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class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Mike Johanns</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%AC%CE%B9%CE%BA_%CE%A4%CE%B6%CF%8C%CF%87%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%82" title="Μάικ Τζόχανς – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μάικ Τζόχανς" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3" title="مایک جوهانس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مایک جوهانس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Johanns" title="Mike Johanns – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Mike Johanns" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Johanns" title="Michael Johanns – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Michael Johanns" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Johanns" title="Mike Johanns – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Mike Johanns" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Johanns" title="Mike Johanns – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Mike Johanns" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A7_%D7%92%27%D7%95%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%A1" title="מייק ג'והנס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מייק ג'והנס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3" title="مايك جوهانس – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="مايك جوهانس" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Johanns" title="Mike Johanns – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Mike Johanns" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Johanns" title="Mike Johanns – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Mike Johanns" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Johanns" title="Mike Johanns – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Mike Johanns" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Johanns" title="Mike Johanns – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Mike Johanns" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Johanns" title="Mike Johanns – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Mike Johanns" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%81" title="Майк Джоханнс – Ukrainian" lang="uk" 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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, 2009 – January 3, 2015</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/Chuck_Hagel" title="Chuck Hagel">Chuck Hagel</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/Ben_Sasse" title="Ben Sasse">Ben Sasse</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;">28th <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Agriculture" title="United States Secretary of Agriculture">United States Secretary of Agriculture</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 21, 2005 – September 20, 2007</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</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/Ann_Veneman" title="Ann Veneman">Ann Veneman</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/Ed_Schafer" title="Ed Schafer">Ed Schafer</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;">38th <a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Nebraska" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors 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 7, 1999 – January 20, 2005</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/David_Maurstad" title="David Maurstad">David Maurstad</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Dave_Heineman" title="Dave Heineman">Dave Heineman</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/Ben_Nelson" title="Ben Nelson">Ben Nelson</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/Dave_Heineman" title="Dave Heineman">Dave Heineman</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;">47th <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Lincoln,_Nebraska" title="List of mayors of Lincoln, Nebraska">Mayor of Lincoln</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />May 20, 1991 – November 30, 1998</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/Bill_Harris_(Nebraska_politician)" title="Bill Harris (Nebraska politician)">Bill Harris</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/Dale_Young_(politician)" title="Dale Young (politician)">Dale Young</a></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">Michael Owen Johanns</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1950-06-18</span>) </span>June 18, 1950<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 74)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Osage,_Iowa" title="Osage, Iowa">Osage, Iowa</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> (1988–present)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> (before 1988)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><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="plainlist"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Connie Johanns</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1972; 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Mike Johanns Questions Dr. Joseph Glauber at a Senate Agriculture Committee Hearing on Livestock.ogg">Mike Johanns'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="78" data-mwtitle="Sen._Mike_Johanns_Questions_Dr._Joseph_Glauber_at_a_Senate_Agriculture_Committee_Hearing_on_Livestock.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Sen._Mike_Johanns_Questions_Dr._Joseph_Glauber_at_a_Senate_Agriculture_Committee_Hearing_on_Livestock.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/50/Sen._Mike_Johanns_Questions_Dr._Joseph_Glauber_at_a_Senate_Agriculture_Committee_Hearing_on_Livestock.ogg/Sen._Mike_Johanns_Questions_Dr._Joseph_Glauber_at_a_Senate_Agriculture_Committee_Hearing_on_Livestock.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">Johanns questions Joseph Glauber, chief economist of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Agriculture" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Department of Agriculture">U.S. Department of Agriculture</a> at a hearing on the state of the U.S. livestock industry<br />Recorded June 28, 2011</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>Michael Owen Johanns</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/dʒ/: 'j' in 'jam'">dʒ</span><span title="/oʊ/: 'o' in 'code'">oʊ</span><span title="'h' in 'hi'">h</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">JOH</span>-hanss</i></a>; born June 18, 1950) is an American attorney and politician who served as a <a href="/wiki/United_States_senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States senator">United States senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/Nebraska" title="Nebraska">Nebraska</a> from 2009 to 2015. He served as the 38th <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Nebraska" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Nebraska">governor of Nebraska</a> from 1999 until 2005, and was chair of the <a href="/wiki/Midwestern_Governors_Association" title="Midwestern Governors Association">Midwestern Governors Association</a> in 2002. In 2005, he was appointed by President <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> to serve as the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Agriculture" title="United States Secretary of Agriculture">secretary of agriculture</a>, where he served from 2005 to 2007, becoming the fourth Nebraskan