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<div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American attorney & politician (born 1941)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other people named Ben Nelson, see <a href="/wiki/Ben_Nelson_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Ben Nelson (disambiguation)">Ben Nelson (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Ben Nelson</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Ben_Nelson_official_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Ben_Nelson_official_photo.jpg/220px-Ben_Nelson_official_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="279" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Ben_Nelson_official_photo.jpg/330px-Ben_Nelson_official_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Ben_Nelson_official_photo.jpg/440px-Ben_Nelson_official_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1105" data-file-height="1400" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senator</a><br />from <a href="/wiki/Nebraska" title="Nebraska">Nebraska</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2013</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Kerrey" title="Bob Kerrey">Bob Kerrey</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Deb_Fischer" title="Deb Fischer">Deb Fischer</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">37th <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Nebraska" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Nebraska">Governor of Nebraska</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 9, 1991 – January 7, 1999</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Lieutenant</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maxine_Moul" title="Maxine Moul">Maxine Moul</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Kim_M._Robak" title="Kim M. Robak">Kim Robak</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kay_A._Orr" title="Kay A. Orr">Kay Orr</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Johanns" title="Mike Johanns">Mike Johanns</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Director of the Nebraska Department of Insurance</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1975–1976</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Governor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/J._James_Exon" title="J. James Exon">J. James Exon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">James M. Jackson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Berri Balka</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Earl Benjamin Nelson</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1941-05-17</span>) </span>May 17, 1941<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 83)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/McCook,_Nebraska" title="McCook, Nebraska">McCook, Nebraska</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Diane Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Nebraska%E2%80%93Lincoln" title="University of Nebraska–Lincoln">University of Nebraska–Lincoln</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">MA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1096940132">.mw-parser-output .listen .side-box-text{line-height:1.1em}.mw-parser-output .listen-plain{border:none;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded{width:100%;margin:0;border-width:1px 0 0 0;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-header{padding:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded .listen-header{padding:2px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen-file-header{padding:4px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen .description{padding-top:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen .mw-tmh-player{max-width:100%}@media(max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .listen{clear:both}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .listen:not(.listen-noimage){width:320px}.mw-parser-output .listen-left{overflow:visible;float:left}.mw-parser-output .listen-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-left listen noprint listen-embedded listen-noimage listen-center"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:Sen._Ben_Nelson_Questions_Witnesses_on_Training_and_Improving_Iraqi_Military_Forces.ogg" title="File:Sen. Ben Nelson Questions Witnesses on Training and Improving Iraqi Military Forces.ogg">Ben Nelson's voice</a></div> <div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="215" style="width:215px;" data-durationhint="149" data-mwtitle="Sen._Ben_Nelson_Questions_Witnesses_on_Training_and_Improving_Iraqi_Military_Forces.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2b/Sen._Ben_Nelson_Questions_Witnesses_on_Training_and_Improving_Iraqi_Military_Forces.ogg/Sen._Ben_Nelson_Questions_Witnesses_on_Training_and_Improving_Iraqi_Military_Forces.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Sen._Ben_Nelson_Questions_Witnesses_on_Training_and_Improving_Iraqi_Military_Forces.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">Nelson questions witnesses at a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States Senate Committee on Armed Services">Senate Armed Services Committee</a> hearing on military operations and strategy in Iraq<br />Recorded September 29, 2005</div></div></div></div> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Earl Benjamin Nelson</b> (born May 17, 1941) is an American attorney, businessman, and politician who served as the 37th <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Nebraska" title="List of governors of Nebraska">governor of Nebraska</a> from 1991 to 1999 and as a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/Nebraska" title="Nebraska">Nebraska</a> from 2001 to 2013. He is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a>, and as of 2025, is the last Democrat to hold and/or win any statewide elected office in Nebraska. </p><p>Nelson was an insurance executive before he entered politics. His first run for office was in <a href="/wiki/1990_Nebraska_gubernatorial_election" title="1990 Nebraska gubernatorial election">1990</a>, when he narrowly defeated incumbent <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> governor <a href="/wiki/Kay_A._Orr" title="Kay A. Orr">Kay Orr</a>. He was reelected by a landslide in <a href="/wiki/1994_Nebraska_gubernatorial_election" title="1994 Nebraska gubernatorial election">1994</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes1994_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes1994-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He ran for an open <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> seat in <a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_Senate_election_in_Nebraska" title="1996 United States Senate election in Nebraska">1996</a>, losing in an upset to Republican <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Hagel" title="Chuck Hagel">Chuck Hagel</a>. He was elected to Nebraska's other Senate seat in <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_Senate_election_in_Nebraska" title="2000 United States Senate election in Nebraska">2000</a>, and reelected in <a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_Senate_election_in_Nebraska" title="2006 United States Senate election in Nebraska">2006</a>. He did not run for a third term in <a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Nebraska" title="2012 United States Senate election in Nebraska">2012</a>, and was succeeded by Republican <a href="/wiki/Deb_Fischer" title="Deb Fischer">Deb Fischer</a>. </p><p>Nelson was the most <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Democrat" title="Conservative Democrat">conservative Democrat</a> during his time in the Senate, frequently voting against his party.