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Julie Slama

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Julie Slama
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Prior offices
Nebraska State Senate District 1
Successor: Robert Hallstrom
Predecessor: Dan Watermeier

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Julie Slama (Republican Party) was a member of the Nebraska State Senate, representing District 1. She assumed office on January 9, 2019. She left office on January 8, 2025.

Slama ran for re-election to the Nebraska State Senate to represent District 1. She won in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Biography

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Slama obtained a B.A. in political science from Yale University, where she was director of operations for the Yale Daily News.[1]

Slama served as press secretary for Gov. Pete Ricketts' (R) 2018 gubernatorial re-election campaign. She also previously worked as a substitute paraprofessional at Auburn Public Schools, Nebraska.[1]

Committee assignments

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.

2023-2024

Slama was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Slama was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Slama was assigned to the following committees:


The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Nebraska State Senate elections, 2024

Julie Slama did not file to run for re-election.

2020

See also: Nebraska State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Nebraska State Senate District 1

Incumbent Julie Slama defeated Janet Palmtag in the general election for Nebraska State Senate District 1 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Julie Slama
Julie Slama (Nonpartisan)
 
68.1
 
12,033
Janet Palmtag (Nonpartisan)
 
31.9
 
5,627

Total votes: 17,660
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Nebraska State Senate District 1

Incumbent Julie Slama and Janet Palmtag defeated Dennis Schaardt and Mike Powers in the primary for Nebraska State Senate District 1 on May 12, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Julie Slama
Julie Slama (Nonpartisan)
 
60.5
 
6,553
Janet Palmtag (Nonpartisan)
 
20.7
 
2,244
Image of Dennis Schaardt
Dennis Schaardt (Nonpartisan)
 
18.0
 
1,954
Image of Mike Powers
Mike Powers (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) Candidate Connection
 
0.8
 
86

Total votes: 10,837
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Campaign themes

2020

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Campaign finance summary


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Julie Slama campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2020Nebraska State Senate District 1Won general$272,485 N/A**
Grand total$272,485 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2024

In 2024, the Nebraska State Legislature was in session from January 3 to April 18. A special session took place from July 25, 2024 to August 14, 2024.

Legislators are scored on children's issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.


2023


2022


2021


2020


2019






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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Dan Watermeier
Nebraska State Senate District 1
2019-2025
Succeeded by
Robert Hallstrom (R)


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