to hold that position. </p><p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Osage,_Iowa" title="Osage, Iowa">Osage, Iowa</a>, Johanns is the graduate of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Mary%27s_University_of_Minnesota" title="Saint Mary's University of Minnesota">Saint Mary's University of Minnesota</a> and <a href="/wiki/Creighton_University_School_of_Law" title="Creighton University School of Law">Creighton University School of Law</a>. He began his career as an attorney working in private practice before clerking for the <a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Supreme_Court" title="Nebraska Supreme Court">Nebraska Supreme Court</a>. Elected to the <a href="/wiki/Lancaster_County,_Nebraska" title="Lancaster County, Nebraska">Lancaster County Board</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a> in 1983, Johanns served there until 1987, and was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Lincoln,_Nebraska" title="Lincoln, Nebraska">Lincoln</a> City Council in 1988. He was elected the 47th <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Lincoln,_Nebraska" title="List of mayors of Lincoln, Nebraska">mayor of Lincoln</a> in 1991 and reelected in 1995. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/1998_Nebraska_gubernatorial_election" title="1998 Nebraska gubernatorial election">Nebraska's 1998 gubernatorial election</a>, Johanns defeated Democratic political aide Bill Hoppner, and in <a href="/wiki/2002_Nebraska_gubernatorial_election" title="2002 Nebraska gubernatorial election">2002</a> he was reelected over insurance executive Stormy Dean. In <a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Nebraska" title="2008 United States Senate election in Nebraska">2008</a>, Johanns ran for the Republican nomination to replace retiring U.S. Senator <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Hagel" title="Chuck Hagel">Chuck Hagel</a>. He won the primary, defeating businessman Pat Flynn, and the general election, defeating Democratic challenger <a href="/wiki/Scott_Kleeb" title="Scott Kleeb">Scott Kleeb</a>. He was sworn in on January 3, 2009; along with <a href="/wiki/Jim_Risch" title="Jim Risch">Jim Risch</a> of <a href="/wiki/Idaho" title="Idaho">Idaho</a>, he became only one of two new Republican senators sworn into the <a href="/wiki/111th_United_States_Congress" title="111th United States Congress">111th United States Congress</a>. On February 18, 2013, Johanns announced that he would not run for reelection to a second term in <a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_Senate_election_in_Nebraska" title="2014 United States Senate election in Nebraska">2014</a>, and was succeeded by fellow Republican <a href="/wiki/Ben_Sasse" title="Ben Sasse">Ben Sasse</a>.<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> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life,_education_and_legal_career"><span id="Early_life.2C_education_and_legal_career"></span>Early life, education and legal career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Johanns&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life, education and legal career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Johanns was born in <a href="/wiki/Osage,_Iowa" title="Osage, Iowa">Osage, Iowa</a>, the son of Adeline Lucy (<a href="/wiki/N%C3%A9e" class="mw-redirect" title="Née">née</a> Royek) and John Robert Johanns. His father was of German and some Luxembourgish ancestry, and his maternal grandparents immigrated from <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> He grew up living and working on his family's farm.<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> </p><p>He graduated from Osage Community High School in 1968 and went on to study at <a href="/wiki/Saint_Mary%27s_University_of_Minnesota" title="Saint Mary's University of Minnesota">Saint Mary's University of Minnesota</a> in <a href="/wiki/Winona,_Minnesota" title="Winona, Minnesota">Winona</a>, where he received his <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> in Communications in 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-Allysa_Schukar_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Allysa_Schukar-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Johanns earned his <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">Juris Doctor</a> from <a href="/wiki/Creighton_University_School_of_Law" title="Creighton University School of Law">Creighton University School of Law</a>, and joined the Nebraska State Bar Association in 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After his graduation, he clerked for <a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Supreme_Court" title="Nebraska Supreme Court">Nebraska Supreme Court</a> Judge Hale McCown from 1974 to 1975, before practicing law for Cronin and Hannon in <a href="/wiki/O%27Neill,_Nebraska" title="O'Neill, Nebraska">O'Neill, Nebraska</a> from 1975 to 1976.<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> He was a partner at Nelson, Johanns, Morris, Holdeman, and Titus, a law firm he founded in <a href="/wiki/Lincoln,_Nebraska" title="Lincoln, Nebraska">Lincoln, Nebraska</a> in 1976, where he practiced until 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-Allysa_Schukar_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Allysa_Schukar-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_political_career">Early political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Johanns&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Johanns served on the <a href="/wiki/Lancaster_County,_Nebraska" title="Lancaster County, Nebraska">Lancaster County</a> Board from 1983 to 1987 as a <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a>. In 1988, he was elected as a Republican to the Lincoln City Council, where he served from 1989 to 1991. On May 7, 1991, he was elected the 47th <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Lincoln,_Nebraska" title="List of mayors of Lincoln, Nebraska">Mayor of Lincoln</a>, defeating incumbent Mayor <a href="/wiki/Bill_Harris_(Nebraska_politician)" title="Bill Harris (Nebraska politician)">Bill Harris</a>, with 54% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He took office as Mayor on May 20, 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1995, Johanns won reelection with no opposition, becoming the first Mayor of Lincoln to do so since the 1950s.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After being elected <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Nebraska" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Nebraska">governor of Nebraska</a>, he was succeeded as mayor by <a href="/wiki/Dale_Young_(politician)" title="Dale Young (politician)">Dale Young</a>, who was appointed by the Lincoln City Council.