State Legislature
He was elected in 1994 to represent the 4th Legislative District in the Nebraska Legislature and reelected in 1998 and 2002. He served as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee from 1997 to 2005 and served at various times on the Appropriates, Banking, Commerce & Insurance, and Education Committees, as well as on the Committee on Committees. He was also an ex officio member of the rules committee and a nonvoting member of the Intergovernmental Cooperation committee because of his status as Speaker. Because Nebraska voters passed Initiative Measure 415 in 2001 limiting state senators to two terms after 2001, he was unable run for reelection in 2006. Pete Pirsch has replaced him as the 4th District's state senator after the 2006 legislative election.
| Preceded by Thomas Horgan |
Nebraska state senator-district 4 1994–2006 |
Succeeded by Pete Pirsch |
| Preceded by Curt Bromm |
Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature 2005–2006 |
Succeeded by Mike Flood |
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