Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 11/04/2008
Next Election: 2012
Party: Non-partisan

General

Gender: Female
Family: Husband: Richard; 2 Children: Andrew, Caroline
Birth date:
Birthplace: Norfolk, NE
Home City: Lincoln NE
Religion: Presbyterian

Education

MA, Education, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 1970 BS, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 1969

Profession

Executive Vice President, CEDARS Home for Children Foundation, 2003-present Accounts Payable Manager, Campbell's Nurseries, 1984-2002 Executive Director, Nebraska Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse, 1982-1984 Curriculum Development, Consultant to Lincoln Public Schools, 1973-1974 English Teacher, Lincoln Public Schools Southeast High School, 1972-1973 Graduate Assistant, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Secondary Education Department Curriculum Development Project, 1972 English/History Teacher, Arizona Public High School Sierra Vista, 1971-1972

Committees

Health and Human Services
Transportation and Telecommunications

LB 703 2011 Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 704 2011 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 703 2011 Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 704 2011 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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

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LB 703 2011 Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 704 2011 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 703 2011 Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 704 2011 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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

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

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

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

LB 594 Abortion Screening Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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

LB 594 Abortion Screening Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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

LB 861 Alcohol Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

LB 36 Requiring Lethal Injection
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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

LB 260 Wrongful Conviction Compensation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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

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

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