<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><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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governor_of_Nebraska">Governor of Nebraska</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Johanns&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Governor of Nebraska"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections">Elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Johanns&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1998">1998</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Johanns&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1998"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></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">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1998_Nebraska_gubernatorial_election" title="1998 Nebraska gubernatorial election">1998 Nebraska gubernatorial election</a></div> <p>Johanns began campaigning early in <a href="/wiki/1998_Nebraska_gubernatorial_election" title="1998 Nebraska gubernatorial election">Nebraska's 1998 gubernatorial election</a>, holding his first campaign event in October 1995. The early start led to a slow, steady build-up in name recognition and organizational support, and an advantage of small donors over his Republican opponents, Nebraska State Auditor John Breslow and <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. Representative</a> <a href="/wiki/Jon_Lynn_Christensen" class="mw-redirect" title="Jon Lynn Christensen">Jon Lynn Christensen</a>.<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> Johanns visited all of Nebraska's 93 counties, traveling over 100,000 miles.<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> Christensen, a two-term representative who promised not to serve more than three terms in the House, was seen as a surprise candidate in the gubernatorial election, as he had to give up his seat on the powerful <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Ways_and_Means" title="United States House Committee on Ways and Means">House Ways and Means Committee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Christensen (who saw backing from the <a href="/wiki/Christian_right" title="Christian right">Christian right</a>), and Breslow ran their campaigns on a staunch <a href="/wiki/Social_conservatism" title="Social conservatism">social conservative</a> message and were seen as trying to "outconservative" and outdistance one another, while Johanns was seen as an attractive candidate for moderate voters.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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>Christensen was seen as the early frontrunner, though his lead fell dramatically in the final weeks after he made public comments that he signed an affidavit after he and his first wife divorced, saying that her adultery broke up their marriage.<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> He also saw backlash from comments he made about his second wife (<a href="/wiki/Tara_Dawn_Holland" title="Tara Dawn Holland">Tara Dawn Holland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Miss_America_1997" title="Miss America 1997">Miss America 1997</a>), that he got her to swear that she was a virgin who was "saving herself for marriage."<sup id="cite_ref-Margaret_Carlson_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Margaret_Carlson-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nationaljournal.com_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nationaljournal.com-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His campaign also vigorously attacked Johanns in a flier for allowing "obscene and racist" broadcasts to air on Lincoln's public access cable channel.<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> The broadcasts showed a man urinating in public; though Johanns tried to stop the program, the airing was protected by a federal lawsuit.<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> The flier was condemned by Republican members of <a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_Nebraska" title="United States congressional delegations from Nebraska">Nebraska's congressional delegation</a>, with then-Senator <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Hagel" title="Chuck Hagel">Chuck Hagel</a> saying that "Nobody in the Republican Party of Nebraska can be proud of Jon Christensen's conduct. I hope the people of the state will get out and vote and register their feelings on the conduct of this campaign." Hagel also added that his tactics "embarrassed Nebraska."<sup id="cite_ref-Margaret_Carlson_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Margaret_Carlson-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nationaljournal.com_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nationaljournal.com-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> </p><p>Though the race was seen as a "dead heat" the day before the primary,<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> Johanns won with 40% of the vote, to Breslow's 29% and Christensen's 28%.<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> The primary was seen as one of the most expensive in Nebraska history, with Breslow spending $3.8 million ($2.5 million of his own money), Christensen spending $1.8 million and Johanns spending $1.7 million.<sup id="cite_ref-nationaljournal.com_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nationaljournal.com-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/Ben_Nelson" title="Ben Nelson">Ben Nelson</a>, a popular Democrat in the staunchly <a href="/wiki/Red_states_and_blue_states" title="Red states and blue states">red state</a>, was term-limited after serving two terms as governor, leaving the Democratic field open. Bill Hoppner won the Democratic nomination, defeating lawyer and former member of the <a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Legislature" title="Nebraska Legislature">Nebraska Legislature</a> <a href="/wiki/Jim_McFarland" title="Jim McFarland">Jim McFarland</a>.<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> Hoppner, an attorney who previously served as the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_staff" title="Chief of staff">chief of staff</a> to senators <a href="/wiki/J._James_Exon" title="J. James Exon">J. James Exon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bob_Kerrey" title="Bob Kerrey">Bob Kerrey</a>, had never won an election before; he had run for governor and was defeated by Nelson in the 1990 primary.<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> </p><p>On November 3, 1998, Johanns and his running mate, <a href="/wiki/David_I._Maurstad" class="mw-redirect" title="David I. Maurstad">David I. Maurstad</a>, defeated Hoppner and his running mate, Pam Bataillon, in the general election, by a margin of 54% to 46%.<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><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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2002">2002</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Johanns&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2002"><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/2002_Nebraska_gubernatorial_election" title="2002 Nebraska gubernatorial election">2002 Nebraska gubernatorial election</a></div> <p>Johanns won reelection in <a href="/wiki/2002_United_States_gubernatorial_elections" title="2002 United States gubernatorial elections">2002</a> by a landslide, defeating Democrat Stormy Dean by a margin of 69% to 27%, thus becoming the first Republican governor of Nebraska to be reelected since <a href="/wiki/Victor_E._Anderson" class="mw-redirect" title="Victor E. Anderson">Victor E. Anderson</a> in 1956. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tenure">Tenure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Johanns&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Tenure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Secretary_of_Agriculture_Mike_Johanns.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Secretary_of_Agriculture_Mike_Johanns.jpg/220px-Secretary_of_Agriculture_Mike_Johanns.