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life,_education,_and_early_career"><span id="Early_life.2C_education.2C_and_early_career"></span>Early life, education, and early career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Nelson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life, education, and early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Earl Benjamin Nelson was born on May 17, 1941, in <a href="/wiki/McCook,_Nebraska" title="McCook, Nebraska">McCook</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in southwestern Nebraska. He is the only child of Birdella and Benjamin Earl Nelson.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is an <a href="/wiki/Eagle_Scout" title="Eagle Scout">Eagle Scout</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Wendell_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wendell-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He earned a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">B.A.</a> in 1963, an <a href="/wiki/Master%27s_degree" title="Master's degree">M.A.</a> in 1965, and a <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">J.D.</a> in 1970—all from the University of Nebraska.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After graduating from law school, Nelson landed a job as assistant general counsel for Central National Insurance Group of Omaha. After several years in the business, in 1975 the governor appointed him state insurance director.<sup id="cite_ref-Lincoln_Journal_Star_2000_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lincoln_Journal_Star_2000-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the administration changed, he returned to work for Central National Insurance as an executive vice president and eventually president.<sup id="cite_ref-Lincoln_Journal_Star_2000_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lincoln_Journal_Star_2000-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Nelson&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nelson became involved in state politics, joining the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a>. In 1986, he served as state chairman of Democrat <a href="/wiki/Helen_Boosalis" title="Helen Boosalis">Helen Boosalis</a>'s gubernatorial campaign. She was mayor of <a href="/wiki/Lincoln,_Nebraska" title="Lincoln, Nebraska">Lincoln, Nebraska</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nelson_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nelson-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Boosalis was defeated by state treasurer Republican <a href="/wiki/Kay_Orr" class="mw-redirect" title="Kay Orr">Kay Orr</a>, 53% to 47%.<sup id="cite_ref-nelson_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nelson-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-chronicle_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chronicle-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Governor_of_Nebraska">Governor of Nebraska</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Nelson&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Governor of Nebraska"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nelson first ran for electoral office in the <a href="/wiki/1990_Nebraska_gubernatorial_election" title="1990 Nebraska gubernatorial election">1990 Nebraska gubernatorial election</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> defeating first-term Republican incumbent Orr by 4,030 votes out of over 586,000 cast.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was <a href="/wiki/1994_Nebraska_gubernatorial_election" title="1994 Nebraska gubernatorial election">reelected in 1994</a> with 73% of the vote, the largest margin of victory for a governor in half a century, despite the national Republican gains that year.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes1994_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes1994-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During his tenure, Nelson cut spending from the previous administration by 64%, when it was forecast to rise by 13%.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He introduced legislation to cut crime through the Safe Streets Act and Juvenile Crime Bill, advocated for low-income families through the Kids Connection health care system, and enacted welfare reforms. He also cut taxes for over 400,000 middle-income families.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As governor, Nelson took some conservative stances on issues in right-leaning Nebraska. He pushed welfare reform before it was done at a national level and opposed President <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a>'s efforts on health care.<sup id="cite_ref-Lincoln_Journal_Star_2000_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lincoln_Journal_Star_2000-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 1990 campaign, Nelson attacked Orr's support for a proposed low-level nuclear waste dump in the state. During his tenure, the Nebraska State Department of Environmental Quality denied the dump's application for an operating license, prompting a lawsuit that Nebraska settled for $145 million.<sup id="cite_ref-journalstar_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-journalstar-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nelson ran for a seat in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> in <a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_Senate_election_in_Nebraska" title="1996 United States Senate election in Nebraska">1996</a> when fellow Democrat <a href="/wiki/Jim_Exon" class="mw-redirect" title="Jim Exon">Jim Exon</a> retired. He was defeated by Republican businessman and Vietnam veteran <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Hagel" title="Chuck Hagel">Chuck Hagel</a> in an upset.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/1998_Nebraska_gubernatorial_election" title="1998 Nebraska gubernatorial election">1998</a>, Nelson was ineligible to run for reelection because of Nebraska's term-limits law. He was succeeded as governor by <a href="/wiki/Mike_Johanns" title="Mike Johanns">Mike Johanns</a>, the Republican mayor of Lincoln.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2025, Nelson is the last Democrat to serve as governor of Nebraska. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="U.S._Senator">U.S. Senator</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Nelson&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: U.S. Senator"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2000_election">2000 election</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Nelson&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2000 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_Senate_election_in_Nebraska" title="2000 United States Senate election in Nebraska">2000 United States Senate election in Nebraska</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NELSONHOYER.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/NELSONHOYER.jpg/220px-NELSONHOYER.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="239" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/NELSONHOYER.jpg/330px-NELSONHOYER.