State Legislature
He was elected in 1978 to represent the 46th Nebraska legislative district and reelected in 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, and 2002. Many of the 250 bills he has passed in 26 years in the Nebraska Unicameral were consensus measures forged by negotiation which brought contesting parties to agreement. Senator Landis brokered legislative agreements between labor and management, utilities and ratepayers, big banks and small banks, insurance companies and trial attorneys, and other seemingly intractable foes. Senator Landis passed legislation to create a statewide network of mediation centers, establish a system for negotiated administrative rulemaking in state government, extend the use of arbitration to resolve disputes, and create the state labor-management collective bargaining system.
His negotiations skillset has been developed at training seminars at Harvard, MIT, and the University of Illinois. For fifteen years he taught negotiation courses at the University of Nebraska College of Law and the Department of Public Administration. Senator Landis has three times been the Best Teacher award winner at Doane College. His negotiation workshop clients include: Internal Revenue Service, Pacific Public Policy Program, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, State Farm Insurance Co., Western Fire Chiefs Association, Rocky Mountain Public Policy Program, California League of Cities, and the Southwest Leadership Program.
Senator Landis is married to Melodee Ann McPherson, two children, Matthew and Melissa, and one grandchild, Naomi A. McKibbin. He enjoys music, theater, and doing a Sunday morning radio show on KTGL. He graduated from the University of Nebraska with a B.A. (1970), Juris Doctor (1971) a Masters of Public Administration (1984) and a Masters in Regional and Community Planning (1995).
Since Nebraska voters passed Initiative Measure 415 in 2001 limiting state senators to two terms after 2001, he was unable run for reelection. He was elected to the Lower Platte South Natural Resource District in 2002. And accepted the position of Director of Urban Development in June 2007 when offered the job by Mayor Chris Beutler.
| Preceded by Jo Ann Maxey |
Nebraska state senator-district 46 1979-2007 |
Succeeded by Danielle Nantkes |
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