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Secretary_of_Agriculture_Mike_Johanns.jpg/330px-Secretary_of_Agriculture_Mike_Johanns.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Secretary_of_Agriculture_Mike_Johanns.jpg/440px-Secretary_of_Agriculture_Mike_Johanns.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3504" data-file-height="2336" /></a><figcaption>Johanns speaks at a hearing, 2005</figcaption></figure> <p>During his first term, Johanns focused on direct property tax relief.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He succeeded in enacting a total of $85 million in such relief.<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> </p><p>Johanns was a supporter of Initiative 413, amending Nebraska's constitution to limit state government spending, and adjusting tax revenue increases to the rate of inflation.<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> In 2002 Johanns signed legislation raising the state's cigarette tax by 50 cents per pack; from 34 to 84 cents.<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> Johanns proposed another 20 cents increase in cigarette taxes, saying that "I don't think you're going to get much debate that medical costs are higher when you smoke. Cigarette and tobacco use may be a choice, but every one of us pays for its use, either with our health or our pocketbooks, or both."<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><p>Johanns led agriculture trade missions to <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-William_Branigin,_Jim_VandeHei_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-William_Branigin,_Jim_VandeHei-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He signed legislation increasing state gasoline taxes by 1.25 cents for ethanol incentive funding, raising $1.5 million annually for Nebraska's Ethanol Production Incentive Cash Fund.<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> Johanns served as the chairman of Governors' Ethanol Coalition in 2001.<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> </p><p>Johanns was known for his strong stance on <a href="/wiki/Veto" title="Veto">vetoing</a> bills. In 1999 Johanns vetoed 26 bills in only five days, more than any previous governor in Nebraska history.<sup id="cite_ref-topics.nytimes.com_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-topics.nytimes.com-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2003 Johanns vetoed the entire $5.4 billion two-year Nebraska state budget. He said that he "could not accept a budget that raised taxes to grow government at a time when the state must cut spending," and called for a nearly 10% cut in every state government program.<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> Johanns vetoed legislation increasing the pay of members of the <a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Legislature" title="Nebraska Legislature">Nebraska Legislature</a>, though the veto was overridden by the legislature; he also vetoed legislation authorizing teacher salary increases.<sup id="cite_ref-topics.nytimes.com_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-topics.nytimes.com-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<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> </p><p>During the 1999 legislative session, the Nebraska Legislature passed a moratorium of executions in a 27 to 21 vote, becoming the first state in the nation to send such a proposal to the governor's desk.<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> The bill set bans on all executions for two years, while a study to see if the death penalty was being applied fairly in the state took place.<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> Though the bill prevented executions from taking place, it did not exempt the sentencing of the death penalty in new cases.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Johanns, who is a proponent of the <a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment" title="Capital punishment">capital punishment</a>, vetoed the bill a week after its passage; calling the bill "poor public policy" that would "at a minimum be utilized to advance further unnecessary criminal appeals by those currently sentenced to death row in Nebraska."<sup id="cite_ref-Henry_Weinstein_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Henry_Weinstein-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The veto of the bill was condemned by the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_Liberties_Union" title="American Civil Liberties Union">American Civil Liberties Union</a>, the <a href="/wiki/American_Bar_Association" title="American Bar Association">American Bar Association</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">Pope John Paul II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Henry_Weinstein_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Henry_Weinstein-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> </p><p>In 1999, Johanns saw criticism from the groups <a href="/wiki/People_For_the_American_Way" class="mw-redirect" title="People For the American Way">People For the American Way</a> and the American Civil Liberties Union for signing a proclamation declaring May 22, "March for <a href="/wiki/Jesus_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesus Christ">Jesus</a> Day," in honor of a fundamentalist Christian group in Nebraska.<sup id="cite_ref-William_Branigin,_Jim_VandeHei_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-William_Branigin,_Jim_VandeHei-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> Critiques said that Johanns was "violating the neutrality of religions that is required of his office. He was endorsing <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> over all other religions, sending an impermissible message to Nebraskans of other faiths or of no faith that their beliefs are disfavored by the Government."<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> Johanns also endorsed "Back to the Bible Day," though he refused to issue a proclamation for Earth Religion Awareness Day, a day requested by <a href="/wiki/Wicca" title="Wicca">Wicca</a> groups.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Johanns said that "I wouldn't hesitate to sign a proclamation for the <a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Jewish</a> faith, <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a>, whatever. So long as it doesn't require me to sign something I personally don't agree with."<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> Johanns previously refused to sign a proclamation for <a href="/wiki/LGBT_Pride" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT Pride">LGBT Pride</a> in 1997, citing his Christianity.<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> </p><p>Johanns twice served as the chair of the <a href="/wiki/National_Governors_Association" title="National Governors Association">National Governors Association</a>'s Committee on Economic Development and Commerce from 2000 to 2001 and from 2002 to 2003.<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> In July 2001, he was unanimously approved by the Board of Directors of the <a href="/wiki/Export-Import_Bank_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Export-Import Bank of the United States">Export-Import Bank of the United States</a> to serve on the banks Advisory Committee, and in 2003 served as the chairman of the Governor's Biotechnology Partnership.