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/NELSONHOYER.jpg/440px-NELSONHOYER.jpg 2x" data-file-width="470" data-file-height="510" /></a><figcaption>Senator Ben Nelson (right) with House Majority Leader <a href="/wiki/Steny_Hoyer" title="Steny Hoyer">Steny Hoyer</a> (D-MD)</figcaption></figure> <p>Nelson was nominated by the Democrats for the Senate in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate_election,_2000" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate election, 2000">2000 election</a> after his fellow Democrat, incumbent <a href="/wiki/Bob_Kerrey" title="Bob Kerrey">Bob Kerrey</a>, announced his retirement. His opponent was <a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Attorney_General" title="Nebraska Attorney General">Attorney General</a> <a href="/wiki/Don_Stenberg" title="Don Stenberg">Don Stenberg</a>. Nelson won the election with 51% of the vote after a campaign in which he spent 50% more ($1,004,985) than Stenberg. Despite initially pledging to work together,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nelson and now fellow U.S. senator from Nebraska Hagel had a somewhat frosty relationship.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2006_election">2006 election</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Nelson&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2006 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_Senate_election_in_Nebraska" title="2006 United States Senate election in Nebraska">2006 United States Senate election in Nebraska</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2006_United_States_Senate_election_in_Nebraska_results_map_by_county.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/2006_United_States_Senate_election_in_Nebraska_results_map_by_county.svg/220px-2006_United_States_Senate_election_in_Nebraska_results_map_by_county.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/2006_United_States_Senate_election_in_Nebraska_results_map_by_county.svg/330px-2006_United_States_Senate_election_in_Nebraska_results_map_by_county.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/2006_United_States_Senate_election_in_Nebraska_results_map_by_county.svg/440px-2006_United_States_Senate_election_in_Nebraska_results_map_by_county.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="379" /></a><figcaption>Election results by county for Nelson's 2006 reelection bid</figcaption></figure> <p>Nelson was thought to be in danger of losing his seat in <a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2006 United States Senate elections">2006</a>, as it was thought his successor as governor, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Johanns" title="Mike Johanns">Mike Johanns</a>, was almost certain to run against him; that speculation ended when Johanns was appointed <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Agriculture" title="United States Secretary of Agriculture">U.S. Secretary of Agriculture</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With Johanns's move to Washington, few high-profile Republicans stepped up to run against Nelson, as the state party focused its attention on the <a href="/wiki/Nebraska_gubernatorial_election,_2006" class="mw-redirect" title="Nebraska gubernatorial election, 2006">governor's race</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The Republican nomination was won by <a href="/wiki/Pete_Ricketts" title="Pete Ricketts">Pete Ricketts</a>, a former <a href="/wiki/TD_Ameritrade" title="TD Ameritrade">TD Ameritrade</a> executive.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the general election, Nelson was endorsed by the <a href="/wiki/National_Rifle_Association_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="National Rifle Association of America">National Rifle Association of America</a>, Nebraska Right to Life (<a href="/wiki/National_Right_to_Life" class="mw-redirect" title="National Right to Life">National Right to Life</a>'s state affiliate),<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nebraskans United for Life,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Chamber_of_Commerce" title="United States Chamber of Commerce">U.S. Chamber of Commerce</a>, the <a href="/wiki/National_Federation_of_Independent_Business" title="National Federation of Independent Business">National Federation of Independent Business</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nebraska Farmers Union PAC, <a href="/wiki/National_Farmers_Union_(United_States)" title="National Farmers Union (United States)">National Farmers Union</a> PAC, the <a href="/wiki/Veterans_of_Foreign_Wars" title="Veterans of Foreign Wars">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a> PAC, the Business-Industry Political Action Committee, and the Omaha Police Union, all conservative-leaning groups. </p><p>Nelson defeated Ricketts 64%-36%, the biggest victory margin for a Democratic Senate candidate in Nebraska since <a href="/wiki/Edward_Zorinsky" title="Edward Zorinsky">Edward Zorinsky</a> won 66% of the vote in 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In doing so, he received the votes of 42% of Republicans and 73% of Independents on top of 96% of those from his own party. He also won all but 13 counties in the western part of the state, a surprising feat in normally heavily Republican Nebraska.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Defense_Secretary_and_Senators_Ben_Nelson_and_Jim_Webb_prior_to_a_hearing_before_the_ASC_on_the_START_treaty.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Defense_Secretary_and_Senators_Ben_Nelson_and_Jim_Webb_prior_to_a_hearing_before_the_ASC_on_the_START_treaty.jpg/220px-Defense_Secretary_and_Senators_Ben_Nelson_and_Jim_Webb_prior_to_a_hearing_before_the_ASC_on_the_START_treaty.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Defense_Secretary_and_Senators_Ben_Nelson_and_Jim_Webb_prior_to_a_hearing_before_the_ASC_on_the_START_treaty.jpg/330px-Defense_Secretary_and_Senators_Ben_Nelson_and_Jim_Webb_prior_to_a_hearing_before_the_ASC_on_the_START_treaty.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Defense_Secretary_and_Senators_Ben_Nelson_and_Jim_Webb_prior_to_a_hearing_before_the_ASC_on_the_START_treaty.jpg/440px-Defense_Secretary_and_Senators_Ben_Nelson_and_Jim_Webb_prior_to_a_hearing_before_the_ASC_on_the_START_treaty.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2784" data-file-height="1817" /></a><figcaption>Defense Secretary <a href="/wiki/Robert_Gates" title="Robert Gates">Robert Gates</a> and Senators Ben Nelson and <a href="/wiki/Jim_Webb" title="Jim Webb">Jim Webb</a> prior to a hearing before the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States Senate Committee on Armed Services">Senate Armed Services Committee</a> on the <a href="/wiki/New_START" title="New START">START Treaty</a>.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_positions">Political positions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Nelson&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Political positions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Abortion">Abortion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Nelson&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Abortion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nelson is <a href="/wiki/Anti-abortion" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-abortion">anti-abortion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 2006 election, he was endorsed by Nebraska Right to Life<sup id="cite_ref-betrayed_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-betrayed-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Nebraskans United for Life.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He lost Nebraska Right to Life's support after voting for the Senate version of health-care legislation, the <a href="/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act">Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act</a>, which did not contain the Stupak language.