Speaker (1959–1960)
	1938	Dem	Curtis
	1940, 1942	Rep	North Platte	Speaker (1943–1944); Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Husband of LaVon Crosby
	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
	1960, 1962, 1964	Rep	North Platte	Husband of Ellen E. Craft
	(1966)	Rep	North Platte	Appointed by Governor Frank B. Morrison; Wife of Cecil I. Craft
	1966	Dem	North Platte
	1968	Rep	North Platte	Wife of Cecil I. Craft
Moved to Sarpy County as part of the 1971 Redistricting
	1972, 1976	Dem	Bellevue	Elected as a Republican in 1972 but switched to the Democratic Party in 1973
	1980	Rep	Bellevue
	1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000	Dem	Bellevue
	2004, 2008	Rep	Bellevue	Initially elected as a Democrat but switched to the Republican Party in 2006
	2012, 2016	Dem	Bellevue
	2020	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)	Residence	Notes
	1936, 1938	Rep	Palisade
	1940, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952	Rep	Trenton
	1954	Imperial
	1956	Dem	Stratton
	1958, 1960, 1962	Ind	Grant
	1964	Curtis
Moved to Lancaster County as part of the 1966 Reapportionment
	1966, 1970, 1974	Rep	Lincoln
	(1977)	Dem	Lincoln	Appointed by Governor J. James Exon
	1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002	Dem	Lincoln
	2006, 2010	Dem	Lincoln
	2014, 2018	Dem	Lincoln
	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.

Years Elected (Appointed)	Residence	Notes
1936, 1938	Rep	Kimball	US Representative
1940	Dem	Sidney
1942	Dem	Bayard
1944, 1946, 1948, 1950	Sidney
1952, 1954, 1956, 1958	Rep	Sunol
1960, 1962, 1964	Dem	Sidney
1968, 1972, 1976, 1980	Rep	Sidney
1984, 1988, 1992	Rep	Kimball	Speaker (1991–1992)
(1993), 1994, 1996	Rep	Sidney	Appointed by Governor Ben Nelson; Son of Stanley A. Matzke
2000, 2004	Rep	Bayard	Son of Steve Erdman
2008, 2012	Rep	Ogallala
2016, 2020	Rep	Bayard	Father of Philip Erdman

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.

Years Elected (Appointed)	Residence	Notes
1936, 1938, 1940	Rep	Scottsbluff/Kimball
1942, 1944	Rep	Scottsbluff	Nebraska Attorney General
1946, 1948, 1950	Rep	Gering	Speaker (1952)
1952	Rep	Scottsbluff	US Representative
1954	Rep	Mitchell
1956, 1958	Rep	Scottsbluff	US Representative
1960	Gering
1962, 1964, 1966, 1970	Dem	Scottsbluff	US Representative Began his tenure as a Republican but switched to the Democratic Party in 1972
(1974)	Dem	Scottsbluff	Appointed by Governor J. James Exon
1974, 1978, 1982	Rep	Scottsbluff	Speaker (1983–1986); Lieutenant Governor
1986	Rep	Gering
1990, 1994	Dem	Gering
1998, 2002	Rep	Scottsbluff	US Representative
2006, 2010	Rep	Scottsbluff
2014, 2018	Rep	Gering
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)	Residence	Notes
	1936, 1938, 1940, 1942	Dem	Alliance
	1944, 1946, 1948, 1950	Rep	Chadron
	1952, 1954, 1956	Rep	Harrison
	1958, 1960, 1962, 1964	Rep	Alliance
	1968, 1972	Rep	Alliance
	1976, 1980	Ind	Hemingford
	(1983), 1984, 1988	Dem	Chadron	Appointed by Governor Bob Kerrey
	(1991), 1992, 1996, 2000	Dem	Harrison	Appointed by Governor Ben Nelson
	(2002)	Rep	Gordon	Appointed by Governor Mike Johanns
	2002, 2004, 2008	Rep	Ellsworth
Moved to Sarpy County as part of the 2011 Redistricting
	2012, 2016	Rep	Gretna	Nebraska Treasurer
	(2019)	Rep	Gretna	Appointed by Governor Pete Ricketts; Husband of Julie Slama
	2020	Dem	Gretna