<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><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Johanns succeeded <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Iowa" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Iowa">Iowa Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Vilsack" title="Tom Vilsack">Tom Vilsack</a> as chair of the <a href="/wiki/Midwestern_Governors_Association" title="Midwestern Governors Association">Midwestern Governors Association</a> in 2002.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="United_States_Secretary_of_Agriculture">United States Secretary of Agriculture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Johanns&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: United States Secretary of Agriculture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mike_Johanns_resignation-Bush.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Mike_Johanns_resignation-Bush.jpg/220px-Mike_Johanns_resignation-Bush.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Mike_Johanns_resignation-Bush.jpg/330px-Mike_Johanns_resignation-Bush.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Mike_Johanns_resignation-Bush.jpg/440px-Mike_Johanns_resignation-Bush.jpg 2x" data-file-width="514" data-file-height="382" /></a><figcaption>Johanns shakes hands with President George W. Bush, 2007</figcaption></figure> <p>On December 2, 2004, Johanns was nominated by President <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> to replace outgoing <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Agriculture" title="United States Secretary of Agriculture">Secretary of Agriculture</a> <a href="/wiki/Ann_Veneman" title="Ann Veneman">Ann Veneman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, he scrapped plans to run against Democratic U.S. Senator <a href="/wiki/Ben_Nelson" title="Ben Nelson">Ben Nelson</a> (his predecessor as governor) in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Nebraska,_2006" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Nebraska, 2006">2006 election</a>. In his announcement nominating Johanns as agriculture secretary, President Bush explained that he chose him to replace Veneman for his support of ethanol and biodiesel and for his knowledge in foreign trade; calling him "a man of action and of complete integrity."<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Johanns was confirmed in a voice vote by the Senate on January 20, 2005, hours after Bush's second inauguration.<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> He tendered his resignation as Governor of Nebraska on that day, and was sworn in the next day.<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> </p><p>The Department of Agriculture under Johanns received criticism for being too slow to perform additional tests on cows suspected of having <a href="/wiki/Mad_Cow_disease" class="mw-redirect" title="Mad Cow disease">mad cow disease</a>.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="U.S._Senate">U.S. Senate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Johanns&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: U.S. Senate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2008_election">2008 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Johanns&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2008 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/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Nebraska" title="2008 United States Senate election in Nebraska">2008 United States Senate election in Nebraska</a></div> <p>On September 20, 2007, Johanns resigned as the Secretary of Agriculture and announced on October 10, 2007 that he would run for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> seat vacated by Senator <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Hagel" title="Chuck Hagel">Chuck Hagel</a>.<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> On November 4, 2008, he was elected to the United States Senate,<sup id="cite_ref-dw91907_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dw91907-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> defeating Democratic nominee <a href="/wiki/Scott_Kleeb" title="Scott Kleeb">Scott Kleeb</a> in the general election. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tenure_2">Tenure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Johanns&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Tenure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Johanns' time in the Senate was low-key: he never appeared on one of the <a href="/wiki/Sunday_morning_talk_shows" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunday morning talk shows">Sunday morning talk shows</a>. He voted against 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> and the <a href="/wiki/Dodd%E2%80%93Frank_Wall_Street_Reform_and_Consumer_Protection_Act" title="Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act">Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act</a>, and opposed <a href="/wiki/Emissions_trading" title="Emissions trading">cap-and-trade</a> legislation. He was a member of the "<a href="/wiki/Gang_of_Eight_(fiscal_matters)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gang of Eight (fiscal matters)">Gang of Eight</a>" that tried to negotiate a <a href="/wiki/Deficit_reduction_in_the_United_States" title="Deficit reduction in the United States">federal deficit reduction deal</a> in 2011 and was pivotal in re-routing the proposed route of the <a href="/wiki/Keystone_Pipeline" title="Keystone Pipeline">Keystone Pipeline</a>.<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> </p><p>Johanns received an award from the <a href="/wiki/National_Multiple_Sclerosis_Society" title="National Multiple Sclerosis Society">National Multiple Sclerosis Society</a> for his work to support funding for <a href="/wiki/Autoimmune_disease" title="Autoimmune disease">autoimmune disease</a> research.<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> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Committee_assignments">Committee assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Johanns&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Committee assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Agriculture,_Nutrition_and_Forestry" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry">Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Agriculture_Subcommittee_on_Energy,_Science_and_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Energy, Science and Technology">Subcommittee on Energy, Science and Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Agriculture_Subcommittee_on_Domestic_and_Foreign_Marketing,_Inspection,_and_Plant_and_Animal_Health" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Domestic and Foreign Marketing, Inspection, and Plant and Animal Health">Subcommittee on Domestic and Foreign Marketing, Inspection, and Plant and Animal Health</a> (Ranking Member)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Agriculture_Subcommittee_on_Production,_Income_Protection_and_Price_Support" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Production, Income Protection and Price Support">Subcommittee on Production, Income Protection and Price Support</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Banking,_Housing,_and_Urban_Affairs" title="United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs">Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Banking_Subcommittee_on_Financial_Institutions" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Banking