<sup id="cite_ref-betrayed_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-betrayed-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Earmarks">Earmarks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Nelson&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Earmarks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July 2007, Senator <a href="/wiki/Tom_Coburn" title="Tom Coburn">Tom Coburn</a> criticized earmarks that Nelson had inserted into the 2007 defense spending bill, alleging that they would benefit Nelson's son Patrick's employer with millions in federal dollars, and that the situation violated terms of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Funding_Accountability_and_Transparency_Act_of_2006" title="Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006">Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006</a>, which the Senate passed but had not yet been voted on in the House. Nelson's spokesperson said he did nothing wrong<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was acting with "an abundance of caution" when he withdrew the amendment after the new Senate Ethics Rules were passed. Some government watchdogs, including <a href="/wiki/Public_Citizen" title="Public Citizen">Public Citizen</a>, commented that the earmark probably didn't violate ethics rules.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More than one publication questioned Coburn's motives, as his criticism did not include his own state delegation's earmark requests.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Health_care_and_"Cornhusker_Kickback""><span id="Health_care_and_.22Cornhusker_Kickback.22"></span>Health care and "Cornhusker Kickback"</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Nelson&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Health care and "Cornhusker Kickback""><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In late 2009, the Senate's 40 Republicans unanimously opposed the <a href="/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act">Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act</a>, the Senate's version of health-care legislation. To end a Republican <a href="/wiki/Filibuster" title="Filibuster">filibuster</a> and pass the measure, the Democrats needed the votes of all 58 of their senators, plus those of two independents who caucused with their party. Nelson was the 60th and last senator to vote for cloture.<sup id="cite_ref-wapohealthdeal_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapohealthdeal-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to Nelson, he wanted to ensure that the final version of the law prohibited the use of public funds for abortions.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His <a href="/wiki/Cloture_vote" class="mw-redirect" title="Cloture vote">cloture vote</a> came after the measure was amended to permit states to opt out of allowing insurance exchange plans to provide abortion coverage. People with plans that covered abortion costs would pay for that coverage separately from their payment for the rest of the plan.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bill also provided full and permanent federal reimbursement for the expenses Nebraska would incur in its mandated expansion of Medicaid eligibility,<sup id="cite_ref-wapohealthdeal_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapohealthdeal-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> an amount the <a href="/wiki/Congressional_Budget_Office" title="Congressional Budget Office">Congressional Budget Office</a> estimated at $100 million.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The health-care measure was controversial, and Nelson's vote provoked a strong response. Opponents of the Medicaid reimbursement scheme derided it as the "Cornhusker Kickback".<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among those denouncing the provision was <a href="/wiki/Dave_Heineman" title="Dave Heineman">Dave Heineman</a>, Nebraska's Republican governor.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To these criticisms, Nelson responded that he had been attempting to eliminate an unfunded federal mandate upon the states,<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and that the Nebraska item was a "placeholder", intended from the start to be replaced by a revision that would provide reimbursement for the increased Medicaid costs of every state.<sup id="cite_ref-toast_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-toast-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Anti-abortion" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-abortion">Anti-abortion</a> organizations also responded negatively to Nelson's vote. In April 2010, Nebraska Right to Life declared that it would never again endorse Nelson.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nelson's popularity fell among Nebraskans in the wake of his cloture vote. According to Omaha.com, "Almost overnight, the controversial vote knocked [Nelson's] Nebraska voter approval rating from 78 percent, the highest in the Senate, to 42 percent, according to one poll, and prompted relentless criticism, with many observers saying his political career was over."<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A December 2009 <a href="/wiki/Rasmussen_Reports" title="Rasmussen Reports">Rasmussen</a> poll indicated that in a hypothetical Nelson–Heineman race, the Republican would get 61% of the vote to Nelson's 30%. In the same poll, 64% of the Nebraska voters surveyed opposed the health-care bill.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the victory of Republican <a href="/wiki/Scott_Brown_(politician)" title="Scott Brown (politician)">Scott Brown</a> in the special election to fill the Senate seat vacated by the death of Senator <a href="/wiki/Ted_Kennedy" title="Ted Kennedy">Edward Kennedy</a>, Democrats lost their filibuster-proof majority. Since Brown had declared himself opposed to the health-care measure, the party's leadership opted to enact the legislation through the <a href="/wiki/Reconciliation_(United_States_Congress)" title="Reconciliation (United States Congress)">budget reconciliation</a> process.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nelson voted against the final version of the legislation, the <a href="/wiki/Health_Care_and_Education_Reconciliation_Act_of_2010" title="Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010">Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nelsonvotesno_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nelsonvotesno-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His support for the measure was no longer essential to its passage, since the reconciliation bill was not subject to filibuster and required only a simple majority.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The measure as ultimately passed eliminated the special Medicaid reimbursement for Nebraska, as Nelson had requested in a letter to Senate Majority Leader <a href="/wiki/Harry_Reid" title="Harry Reid">Harry Reid</a> about a month after his crucial cloture vote.<sup id="cite_ref-toast_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-toast-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nelson said his opposition to the final measure arose from newly added provisions related to <a href="/wiki/Student_loans" class="mw-redirect" title="Student loans">student loans</a><sup id="cite_ref-nelsonvotesno_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nelsonvotesno-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that would adversely affect Nebraska-based student-lending firm <a href="/wiki/Nelnet" title="Nelnet">Nelnet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite voting against it, he subsequently defended the law, saying, "I am willing to fight to improve it, but not to repeal it."