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Bob Van Valkenburg

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Bob Van Valkenburg

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Elections and appointments
Last election

May 10, 2022

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Bob Van Valkenburg ran for election to the Nebraska State Senate to represent District 26. He lost in the primary on May 10, 2022.

Elections

2022

See also: Nebraska State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Nebraska State Senate District 26

George Dungan III defeated Russ Barger in the general election for Nebraska State Senate District 26 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of George Dungan III
George Dungan III (Nonpartisan)
 
50.8
 
5,930
Image of Russ Barger
Russ Barger (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
49.2
 
5,736

Total votes: 11,666
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Nebraska State Senate District 26

Russ Barger and George Dungan III defeated Larry Weixelman and Bob Van Valkenburg in the primary for Nebraska State Senate District 26 on May 10, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Russ Barger
Russ Barger (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
41.0
 
2,833
Image of George Dungan III
George Dungan III (Nonpartisan)
 
36.8
 
2,543
Image of Larry Weixelman
Larry Weixelman (Nonpartisan)
 
11.8
 
816
Bob Van Valkenburg (Nonpartisan)
 
10.4
 
720

Total votes: 6,912
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2020

See also: Municipal elections in Lancaster County, Nebraska (2020)

General election

General election for Southeast Community College Board of Governors At-large

Neal Stenberg defeated incumbent Timothy Cerveny in the general election for Southeast Community College Board of Governors At-large on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Neal Stenberg (Nonpartisan)
 
50.3
 
84,574
Timothy Cerveny (Nonpartisan)
 
49.7
 
83,440

Total votes: 168,014
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Southeast Community College Board of Governors At-large

Incumbent Timothy Cerveny and Neal Stenberg defeated Bob Van Valkenburg in the primary for Southeast Community College Board of Governors At-large on May 12, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Timothy Cerveny (Nonpartisan)
 
40.3
 
36,645
Neal Stenberg (Nonpartisan)
 
38.2
 
34,687
Bob Van Valkenburg (Nonpartisan)
 
21.5
 
19,486

Total votes: 90,818
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2018

See also: Nebraska State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Nebraska State Senate District 26

Incumbent Matt Hansen defeated Bob Van Valkenburg in the general election for Nebraska State Senate District 26 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Matt Hansen
Matt Hansen (Nonpartisan)
 
73.2
 
9,046
Bob Van Valkenburg (Nonpartisan)
 
26.8
 
3,319

Total votes: 12,365
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Nebraska State Senate District 26

Incumbent Matt Hansen and Bob Van Valkenburg advanced from the primary for Nebraska State Senate District 26 on May 15, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Matt Hansen
Matt Hansen (Nonpartisan)
 
77.0
 
4,223
Bob Van Valkenburg (Nonpartisan)
 
23.0
 
1,264

Total votes: 5,487
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2014

See also: Nebraska State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the Nebraska State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 13, 2014. The general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for challengers wishing to run in this election was March 3, 2014, two days after the statutory deadline, which fell on a Saturday. Incumbents were required to file for election by February 18, 2014, three days after the statutory deadline, which fell on the Saturday prior to Presidents Day. Matt Hansen and Brent Smoyer defeated Larry Weixelman, Bob Van Valkenburg and Justin Valencia in the primary election. Hansen defeated Smoyer in the general election.[1][2][3]

Nebraska State Senate District 26, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Independent Green check mark transparent.pngMatt Hansen 54.8% 5,376
     Independent Brent Smoyer 45.2% 4,442
Total Votes 9,818
Nebraska State Senate, District 26 Non-Partisan Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngBrent Smoyer 32.3% 1,968
Green check mark transparent.pngMatt Hansen 30% 1,823
Larry Weixelman 18.2% 1,105
Bob Van Valkenburg 9.8% 597
Justin Valencia 9.7% 593
Total Votes 6,086

2010

See also: Nebraska State Senate elections, 2010

Van Valkenburg came in third in the May 11 primary, losing to Amanda McGill and Tom Dierks.[4]

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Bob Van Valkenburg did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Bob Van Valkenburg did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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