Subcommittee on Financial Institutions">Subcommittee on Financial Institutions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Banking_Subcommittee_on_Housing,_Transportation,_and_Community_Development" title="United States Senate Banking Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development">Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Banking_Subcommittee_on_Securities,_Insurance,_and_Investment" title="United States Senate Banking Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment">Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment</a>, Ranking Member</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Commerce,_Science_and_Transportation" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation">Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Commerce_Subcommittee_on_Aviation_Operations,_Safety,_and_Security" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security">Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Commerce_Subcommittee_on_Communications,_Technology,_and_the_Internet" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet">Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Commerce_Subcommittee_on_Competitiveness,_Innovation,_and_Export_Promotion" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Competitiveness, Innovation, and Export Promotion">Subcommittee on Competitiveness, Innovation, and Export Promotion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Commerce_Subcommittee_on_Science_and_Space" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Science and Space">Subcommittee on Science and Space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Commerce_Subcommittee_on_Surface_Transportation_and_Merchant_Marine_Infrastructure,_Safety,_and_Security" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security">Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Veterans%27_Affairs" title="United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs">Committee on Veterans' Affairs</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Indian_Affairs" title="United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs">Committee on Indian Affairs</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Porteous" title="Thomas Porteous">Impeachment Trial Committee on the Articles against Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr.</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-committeesenatedems_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-committeesenatedems-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Caucus_memberships">Caucus memberships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Johanns&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Caucus memberships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Congressional_International_Conservation_Caucus" title="United States Congressional International Conservation Caucus">International Conservation Caucus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkinson%27s_disease" title="Parkinson's disease">Parkinson's Disease</a> Caucus (co-chair)</li> <li>Sportsmen's Caucus</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Millennium_Challenge_Corporation">Millennium Challenge Corporation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Johanns&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Millennium Challenge Corporation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Secretary_Pompeo_Delivers_Remarks_at_the_Millennium_Challenge_Corporation_Board_Meeting_(49194973013).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Secretary_Pompeo_Delivers_Remarks_at_the_Millennium_Challenge_Corporation_Board_Meeting_%2849194973013%29.jpg/220px-Secretary_Pompeo_Delivers_Remarks_at_the_Millennium_Challenge_Corporation_Board_Meeting_%2849194973013%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Secretary_Pompeo_Delivers_Remarks_at_the_Millennium_Challenge_Corporation_Board_Meeting_%2849194973013%29.jpg/330px-Secretary_Pompeo_Delivers_Remarks_at_the_Millennium_Challenge_Corporation_Board_Meeting_%2849194973013%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Secretary_Pompeo_Delivers_Remarks_at_the_Millennium_Challenge_Corporation_Board_Meeting_%2849194973013%29.jpg/440px-Secretary_Pompeo_Delivers_Remarks_at_the_Millennium_Challenge_Corporation_Board_Meeting_%2849194973013%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5445" data-file-height="3630" /></a><figcaption>Johanns (right) at a board meeting of the <a href="/wiki/Millennium_Challenge_Corporation" title="Millennium Challenge Corporation">Millennium Challenge Corporation</a>, 2019</figcaption></figure> <p>In December 2015, President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> nominated Johanns to be a member of the <a href="/wiki/Board_of_directors" title="Board of directors">board of directors</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Millennium_Challenge_Corporation" title="Millennium Challenge Corporation">Millennium Challenge Corporation</a>. This nomination was confirmed by a voice vote of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> in February 2016.<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> In March 2019, President <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> nominated him for a second term on the board.<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-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Johanns&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Johanns married his first wife, Connie Johanns, in 1972. They had two children together: a son, Justin and a daughter, Michaela.<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> He also has five grandchildren.<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> Johanns and his wife divorced in 1985, and in 1986 he married <a href="/wiki/Stephanie_Johanns" title="Stephanie Johanns">Stephanie Armitage</a>, a former Lancaster County Commissioner and <a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Legislature" title="Nebraska Legislature">Nebraska state senator</a>.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Johanns&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFCamiaDavis,_Susan2013" class="citation news cs1">Camia, Catalina; Davis, Susan (February 18, 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/02/18/mike-johanns-senate-retire-nebraska/1927903/">"GOP Sen. 