Jane Erdenberger

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Jane Erdenberger

Nonpartisan

Omaha Public Schools Board of Education Subdistrict 7

Tenure

2021 - Present

Term ends

2029

Years in position

4

Report an officeholder change

Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 5, 2024

Jane Erdenberger is a member of the Omaha Public Schools Board of Education in Nebraska, representing Subdistrict 7. She assumed office on January 4, 2021. Her current term ends on January 4, 2029.

Erdenberger ran for re-election to the Omaha Public Schools Board of Education to represent Subdistrict 7 in Nebraska. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Omaha Public Schools, Nebraska, elections (2024)

General election

General election for Omaha Public Schools Board of Education Subdistrict 7

Incumbent Jane Erdenberger won election in the general election for Omaha Public Schools Board of Education Subdistrict 7 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jane Erdenberger (Nonpartisan)	97.6	11,944
		Other/Write-in votes	2.4	293

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 12,237
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Nonpartisan primary election

The primary election was canceled. Incumbent Jane Erdenberger advanced from the primary for Omaha Public Schools Board of Education Subdistrict 7.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Erdenberger in this election.

2020

See also: Omaha Public Schools, Nebraska, elections (2020)

General election

General election for Omaha Public Schools Board of Education Subdistrict 7

Jane Erdenberger defeated Keegan Korf in the general election for Omaha Public Schools Board of Education Subdistrict 7 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jane Erdenberger (Nonpartisan)	64.6	9,885
	Submit photo	Keegan Korf (Nonpartisan)	34.4	5,257
		Other/Write-in votes	1.0	153

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 15,295
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Omaha Public Schools Board of Education Subdistrict 7

Jane Erdenberger and Keegan Korf defeated Grant Sorrell and Flint Harkness in the primary for Omaha Public Schools Board of Education Subdistrict 7 on May 12, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jane Erdenberger (Nonpartisan)	59.3	4,837
✔	Submit photo	Keegan Korf (Nonpartisan)	17.5	1,427
	Submit photo	Grant Sorrell (Nonpartisan)	16.2	1,324
	Submit photo	Flint Harkness (Nonpartisan)	6.2	504
		Other/Write-in votes	0.9	71

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,163
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Jane Erdenberger did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Jane Erdenberger completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Erdenberger's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am a lifelong resident of Omaha, with many years of personal and professional experience in public schools [teaching high school social studies for more than 18 years and raising two daughters who graduated from Central High School. I have an in-depth perspective about what is working - and what needs to be improved - in the Omaha Public Schools system - and the full-time and know-how to make it happen.

Before I began my teaching career, I practiced bond financing law at Kutak Rock for 22 years. My training as a bond finance lawyer and partner in the law firm make me uniquely able to be a proactive member of the OPS Board, balancing a budget of more than $600,000,000, educating more than 50,000 students and supervising over 7,000 full time employees.

My commitment to public education is obvious. My legal career and bond financing expertise, together with my participation in district-wide curriculum, assessment and administrative committee work, representation of teachers as a board member for the OEA, are the essential skills necessary to best represent the Omaha community and create eager learners for tomorrow's workforce.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• HELPING TEACHERS FOCUS ON BEING TEACHERS
• WORK FORCE AVAILABILITY
• GRADE-LEVEL READING

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I firmly believe that every parent sends the best child they have to school to be successful. To be successful, our students need to be eager learners. And to be eager learners, our students need to believe in the promise that education will improve their lives. That requires that the school board establish these clear objectives:

A curriculum that includes the basics of learning and specifically addresses the differences among the learning styles, and backgrounds and abilities of the more than 50,000 students in the Omaha Public Schools District.

Schools "look" like the community our students live in - and prepares them for the community in which they will be citizens.

The faculty and administrators district-wide represent a diverse society.

The lessons and reading materials reflect the diversity of ethnic groups, belief systems, and family structure that each of our students experiences.

The objectives of education reflect the wide range of careers and interests of our student body and their families.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

Eleanor Roosevelt. She brought women out of the fringes and into the mainstream of American public life. I named my daughter, Eleanor.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

Kennedy Assignation 10 years old

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

After graduating from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, I attended law school at George Washington National Law Center in Washington DC and returned to Omaha to join the Kutak Rock national law firm. I was a public finance bond lawyer at Kutak Rock for 22 years. I earned a second Bachelor's degree in education and retired from Kutak Rock to become a dedicated teacher at Omaha North High Magnet School.

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