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|name = Dave Heineman |
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|order = 39th [[Governor of Nebraska]] |
|order = 39th [[Governor of Nebraska]] |
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|lieutenant = [[Rick Sheehy]]<br>[[Lavon Heidemann]] |
|lieutenant = [[Rick Sheehy]]<br>[[Lavon Heidemann]] |
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Dave Heineman | |
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39th Governor of Nebraska | |
Assumed office January 20, 2005 | |
Lieutenant | Rick Sheehy Lavon Heidemann |
Preceded by | Mike Johanns |
37th Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska | |
In office October 1, 2001 – January 20, 2005 | |
Governor | Mike Johanns |
Preceded by | David Maurstad |
Succeeded by | Rick Sheehy |
Treasurer of Nebraska | |
In office January 2, 1995 – October 1, 2001 | |
Governor | Ben Nelson Mike Johanns |
Preceded by | Dawn Rockey |
Succeeded by | Lorelee Hunt Byrd |
Personal details | |
Born | David Eugene Heineman May 12, 1948 Falls City, Nebraska, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Sally Ganem |
Residence(s) | Fremont, Nebraska (personal) Governor's Mansion (official) |
Alma mater | United States Military Academy |
Military service | |
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David Eugene "Dave" Heineman (born May 12, 1948) is an American politician who has been the 39th Governor of Nebraska since 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party. He was elected to full four-year terms in 2006 and 2010, at the end of his second full term, Heineman will become the longest-serving governor in Nebraska history with 10 years of service.
Early life, education and career
Heineman was born in Falls City, Nebraska, the son of Irene (née Larkin) and Jean T. Heineman, a stock manager for J. C. Penney.[2] He lived in a variety of places in eastern Nebraska during his youth, eventually attending high school in Wahoo, Nebraska. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1970. He served five years in the U.S. Army, leaving with the rank of captain. He also graduated from the Army Ranger training program.[3]
Heineman served on the Fremont City Council from 1990 to 1994. He also served two terms as the Nebraska State Treasurer from 1994 to 2001. He was appointed the 37th Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska by Governor Mike Johanns on October 1, 2001 after David Maurstad resigned to take a post in the George W. Bush administration. He was elected to his first full term as lieutenant governor in 2002 as Johanns' running mate.
Heineman is married to Sally Ganem, a former elementary school principal. They have one son.[4]
Nebraska Governor
Heineman became Governor on January 20, 2005, following Mike Johanns' resignation to become United States Secretary of Agriculture in President George W. Bush's Cabinet. On April 11, 2005, he announced that he would be seeking election to a full four-year term. He had the backing of Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel, although he faced a difficult challenge in the Republican primary from former Nebraska Cornhuskers football coach and U.S. Representative Tom Osborne. He took 49 percent of the more than 197,000 votes cast, and Osborne 45 percent.[5]
In retrospect, the Lincoln Journal Star's analysis of the 2006 gubernatorial race attributed Heineman's win to his opposition to Class I rural school reorganization and the granting of resident college tuition rates to the children of illegal immigrants, helping him win over rural voters. This proved critical in the primary. While Osborne carried most of the Omaha and Lincoln areas, which cast more than two-thirds of Nebraska's vote, Heineman won by sufficient margins in western and central Nebraska to secure the nomination.[6]
Heineman defeated Democratic nominee David Hahn in the November 7, 2006, general election, capturing 73.4 percent of the vote—one of the most lopsided victories for a gubernatorial race in Nebraska history. He was reelected with 73.9 percent of the vote in 2010 over Democratic nominee Mike Meister, carrying every county in the state.
According to his website, Heineman worked with the Nebraska Legislature to pass the "largest tax relief package in Nebraska history". The website describes him as a "leader for Nebraska’s agricultural industry", stating that he secured trade deals for the export of wheat, soybeans, and other commodities.[7]
In 2010, Heineman signed two bills restricting abortion. One of these banned abortions at and after 20 weeks of pregnancy, based on the claim that fetuses of that age can feel pain; the other required that women seeking abortions be screened for mental-health problems.[8]
See also
References
- ^ http://www.nndb.com/people/160/000112821/
- ^ http://fremonttribune.com/news/local/article_38efffb6-7ccb-5137-9963-31b0db64425e.html
- ^ "About The Governor". Retrieved 2008-07-30.
- ^ "First Lady - Sally Ganem". Retrieved 2008-07-30.
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washington/politics-nebraska.html [dead link]
- ^ Don Walton (2006-05-10). "Gov. turns back Osborne". JournalStar.com. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
- ^ "About The Governor". Governor Dave Heineman. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
- ^ "Nebraska Governor Signs Landmark Abortion Bills". Fox News. April 13, 2010.
External links
- Governor Dave Heineman official Nebraska government site
- Dave Heineman for Governor
- Dave Heineman at Curlie
- Articles with dead external links from July 2008
- 1948 births
- American Methodists
- Governors of Nebraska
- Lieutenant Governors of Nebraska
- Living people
- Nebraska Republicans
- People from Fremont, Nebraska
- People from Saunders County, Nebraska
- People from Red Willow County, Nebraska
- People from Jefferson County, Nebraska
- People from Richardson County, Nebraska
- People from Dundy County, Nebraska
- Republican Party state governors of the United States
- United States Army officers
- United States Military Academy alumni