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title="Dale Young (politician)">Dale Young</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/Ben_Nelson" title="Ben Nelson">Ben Nelson</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 />1999–2005 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Dave_Heineman" title="Dave Heineman">Dave Heineman</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/Ann_Veneman" title="Ann Veneman">Ann Veneman</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Agriculture" title="United States Secretary of Agriculture">United States Secretary of Agriculture</a> </b><br />2005–2007 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Schafer" title="Ed Schafer">Ed Schafer</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gene_Spence&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gene Spence (page does not exist)">Gene Spence</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> nominee for <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Nebraska" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Nebraska">Governor of Nebraska</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1998_Nebraska_gubernatorial_election" title="1998 Nebraska gubernatorial election">1998</a>, <a href="/wiki/2002_Nebraska_gubernatorial_election" title="2002 Nebraska gubernatorial election">2002</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Dave_Heineman" title="Dave Heineman">Dave Heineman</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/Chuck_Hagel" title="Chuck Hagel">Chuck Hagel</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</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/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Nebraska" title="2008 United States Senate election in Nebraska">2008</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Sasse" title="Ben Sasse">Ben Sasse</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/Chuck_Hagel" title="Chuck Hagel">Chuck Hagel</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 2) from Nebraska</a> </b><br />2009–2015 <br />Served alongside: <b><a href="/wiki/Ben_Nelson" title="Ben Nelson">Ben Nelson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deb_Fischer" title="Deb Fischer">Deb Fischer</a></b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Sasse" title="Ben Sasse">Ben Sasse</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/Margaret_Spellings" title="Margaret Spellings">Margaret Spellings</a></div><i><b>as Former US Cabinet Member </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 style="font-size:85%;">as Former US Cabinet Member</span></i> </b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Leavitt" title="Mike Leavitt">Mike Leavitt</a></div><i><b>as Former US Cabinet Member </b></i> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist 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Walters</a> (2001–2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/White_House_Chief_of_Staff" title="White House Chief of Staff">White House Chief of Staff</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Card" title="Andrew Card">Andrew Card</a> (2001–2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joshua_Bolten" title="Joshua Bolten">Joshua Bolten</a> (2006–2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Governors_of_Nebraska345" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Governors_of_Nebraska" title="Template:Governors of Nebraska"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Governors_of_Nebraska" title="Template talk:Governors of Nebraska"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Governors_of_Nebraska" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Governors of Nebraska"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Governors_of_Nebraska345" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Nebraska" title="List of governors of Nebraska">Governors of Nebraska</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Territory" title="Nebraska Territory">Territorial <span class="nobold"><small>(1854–1867)</small></span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/William_Walker_(Wyandot_leader)" title="William Walker (Wyandot leader)">Walker</a> (provisional; disputed)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/William_Orlando_Butler" class="mw-redirect" title="William Orlando Butler">Butler</a> (declined)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Burt_(Nebraska_governor)" title="Francis Burt (Nebraska governor)">Burt</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thomas_B._Cuming" title="Thomas B. Cuming">Cuming</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_W._Izard" title="Mark W. Izard">Izard</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thomas_B._Cuming" title="Thomas B. Cuming">Cuming</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Alexander_Richardson" title="William Alexander Richardson">Richardson</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Julius_Sterling_Morton" title="Julius Sterling Morton">Morton</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_W._Black" title="Samuel W. Black">Black</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Julius_Sterling_Morton" title="Julius Sterling Morton">Morton</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Algernon_Paddock" title="Algernon Paddock">Paddock</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alvin_Saunders" title="Alvin Saunders">Saunders</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Seal_of_the_State_of_Nebraska.svg/75px-Seal_of_the_State_of_Nebraska.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Seal_of_the_State_of_Nebraska.svg/113px-Seal_of_the_State_of_Nebraska.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Seal_of_the_State_of_Nebraska.svg/150px-Seal_of_the_State_of_Nebraska.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="720" /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Nebraska" title="Nebraska">State <span class="nobold"><small>(since 1867)</small></span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Butler_(politician)" title="David Butler (politician)">Butler</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/William_H._James" title="William H. James">James</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Isaac_S._Hascall" title="Isaac S. Hascall">Hascall</a> (disputed)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Wilkinson_Furnas" title="Robert Wilkinson Furnas">Furnas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silas_Garber" title="Silas Garber">Garber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albinus_Nance" title="Albinus Nance">Nance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_W._Dawes" title="James W. Dawes">Dawes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Milton_Thayer" title="John Milton Thayer">Thayer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_E._Boyd_(politician)" title="James E. Boyd (politician)">Boyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_Crounse" title="Lorenzo Crounse">Crounse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silas_A._Holcomb" title="Silas A. Holcomb">Holcomb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_A._Poynter" title="William A. Poynter">Poynter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_H._Dietrich" title="Charles H. Dietrich">Dietrich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ezra_P._Savage" title="Ezra P. Savage">Savage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_H._Mickey" title="John H. Mickey">Mickey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_L._Sheldon" title="George L. Sheldon">Sheldon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashton_C._Shallenberger" title="Ashton C. Shallenberger">Shallenberger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_Hardy_Aldrich" title="Chester Hardy Aldrich">Aldrich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_H._Morehead" title="John H. Morehead">Morehead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Neville" title="Keith Neville">Neville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Roy_McKelvie" title="Samuel Roy McKelvie">McKelvie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Bryan" title="Charles W. Bryan">Bryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_McMullen" title="Adam McMullen">McMullen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_J._Weaver" title="Arthur J. Weaver">Weaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Bryan" title="Charles W. Bryan">Bryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Leroy_Cochran" title="Robert