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2019 Lincoln, Nebraska Mayoral Election
Lincoln, Nebraska held an election for mayor on May 7, 2019, being preceded by an April 9 general primary. It saw the election of Leirion Gaylor Baird. Background Incumbent Democratic mayor Chris Beutler Chris Beutler (born November 14, 1944) is an American politician and former Mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska, having served from 2007 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the Nebraska Legislature from 1979 to 1986 and ... was prevented from running by a term-limits amendment to the city charter that was approved by voters on November 6, 2018. In the summer of 2018, several prominent Republican politicians successfully led a petition drive for an amendment to the city charter that would limit the Lincoln mayor to serving three consecutive terms. The amendment would apply retroactively, thereby prohibiting Beutler from running for a fourth term in the 2019 municipal election. Primary The primary was held on April 9. General election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leirion Gaylor Baird
Leirion Gaylor Baird is an American politician. Since the 2019 election, she has been the mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska, where she previously served as a city councilwoman. Early life and education Gaylor Baird grew up in Portland, Oregon; her parents were public school teachers. She completed a Bachelor of Arts in history from Yale College in 1993. She earned a Master of Science in comparative social policy from University of Oxford in 1997. Career Baird began her career as a management consultant, working also as a city budget and policy analyst. She was the director of an after-school and summer program in San Francisco. Upon moving to Lincoln, Nebraska, she was appointed to the Lincoln/Lancaster County Planning Commission and helped develop its 2040 Comprehensive Plan. She was elected to the Lincoln City Council as a city-wide representative in May 2013 and was, at the time, its only female member. She won reelection in 2017. Following the ratification of a term limit a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Beutler
Chris Beutler (born November 14, 1944) is an American politician and former Mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska, having served from 2007 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the Nebraska Legislature from 1979 to 1986 and from 1991 to 2006. Early life and education Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Beutler graduated from Omaha Benson High School in 1962, Yale University in 1966, and University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Law The University of Nebraska College of Law is one of the professional graduate schools of University of Nebraska system. It was founded in 1888 and became part of University of Nebraska in 1891. According to Nebraska's official 2017 ABA-required ... in 1973. He was a U.S. Peace Corps teacher in Turkey from 1966 to 1967 and 1st lieutenant in the U.S. Army from 1969 to 1971. He is married to Judy Beutler and between them they have five children, daughters Lori, Alexa, Erica, Mikahla, and son Sam, as well as seven grandchildren. P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. Founded in 1828, it was predominantly built by Martin Van Buren, who assembled a wide cadre of politicians in every state behind war hero Andrew Jackson, making it the world's oldest active political party.M. Philip Lucas, "Martin Van Buren as Party Leader and at Andrew Jackson's Right Hand." in ''A Companion to the Antebellum Presidents 1837–1861'' (2014): 107–129."The Democratic Party, founded in 1828, is the world's oldest political party" states Its main political rival has been the Republican Party since the 1850s. The party is a big tent, and though it is often described as liberal, it is less ideologically uniform than the Republican Party (with major individuals within it frequently holding widely different political views) due to the broader list of unique voting blocs that compose it. The historical predecessor of the Democratic Party is considered to be th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln, Nebraska
Lincoln is the capital city of the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Lancaster County. The city covers with a population of 292,657 in 2021. It is the second-most populous city in Nebraska and the 73rd-largest in the United States. The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area in the southeastern part of the state called the Lincoln Metropolitan and Lincoln-Beatrice Combined Statistical Areas. The statistical area is home to 361,921 people, making it the 104th-largest combined statistical area in the United States. The city was founded in 1856 as the village of Lancaster on the wild salt marshes and arroyos of what was to become Lancaster County. Renamed after President Abraham Lincoln, it became Nebraska's state capital in 1869. The Bertram G. Goodhue–designed state capitol building was completed in 1932, and is the second tallest capitol in the United States. As the city is the seat of government for the state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mayors Of Lincoln, Nebraska
This is a list of mayors of Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. {, class="wikitable" !# !Name !Term began !Term ended , - , 1 , William F. Chapin , 1871 , 1872 , - , 2 , Erastus E. Brown , 1872 , 1873 , - , 3 , Robert D. Silver, Jr. , 1873 , 1874 , - , 4 , Samuel W. Little , 1874 , 1875 , - , 5 , Amasa Cobb , 1875 , 1876 , - , 6 , Robert D. Silver, Jr. , 1876 , 1877 , - , 7 , Harvey W. Hardy , 1877 , 1879 , - , 8 , Seth P. Galey , 1879 , 1880 , - , 9 , John B. Wright , 1880 , 1881 , - , 10 , John Doolittle , 1882 , 1883 , - , 11 , Robert Emmett Moore , 1883 , 1885 , - , 12 , Carlos C. Burr , 1885 , 1887 , - , 13 , Andrew J. Sawyer , 1887 , 1889 , - , 14 , Robert B. Graham , 1889 , 1891 , - , 15 , Austin H. Weir , 1891 , 1895 , - , 16 , Frank A. Graham , 1895 , 1899 , - , 17 , Hudson J. Winnett , 1899 , 1903 , - , 18 , George A. Adams , 1903 , 1905 , - , 19 , Francis W. Brown , 1905 , 1909 , - , 20 , Don Lathrop Love , 1909 , 1911 , - , 21 , Alvin H. Armstrong , 1911 , 1913 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krystal Gabel
Krystal Gabel (born October 14, 1984) is an American cannabis rights activist, politician, and writer. Gabel, a candidate for governor of Nebraska in the 2018 election, at age 33 was the youngest of a record number of women who ran for governorships, nationally. In 2020, Gabel ran for Nebraska Public Service Commission in the Republican primary. Gabel led a successful petition drive to acquire ballot access for a Nebraska Legal Marijuana NOW Party branch, and serves as national Legal Marijuana Now Party chairperson. Gabel, a resident of Brush, Colorado, was a candidate for mayor of Brush in 2021. Early activism Nebraska Legal Marijuana NOW In 2015–2016, Gabel petitioned for a Marijuana Party of Nebraska to be officially recognized by the state. In order to make the ballot, they needed 5,397 signatures statewide. In July 2016, the party turned in 9,000 signatures to the Nebraska Secretary of State. However, the Secretary of State said that half of the signatures were inv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Elections In Nebraska
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2019 United States Mayoral Elections
The 2019 United States elections were held, in large part, on Tuesday, November 5, 2019. This off-year election included gubernatorial elections in Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi; regularly-scheduled state legislative elections in Louisiana, Mississippi, Virginia, and New Jersey; and special elections for seats in various state legislatures. Numerous citizen initiatives, mayoral races, and a variety of other local elections also occurred. Three special elections to the United States House of Representatives also took place in 2019 as a result of vacancies. Democrats regained the governorship of Kentucky and held the office in Louisiana, despite strong campaign efforts by President Donald Trump for the Republican candidates. Democrats also took control of the state legislature in Virginia. Republicans held the governor's mansion in Mississippi and expanded their control of the Louisiana state legislature and gained seats in the New Jersey state legislature. A majo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Nebraska Elections
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