Early Political Career
Johanns served on the Lancaster County Board from 1983 to 1987 as a Democrat. In 1988 he was elected to the Lincoln City Council where he served from 1989 to 1991. He was elected as Mayor of Lincoln in 1991 and then again in 1995 with no opposition: the last Republican elected to that office to date. (His successor, Dale Young, was appointed by the Lincoln City Council.)
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