Christian Heyer Mirch (born March 30, 1987) is a Republican politician currently serving as a member of the

Nebraska Public Service Commission The Nebraska Public Service Commission regulates railroads, household goods and passenger carriers, telephone companies, grain warehouses and construction of manufactured housing. History The first iteration of the Public Service Commission was ...

from the 2nd district. He was appointed in 2023 by Governor

Jim Pillen James Douglas Pillen (born December 31, 1955) is an American politician, veterinarian, and livestock producer serving as the 41st and current governor of Nebraska since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, Pillen served on the University of ...

to serve out the remaining four-year term following his predecessor's resignation.

Early career

Mirch grew up in

Douglas, Wyoming Douglas is a city in and the county seat of Converse County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 6,386 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is the home of the Wyoming State Fair. History Douglas was platted in 1886 when the ...

, and graduated from Douglas High School in 2005. He attended

Creighton University Creighton University () is a private research university in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1878, the university is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. In 2015 the university enrolled 8,393 graduate ...

while working as a police officer for the

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, and graduated in 2011. He later attended the Creighton University School of Law, graduating in 2019, after which he clerked for Justice Michael G. Heavican of the

Nebraska Supreme Court The Nebraska Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Nebraska. The court consists of a chief justice and six associate justices. Each justice is initially appointed by the governor of Nebraska; using the Missouri Plan, each ...

. In 2020, Mirch ran for the Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District as a Director from Subdistrict 3 but lost to Larry Bradley, receiving 43.1% of the vote to Bradley's 56.9%. In 2022, Mirch ran for the

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in District 6 against incumbent Senator Machaela Cavanaugh, who affiliated with the Democratic Party, and Elizabeth Hallgren. Mirch advanced to the general election against Cavanaugh, winning 38.8% of the vote to Cavanaugh's 48.9% in the primary election. In the general election, Cavanaugh defeated Mirch by a wide margin, winning 56% of the vote to his 44%.

Nebraska Public Service Commission

In 2023, after Public Service Commissioner Crystal Rhoades resigned from the Commission upon her election as Douglas County Clerk of the District Court, Governor

appointed Mirch to serve out the final four years of Rhoades's term. Mirch's appointment gave Republicans control of all five seats on the Commission. Several months into Mirch's tenure, he and fellow Commissioner Kevin Stocker were censured by the Public Service Commission for unspecified misconduct. Both alleged that the censure was a "politically motivated attack" and had targeted them as a distraction "from the commission's repeated failures and dereliction of duty" regarding emergency line outages.

References

External links

Nebraska Public Service Commission - Christian Mirch

Nebraska State Bar Association - Christian H. Mirch
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