<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Iraq">Iraq</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Nelson&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Iraq"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On March 15, 2007, Nelson was one of two Democratic senators to vote against invoking cloture on a resolution aimed at withdrawing most American combat troops from Iraq in 2008. The vote, requiring 60 votes to pass, was 50 to 48 against.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTimes_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTimes-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a result of traveling to Iraq four times, the last in September 2007,<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nelson took the position that a transition of the mission in Iraq was necessary, as opposed to full withdrawal of troops.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Jones Commission supported his view on September 6, 2007, when General <a href="/wiki/James_L._Jones" title="James L. Jones">James L. Jones</a> presented a report to Congress claiming that "The circumstances of the moment may continue to present the opportunity for considering a shift in the disposition and employment of our forces... such a strategy would include placing increasing responsibilities for the internal security of the nation on the ISF, especially in urban areas. Coalition forces could be re-tasked to better ensure the territorial defense of the state by increasingly concentrating on the eastern and western borders and the active defense of the critical infrastructures essential to Iraq."<sup id="cite_ref-JonesCommReport_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JonesCommReport-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: p. 127">: p. 127 </span></sup> The premise that stability in Iraq would only be achieved through political reconciliation acted on through legislation, a view long held by Nelson, was also recommended by Jones, reporting, "The future of Iraq… hinges on the ability of the <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Iraqi people">Iraqi people</a> and the government to begin the process of achieving national reconciliation and to ending sectarian violence."<sup id="cite_ref-JonesCommReport_57-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JonesCommReport-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: p. 130">: p. 130 </span></sup> </p><p>In the spring of 2007, Senators Nelson, <a href="/wiki/Susan_Collins" title="Susan Collins">Susan Collins</a> of <a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a>, and <a href="/wiki/John_Warner" title="John Warner">John Warner</a> of <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> authored a list of measures, or "benchmarks", that were included in the Iraq Supplemental bill. These benchmarks allowed for progress to be measured in certain areas such as recognition of minority groups, strengthening of internal security forces, and equal distribution of oil revenue. President <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> and General <a href="/wiki/David_Petraeus" title="David Petraeus">David Petraeus</a> were required to report on the advancement of these "benchmarks".<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nelson and Collins also introduced legislation on July 11, 2007, that would transition U.S. troops out of <a href="/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a>. The legislation called for turning over internal security efforts to Iraqi forces after which the U.S. military would secure the borders, protect the infrastructure, and continue to search for <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">al-Qaeda</a> forces.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Judicial_appointments">Judicial appointments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Nelson&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Judicial appointments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nelson was the lead Democratic senator among the "<a href="/wiki/Gang_of_14" title="Gang of 14">Gang of 14</a>," a bloc of 14 senators who, on May 23, 2005, forged a compromise on the Democrats' use of the judicial <a href="/wiki/Filibuster" title="Filibuster">filibuster</a>, thus blocking the Republican leadership's attempt to implement the so-called "<a href="/wiki/Nuclear_option" title="Nuclear option">nuclear option</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the gang's agreement, Democrats would retain the power to filibuster one of Bush's judicial nominees only in an "extraordinary circumstance",<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the three most conservative Bush <a href="/wiki/United_States_court_of_appeals" class="mw-redirect" title="United States court of appeals">appellate court</a> nominees (<a href="/wiki/Janice_Rogers_Brown" title="Janice Rogers Brown">Janice Rogers Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Priscilla_Owen" class="mw-redirect" title="Priscilla Owen">Priscilla Owen</a> and <a href="/wiki/William_H._Pryor,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="William H. Pryor, Jr.">William Pryor</a>) would receive a vote by the full Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nelson was the only Democrat to vote to confirm Brown; he was later the first Democratic senator to support <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Alito" title="Samuel Alito">Samuel Alito</a>'s confirmation to the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court of the United States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nelson also voted twice, with three other Democrats, to end Senate debate over Bush's <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> Ambassador nominee <a href="/wiki/John_R._Bolton" class="mw-redirect" title="John R. Bolton">John Bolton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In an <a href="/wiki/Op-ed" title="Op-ed">op-ed</a> column, Nelson wrote: "The president's nominees, especially to the Supreme Court, deserve an up-or-down vote, even if the nominee isn't popular with the special-interest groups in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2010, when <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> nominated <a href="/wiki/Elena_Kagan" title="Elena Kagan">Elena Kagan</a> to the Supreme Court, Nelson was the only Democrat to vote against her <a href="/wiki/Elena_Kagan_Supreme_Court_nomination" title="Elena Kagan Supreme Court nomination">confirmation</a>, saying "I have heard concerns from Nebraskans regarding Ms. Kagan, and her lack of a judicial record makes it difficult for me to discount the concerns raised by Nebraskans, or to reach a level of comfort that these concerns are unfounded. Therefore, I will not vote to confirm Ms. Kagan's nomination"<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Same-sex_marriage">Same-sex marriage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Nelson&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Same-sex marriage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1996, Nelson proposed and supported legislation to prevent Nebraska from recognizing same-sex marriages formed in other states. This was his response to <a href="/wiki/Baehr_v._Miike" title="Baehr v. Miike">a court case in Hawaii</a> that Nelson feared would legalize gay marriage.