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Ben Nelson

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Ben Nelson
U.S. Junior Senator, Nebraska
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Party Democratic
Assumed office (class 1)

January 3, 2001
Serving with Chuck Hagel

Preceded by Bob Kerrey
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Born May 17, 1941
Spouse Diane Nelson
Religion Methodist


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Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson, (born May 17, 1941, McCook, Nebraska) elected governor of Nebraska as a Democrat in 1990, and easily reelected in 1994. During his first race for governor, he ran against Kay A. Orr, the first elected Republican woman in Nebraska.

Elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000 after his fellow Democrat, incumbent Bob Kerrey, announced his retirement. Nelson won that election with 51% of the vote and is now among the leading conservative Democrats in the Senate.

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This page was last modified 22:41, 24 February 2008 by dKosopedia user DrDebug. Based on work by dKosopedia user(s) Iheartbooks, Allamakee Democrat, Jbet777 and Jugwine. Content is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.


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