Tanya Cook (born November 9, 1964, in Agana, Guam) is a politician from the U.S. state of

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. She represented the 13th district, made up of part of Omaha, in the

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State legislature

In 2008, Cook was elected to represent the 13th Nebraska legislative district. During her first term, from 2009 to 2013, she served at various times on the

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, Natural Resources, State-Tribal Relations, Urban Affairs, and Health and Human Services Committees, and was Vice Chair of the Business and Labor Committee from 2011 to 2012. Along with

Brenda Council Brenda J. Council (born 1953 or 1954) is a politician and a disbarred labor lawyer from North Omaha, Nebraska. She represented the 11th District in the Nebraska State Legislature from 2009 to 2013, succeeding longtime state senator Ernie Chambe ...

of the 11th legislative district, she was one of the first black women elected to the Nebraska Legislature. Cook was re-elected in 2012.

Professional career

Cook is the President of City Girl Communications, a public relations consulting firm. From 1999 to 2006, she served as the Director of Urban Affairs for Governor

Mike Johanns Michael Owen Johanns ( ; born June 18, 1950) is an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from Nebraska from 2009 to 2015. He served as the 38th governor of Nebraska from 1999 until 2005, and was chair of the Midw ...

. Cook received her bachelor's degree from Georgetown University for international business in 1986. She then went on to the University of Nebraska Lincoln in 1994 received her M.A. in training and development.

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