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nelson supported <a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Initiative_416" class="mw-redirect" title="Nebraska Initiative 416">Initiative 416</a>, an amendment to the Nebraska constitution prohibiting same-sex marriage and domestic partnership.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Taxes">Taxes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Nelson&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Taxes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nelson was one of five Democratic senators to vote for the <a href="/wiki/Economic_Growth_and_Tax_Relief_Reconciliation_Act_of_2001" title="Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001">Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001</a>. The measure called for $1.35 trillion in tax cuts over 11 years and nearly $2 trillion in spending for the next fiscal year. The spending was close to that proposed by Bush; the tax cuts were slightly less than the $1.6 trillion Bush sought.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nelson also voted for passage of the <a href="/wiki/Jobs_and_Growth_Tax_Relief_Reconciliation_Act_of_2003" title="Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003">2003 tax cut</a> which accelerated many of the provisions in the 2001 tax cut in addition to benefits for small businesses.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2009, <a href="/wiki/Americans_for_Tax_Reform" title="Americans for Tax Reform">Americans for Tax Reform</a> stated that Nelson was the only Democratic senator who had signed its <a href="/wiki/Taxpayer_Protection_Pledge" class="mw-redirect" title="Taxpayer Protection Pledge">Taxpayer Protection Pledge</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-ATR_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ATR-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and launched an advocacy campaign to urge him to oppose the <a href="/wiki/America%27s_Healthy_Future_Act" title="America's Healthy Future Act">health care reform proposals</a> in Congress, which, they asserted, contained "billions of dollars in income tax hikes."<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2012, Nelson, with 18 other senators,<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> cosponsored a bill that would allow states to collect sales taxes on interstate sales, including catalogue and Internet sales.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bill (<a href="/wiki/Marketplace_Fairness_Act_(S.1832;112th_Congress)" class="mw-redirect" title="Marketplace Fairness Act (S.1832;112th Congress)">Marketplace Fairness Act</a>, S.1832) would require any seller who sold a product or service to a consumer from another state to calculate, collect and pay to that other state the sales tax based on that state's tax rates.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Proponents argued that the measure would redress an unfair economic advantage enjoyed by online sellers over local businesses arising from the fact that the former were often not required to collect sales taxes from their customers.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Opponents maintained that it would be unfair to require interstate merchants to collect sales taxes in jurisdictions where they had no physical presence, and thus derived no benefit from the taxes; and that the variety and complexity of state and local sales taxes would place a burden on merchants required to keep track of them in order to collect the taxes.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_votes">Other votes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Nelson&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Other votes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nelson's votes in the Senate often placed him at odds with the leadership of his party. A <i><a href="/wiki/National_Journal" title="National Journal">National Journal</a></i> congressional vote rating from 2006 placed him to the right of five Senate Republicans (<a href="/wiki/Gordon_Smith_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gordon Smith (politician)">Gordon Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Olympia_Snowe" title="Olympia Snowe">Olympia Snowe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arlen_Specter" title="Arlen Specter">Arlen Specter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Susan_Collins" title="Susan Collins">Susan Collins</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Chafee" title="Lincoln Chafee">Lincoln Chafee</a>). <a href="/wiki/Mary_Landrieu" title="Mary Landrieu">Mary Landrieu</a> was the only other Democrat to the right of any Republicans (she placed to the right of Chafee).<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A similar 2007 <i>National Journal</i> rating went even further, placing Nelson to the right of eight Senate Republicans (the above five as well as <a href="/wiki/Richard_Lugar" title="Richard Lugar">Richard Lugar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norm_Coleman" title="Norm Coleman">Norm Coleman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mike_DeWine" title="Mike DeWine">Mike DeWine</a>), with Landrieu once again to Chafee's right and the only other Democrat to the right of any Republicans.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For 2012, the <a href="/wiki/American_Conservative_Union" title="American Conservative Union">American Conservative Union</a> rated his overall performance at 48 percent, the highest of any Democratic senator.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nelson was one of only two Democratic senators to vote against the <a href="/wiki/Bipartisan_Campaign_Reform_Act" title="Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act">Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act</a> of 2002. He voted with Republicans on bankruptcy reform, environmental protection, class action lawsuits, and trade. In 2004 he was one of only three Democratic senators to vote to invoke <a href="/wiki/Cloture" title="Cloture">cloture</a> on the proposed <a href="/wiki/Federal_Marriage_Amendment" title="Federal Marriage Amendment">Federal Marriage Amendment</a>; in 2006 he was one of only two Democratic senators to vote that way.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the only Democratic senator to vote against a 2006 bill that would have extended federal funding for <a href="/wiki/Stem_cell" title="Stem cell">stem cell research</a>. But he consistently voted against drilling in the <a href="/wiki/Arctic_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Arctic National Wildlife Refuge">Arctic National Wildlife Refuge</a>. He also opposed Bush's plan to send 21,500 more troops to Iraq.