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.^[43] ^[44] ^[45] ^[46] ^[47] ^[48] ^[49] ^[50] ^[51]

References

Notes and References

The 1937 Nebraska Legislative Journal, Pg. VII, https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/52/PDF/Journal/r1journal.pdf
1962 Nebraska Blue Book, Pg. 301, https://nebraskaccess.nebraska.gov/LegPastPresent/1962.pdf
"A Brief History of Legislative Redistricting in Nebraska" https://www.nebraskalegislature.gov/pdf/reports/research/snapshot_redistricting_2018.pdf
1964 Nebraska Blue Book, Pg. 316, https://nebraskaccess.nebraska.gov/LegPastPresent/1964.pdf
1966 Nebraska Blue Book, Pg. 327, https://nebraskaccess.nebraska.gov/LegPastPresent/1966-70.pdf
1972 Nebraska Blue Book, Page 343, https://nebraskaccess.nebraska.gov/LegPastPresent/1972.pdf
2021 Legislative Redistricting Map, https://nebraskalegislature.gov/pdf/maps/2021/legislative/leg_lb3_final.pdf
News: Five Senators From Omaha Are Re-elected. Omaha World-Herald. November 6, 1968. April 15, 2023. Calista Cooper Hughes... a sister of former state senator and onetime Republican gubernatorial condidate [''sic''] John Cooper....
News: Democrats Increase In Legislature: Lewis and Keyes Switch Parties. Lincoln Journal. July 13, 1973. April 16, 2023.
News: Russillo Bid Leads Field: Former Senator Tops Pedersen in Fourth. Omaha World-Herald. May 11, 1966. But in the Fourth District incumbent Henry F. Pedersen, Jr., trailed Mike Russillo, former senator from the district who did not seek re-election two years ago.. April 15, 2023.
Web site: James P. Monen, Sr. Obituary.
2020-2021 Nebraska Blue Book, Pg. 386, http://govdocs.nebraska.gov/epubs/l3000/D001-202021.pdf
News: Gene Mahoney: 1928-2004 . Joe . Duggan . July 22, 2004 . Lincoln Journal Star . Lincoln, Neb. . June 8, 2022.
News: GOP's Loss, Is Foes' Gain: Sen. Mahoney. Omaha World-Herald. October 1, 1969. April 8, 2023.
News: Nebraska state Sen. Mike McDonnell announces that he's switching from Democrat to Republican. Jake. Anderson. April 3, 2024. April 3, 2024. KETV.
News: State senator switches back to GOP party . January 29, 1988 . Lincoln Journal Star . https://web.archive.org/web/20200516143401/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51255924/lincoln-journal-star/ . May 16, 2020 . live . 17 . Newspapers.com.
News: Nebraska Sen. Megan Hunt ditches Democratic label, registers as nonpartisan. Chris Dunker. Lincoln Journal Star. May 5, 2023. May 5, 2023.
News: Sen. Powers Cuts Term By a Month. Frank Partsch. Omaha World-Herald. November 21, 1980. April 6, 2023.
News: Abboud Yields Seat to His Successor. Leslie Reed. Omaha World-Herald. November 14, 1998. April 4, 2023.
1982 Nebraska Blue Book, Pgs. 365-366, http://nebraskaccess.nebraska.gov/LegPastPresent/1982-1983.pdf
2002 Nebraska Blue Book, Pgs. 296-298, http://nebraskaccess.nebraska.gov/LegPastPresent/2002-2003.pdf
1992 Nebraska Blue Book, Pgs. 256-258, http://nebraskaccess.nebraska.gov/LegPastPresent/1992-1993.pdf
2012 Nebraska Blue Book, Pgs. 289-292, http://govdocs.nebraska.gov/epubs/l3000/D001-201213.pdf
