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Lynne Walz

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Lynne Walz
Image of Lynne Walz
Prior offices
Nebraska State Senate District 15
Successor: Dave Wordekemper

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 3, 2020

Contact

Lynne Walz (Democratic Party) was a member of the Nebraska State Senate, representing District 15. She assumed office on January 4, 2017. She left office on January 8, 2025.

Walz ran for re-election to the Nebraska State Senate to represent District 15. She won in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Walz was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Walz was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Walz was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Nebraska committee assignments, 2017
Education
Natural Resources

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

Lynne Walz was not able to file for re-election due to term limits.

2020

See also: Nebraska State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Nebraska State Senate District 15

Incumbent Lynne Walz defeated David Rogers in the general election for Nebraska State Senate District 15 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lynne Walz
Lynne Walz (Nonpartisan)
 
59.6
 
9,186
Image of David Rogers
David Rogers (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
40.4
 
6,223

Total votes: 15,409
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Nebraska State Senate District 15

Incumbent Lynne Walz and David Rogers advanced from the primary for Nebraska State Senate District 15 on May 12, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lynne Walz
Lynne Walz (Nonpartisan)
 
68.7
 
6,197
Image of David Rogers
David Rogers (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
31.3
 
2,817

Total votes: 9,014
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2018

See also: Nebraska gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018

Lynne Walz was the running mate of Bob Krist.

General election

General election for Governor of Nebraska

Incumbent Pete Ricketts defeated Bob Krist in the general election for Governor of Nebraska on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Pete Ricketts
Pete Ricketts (R)
 
59.0
 
411,812
Image of Bob Krist
Bob Krist (D)
 
41.0
 
286,169

Total votes: 697,981
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Nebraska

Bob Krist defeated Vanessa Ward and Tyler Davis in the Democratic primary for Governor of Nebraska on May 15, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Bob Krist
Bob Krist
 
59.8
 
54,992
Vanessa Ward
 
28.8
 
26,478
Tyler Davis
 
11.4
 
10,472

Total votes: 91,942
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Nebraska

Incumbent Pete Ricketts defeated Krystal Gabel in the Republican primary for Governor of Nebraska on May 15, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Pete Ricketts
Pete Ricketts
 
81.4
 
138,292
Image of Krystal Gabel
Krystal Gabel
 
18.6
 
31,568

Total votes: 169,860
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2016

See also: Nebraska State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Nebraska State Senate were held in 2016. The primary election took place on May 10, 2016. The general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was February 16, 2016, for incumbents. Challengers were required to file by March 1, 2016.[1]

Lynne Walz defeated incumbent David Schnoor in the Nebraska State Senate District 15 general election.[2][3]

Nebraska State Senate, District 15 General Election, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Lynne Walz 51.39% 7,601
David Schnoor Incumbent 48.61% 7,189
Total Votes 14,790
Source: Nebraska Secretary of State


Incumbent David Schnoor and Lynne Walz were unopposed in the Nebraska State Senate District 15 primary.[4][5]

Nebraska State Senate, District 15 Primary, 2016
Candidate
Green check mark transparent.png David Schnoor Incumbent
Green check mark transparent.png Lynne Walz


Campaign themes

2020

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Campaign finance summary


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Lynne Walz campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2020Nebraska State Senate District 15Won general$219,728 N/A**
2016Nebraska State Senate, District 15Won $84,327 N/A**
Grand total$304,055 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


2018


2017




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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
-
Nebraska State Senate District 15
2017-2025
Succeeded by
Dave Wordekemper (R)


Current members of the Nebraska State Senate
Leadership
Senate President:John Arch
Senators
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John Arch (R)
District 15
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Rob Dover (R)
District 20
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Dan Quick (D)
District 36
District 37
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District 40
District 41
District 42
District 43
District 44
District 45
District 46
District 47
District 48
District 49
Republican Party (33)
Democratic Party (14)
Nonpartisan (2)



Current members of the Nebraska State Senate
Leadership
Senate President:John Arch
Senators
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
District 14
John Arch (R)
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
District 19
Rob Dover (R)
District 20
District 21
District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 26
District 27
District 28
District 29
District 30
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34
District 35
Dan Quick (D)
District 36
District 37
District 38
District 39
District 40
District 41
District 42
District 43
District 44
District 45
District 46
District 47
District 48
District 49
Republican Party (33)
Democratic Party (14)
Nonpartisan (2)