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Early in Bush's first term he voted with the majority of his party against scrapping President <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a>'s expansive new rules on ergonomics regulation for workers; many of his fellow conservative Democrats like <a href="/wiki/John_Breaux" title="John Breaux">John Breaux</a>, <a href="/wiki/Max_Baucus" title="Max Baucus">Max Baucus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blanche_Lincoln" title="Blanche Lincoln">Blanche Lincoln</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Zell_Miller" title="Zell Miller">Zell Miller</a> voted with Republicans on the issue. On April 26, 2010, Nelson was one of two Democratic senators in attendance to vote against the motion to move a financial regulations bill forward, siding with Senate Republicans. The other was <a href="/wiki/Harry_Reid" title="Harry Reid">Harry Reid</a>, who voted against his own proposed bill for procedural reasons. </p><p>On December 18, 2010, Nelson voted with Democrats for the <a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Ask,_Don%27t_Tell_Repeal_Act_of_2010" title="Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010">Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-Senate_career">Post-Senate career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Nelson&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Post-Senate career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January 2013, Nelson was named <a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">chief executive officer</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Insurance_Commissioners" title="National Association of Insurance Commissioners">National Association of Insurance Commissioners</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> an organization of state insurance regulatory agencies for the United States and several of its territories. The body establishes standards and coordinates regulatory oversight for the state agencies.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He left the association and returned to his private law practice in January 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Nelson&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1990_Nebraska_gubernatorial_election" title="1990 Nebraska gubernatorial election">1990 Nebraska gubernatorial election</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Ben Nelson </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>292,771 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>49.91 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Kay_Orr" class="mw-redirect" title="Kay Orr">Kay Orr</a> (incumbent) </td> <td style="text-align:right">288,741 </td> <td style="text-align:right">49.23 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="width:2px;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px">Write-in </td> <td class="fn">Mort Sullivan </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,887 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.32 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="width:2px;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px">Write-in </td> <td class="fn">Others </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3,143 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.54 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1994_Nebraska_gubernatorial_election" title="1994 Nebraska gubernatorial election">1994 Nebraska gubernatorial election</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Ben Nelson (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>423,270 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>73.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Gene Spence </td> <td style="text-align:right">148,230 </td> <td style="text-align:right">25.6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="width:2px;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px">Write-in </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Chambers" title="Ernie Chambers">Ernie Chambers</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,510 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.4 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="width:2px;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px">Write-in </td> <td class="fn">Others </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5,551 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.0 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Nebraska,_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Nebraska, 1996">Nebraska U.S. Senate Election 1996</a><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Hagel" title="Chuck Hagel">Chuck Hagel</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>379,933 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>56.14% </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+15.21% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Ben Nelson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">281,904 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">41.65% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−17.25% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #FED105; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/John_DeCamp" title="John DeCamp">John DeCamp</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,483 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.40% </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: NavajoWhite; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Natural_Law_Party_(United_States)" title="Natural Law Party (United States)">Natural Law</a> </td> <td class="fn">Bill Dunn </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,806 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.71% </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px">Write-ins </td> <td class="fn"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">663 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.10% </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Nebraska,_2000" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Nebraska, 2000">Nebraska U.S. Senate Election 2000</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Ben Nelson </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>353,093 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>51.00% </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−3.78% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #E81B23; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Don_Stenberg" title="Don Stenberg">Don Stenberg</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">337,977 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">48.82% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.81% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px">Write-ins </td> <td class="fn"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,280 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.18% </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/Nebraska_United_States_Senate_election,_2006" class="mw-redirect" title="Nebraska United States Senate election, 2006">Nebraska U.S. Senate Election 2006</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Ben Nelson (Incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>378,388 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>63.88% </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+12.88% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #E81B23; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Pete_Ricketts" title="Pete Ricketts">Pete Ricketts</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">213,928 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">36.12% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−12.70% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Nelson&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Democrat" 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James Exon">J. James Exon</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> nominee for <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senator">U.S. Senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/Nebraska" title="Nebraska">Nebraska</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators" class="mw-redirect" title="Classes of United States Senators">Class 