News: Farewell to A Friend. Paul R.. Busch. The Howells Journal. 4. September 17, 1942. May 12, 2024.
News: Robinson, Clifton "Bud". Omaha World-Herald. May 9, 2011. 11. May 12, 2024.
News: Coleridge man interim senator. Columbus Telegram. December 3, 1976. April 6, 2023.
Web site: Ricketts appoints Norfolk real estate agent to Flood's legislative seat. Don Walton. journalstar.com. 2022-07-22.
News: Single Ceremony Doubles Women in the Legislature. Don Shasteen. Omaha World-Herald. July 29, 1964. April 6, 2023.
News: Official Primary Results. Omaha World-Herald. June 11, 1974. April 15, 2023.
News: County News. The Ulysses Dispatch. August 11, 1938. May 12, 2024. 4. Manley Westley of Brainard was in Dwight campaigning Friday..
News: M. E. Westley: Non-political Candidate for Unicameral Legislature. The Brainard Clipper. July 14, 1938. May 12, 2024.
News: Dr. Owen Person, Wahoo Vet, Dies. Lincoln Journal Star. August 24, 1976. 17. May 12, 2024.
News: Knight Wins Unicam Post. Lincoln Star. November 4, 1964. April 7, 2023.
News: State Sen. Suzanne Geist resigns from Nebraska Legislature to run full-time for Lincoln mayor. Aaron Sanderford. April 5, 2023. Nebraska Examiner. April 5, 2023.
News: Emry criticizes Thone. Lincoln Journal. August 26, 1978. April 7, 2023.
News: Newest senator's stint only eight months long. Regina J. Hills. Lincoln Star. July 1, 1978. April 7, 2023.
News: Ladd Hubka, 55, Dies at Beatrice. Omaha World-Herald. March 16, 1955. April 16, 2023.
Web site: Business owner chosen to fill legislative seat in Omaha. Don Walton. journalstar.com. 2022-06-07.
News: Sen. Eret Makes Party Switch. Omaha World-Herald. April 13, 1984. April 6, 2023.
News: Gary Anderson Is 6th Legislator To Switch To Democratic Party. Alliance Times-Herald. September 13, 1973. April 16, 2023.
News: Nebraska governor appoints Saint Paul man to Dist. 41 seat. Amber. Little. 1011 News. November 15, 2023. November 15, 2023.
News: North Platte Senator Switches Parties. Alliance Times-Herald. April 15, 1985. April 6, 2023.
News: Dems Gain In Ucam, But GOPs Hold 29-18 Lead-Cullan, Chambers (I). Alliance Times-Herald. December 31, 1976. April 6, 2023.
News: 5 of 7 New Senators Are For Broadening Tax Base. Mike Baxter. November 17, 1966. Lincoln Evening Journal. April 6, 2023.
News: 84 Legislature. Lincoln Journal Star. January 1, 1984. April 6, 2023.
News: Legislature's Political Structure Little Changed. Lincoln Star. December 9, 1962. April 6, 2023.
News: Madison County Error Ups Brooks' Margin. Frank Rall. Lincoln Journal Star. January 11, 1959. April 6, 2023.
News: Thumbnail Sketch Of 43 Legislators. Grand Island Independent. January 7, 1941. April 7, 2023.
News: Special Session Summons Finds Senators 'Divided'. Lincoln Evening Journal. July 20, 1960. April 16, 2023.
News: Heavy Republican Flavor To Non-Political Unicameral. Alliance Daily Times-Herald. December 4, 1958. April 16, 2023.
News: Forty-Eight Familiar Faces,, One New One to Convene Session in Capitol. Lincoln Journal Star. January 2, 1972. April 16, 2023.