Leroy Cochran">Cochran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_Griswold" title="Dwight Griswold">Griswold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Val_Peterson" title="Val Peterson">Peterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_B._Crosby" title="Robert B. Crosby">Crosby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Emanuel_Anderson" title="Victor Emanuel Anderson">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_G._Brooks" title="Ralph G. Brooks">Brooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_W._Burney" title="Dwight W. Burney">Burney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_B._Morrison" title="Frank B. Morrison">Morrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norbert_Tiemann" title="Norbert Tiemann">Tiemann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._James_Exon" title="J. James Exon">Exon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Thone" title="Charles Thone">Thone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Kerrey" title="Bob Kerrey">Kerrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kay_A._Orr" title="Kay A. Orr">Orr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Nelson" title="Ben Nelson">Nelson</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Johanns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Heineman" title="Dave Heineman">Heineman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Ricketts" title="Pete Ricketts">Ricketts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Pillen" title="Jim Pillen">Pillen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><i>Italics</i> indicate acting governors</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="United_States_senators_from_Nebraska99" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:United_States_senators_from_Nebraska" title="Template:United States senators from Nebraska"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:United_States_senators_from_Nebraska" title="Template talk:United States senators from Nebraska"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:United_States_senators_from_Nebraska" title="Special:EditPage/Template:United States senators from Nebraska"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="United_States_senators_from_Nebraska99" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Nebraska" title="List of United States senators from Nebraska">United States senators from Nebraska</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Class 1</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Tipton" title="Thomas Tipton">Tipton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Algernon_Paddock" title="Algernon Paddock">Paddock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Van_Wyck" title="Charles Van Wyck">Van Wyck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Algernon_Paddock" title="Algernon Paddock">Paddock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_V._Allen" title="William V. 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. Reynolds">Reynolds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Hruska" title="Roman Hruska">Hruska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Zorinsky" title="Edward Zorinsky">Zorinsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Karnes" title="David Karnes">Karnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Kerrey" title="Bob Kerrey">Kerrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Nelson" title="Ben Nelson">Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deb_Fischer" title="Deb Fischer">Fischer</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="United States Senate"><img alt="United States Senate" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/120px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/160px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1030" data-file-height="1030" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Class 2</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Milton_Thayer" title="John Milton Thayer">Thayer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phineas_Hitchcock" title="Phineas Hitchcock">P. Hitchcock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alvin_Saunders" title="Alvin Saunders">Saunders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_F._Manderson" title="Charles F. Manderson">Manderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_M._Thurston" title="John M. Thurston">Thurston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Millard" title="Joseph Millard">Millard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norris_Brown" title="Norris Brown">Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_W._Norris" title="George W. Norris">Norris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_S._Wherry" title="Kenneth S. Wherry">Wherry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_A._Seaton" title="Fred A. Seaton">Seaton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_Griswold" title="Dwight Griswold">Griswold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eva_Bowring" title="Eva Bowring">Bowring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hazel_Abel" title="Hazel Abel">Abel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Curtis" title="Carl Curtis">Curtis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._James_Exon" title="J. James Exon">Exon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Hagel" title="Chuck Hagel">Hagel</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Johanns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Sasse" title="Ben Sasse">Sasse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Ricketts" title="Pete Ricketts">Ricketts</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Nebraska&#039;s_delegation(s)_to_the_111th–113th_United_States_Congress_(ordered_by_seniority)250" style="display:table;;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:USCongRep-start" title="Template:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:USCongRep-start" title="Template talk:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:USCongRep-start" title="Special:EditPage/Template:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Nebraska&#039;s_delegation(s)_to_the_111th–113th_United_States_Congress_(ordered_by_seniority)250" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_Nebraska" title="United States congressional delegations from Nebraska">Nebraska</a>'s delegation(s) to the 111th–113th <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a> <span class="nowrap">(ordered by seniority)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;border-width:0;"><div style="padding:0"> <table style="width:100%"> <tbody><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 href="/wiki/Ben_Nelson" title="Ben Nelson">B. Nelson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Johanns</a> (R)</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/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 href="/wiki/Ben_Nelson" title="Ben Nelson">B. Nelson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Johanns</a> (R)</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/113th_United_States_Congress" title="113th United States Congress">113th</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 class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Johanns</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Deb_Fischer" title="Deb Fischer">D. 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