2</a>) </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_Senate_election_in_Nebraska" title="1996 United States Senate election in Nebraska">1996</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Matulka" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlie Matulka">Charlie Matulka</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Kerrey" title="Bob Kerrey">Bob Kerrey</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> nominee for <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senator">U.S. Senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/Nebraska" title="Nebraska">Nebraska</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators" class="mw-redirect" title="Classes of United States Senators">Class 1</a>) </b><br /><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_Senate_election_in_Nebraska" title="2000 United States Senate election in Nebraska">2000</a>, <a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_Senate_election_in_Nebraska" title="2006 United States Senate election in Nebraska">2006</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Kerrey" title="Bob Kerrey">Bob Kerrey</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Kay_A._Orr" title="Kay A. Orr">Kay Orr</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Nebraska" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Nebraska">Governor of Nebraska</a> </b><br />1991–1999 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Johanns" title="Mike Johanns">Mike Johanns</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Kerrey" title="Bob Kerrey">Bob Kerrey</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senators_from_Nebraska" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Senators from Nebraska">U.S. Senator (Class 1) from Nebraska</a> </b><br />2001–2013 <br />Served alongside: <b><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Hagel" title="Chuck Hagel">Chuck Hagel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Johanns" title="Mike Johanns">Mike Johanns</a></b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Deb_Fischer" title="Deb Fischer">Deb Fischer</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cfc;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_order_of_precedence" title="United States order of precedence">U.S. order of precedence</a> (ceremonial) </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Kerrey" title="Bob Kerrey">Bob Kerrey</a></div><i><b>as Former US Senator </b></i> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/United_States_order_of_precedence" title="United States order of precedence">Order of precedence of the United States</a><br /><i><span 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Allen">Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe_Hayward" title="Monroe Hayward">Hayward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_V._Allen" title="William V. Allen">Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_H._Dietrich" title="Charles H. Dietrich">Dietrich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elmer_Burkett" title="Elmer Burkett">Burkett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Hitchcock" title="Gilbert Hitchcock">G. Hitchcock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_B._Howell" title="Robert B. Howell">Howell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Thompson_(Nebraska_politician)" title="William H. Thompson (Nebraska politician)">Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_C._Hunter" title="Richard C. Hunter">Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_R._Burke" title="Edward R. Burke">Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_A._Butler" title="Hugh A. Butler">Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_W._Reynolds" title="Samuel W. 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Hagel</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Nelson</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Nebraska" title="List of United States representatives from Nebraska">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Doug_Bereuter" title="Doug Bereuter">D. Bereuter</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lee_Terry" title="Lee Terry">L. Terry</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tom_Osborne" title="Tom Osborne">T. Osborne</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/108th_United_States_Congress" title="108th United States Congress">108th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Nebraska" title="List of United States senators from Nebraska">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Hagel" title="Chuck Hagel">C. Hagel</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Nelson</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Nebraska" title="List of United States representatives from Nebraska">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Doug_Bereuter" title="Doug Bereuter"><i>D. Bereuter</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lee_Terry" title="Lee Terry">L. Terry</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tom_Osborne" title="Tom Osborne">T. Osborne</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/109th_United_States_Congress" title="109th United States Congress">109th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Nebraska" title="List of United States senators from Nebraska">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Hagel" title="Chuck Hagel">C. Hagel</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Nelson</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Nebraska" title="List of United States representatives from Nebraska">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lee_Terry" title="Lee Terry">L. Terry</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tom_Osborne" title="Tom Osborne">T. Osborne</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Fortenberry" title="Jeff Fortenberry">J. Fortenberry</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/110th_United_States_Congress" title="110th United States Congress">110th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Nebraska" title="List of United States senators from Nebraska">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Hagel" title="Chuck Hagel">C. Hagel</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Nelson</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Nebraska" title="List of United States representatives from Nebraska">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lee_Terry" title="Lee Terry">L. Terry</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Fortenberry" title="Jeff Fortenberry">J. Fortenberry</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Smith_(politician)" title="Adrian Smith (politician)">A. Smith</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/111th_United_States_Congress" title="111th United States Congress">111th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Nebraska" title="List of United States senators from Nebraska">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Nelson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mike_Johanns" title="Mike Johanns">M. 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Smith</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/112th_United_States_Congress" title="112th United States Congress">112th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Nebraska" title="List of United States senators from Nebraska">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Nelson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mike_Johanns" title="Mike Johanns">M. 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