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Megan Hunt
Megan Hunt is a member of the Nebraska State Senate, representing District 8. She assumed office on January 9, 2019. Her current term ends on January 6, 2027.
Hunt ran for re-election to the Nebraska State Senate to represent District 8. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
On May 5, 2023, Hunt announced that she was leaving the Democratic Party and would register as nonpartisan.[1]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Hunt was assigned to the following committees:
- Business and Labor Committee
- Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee
- Urban Affairs Committee
2021-2022
Hunt was assigned to the following committees:
- Business and Labor Committee
- Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee
- Urban Affairs Committee
2019-2020
Hunt was assigned to the following committees:
- General Affairs Committee
- Urban Affairs Committee
- Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2022
See also: Nebraska State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Nebraska State Senate District 8
Incumbent Megan Hunt defeated Marilyn Asher in the general election for Nebraska State Senate District 8 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Megan Hunt (Nonpartisan) | 69.4 | 9,322 |
 | Marilyn Asher (Nonpartisan)  | 30.6 | 4,116 | |
| Total votes: 13,438 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Nebraska State Senate District 8
Incumbent Megan Hunt and Marilyn Asher defeated Katie Opitz in the primary for Nebraska State Senate District 8 on May 10, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Megan Hunt (Nonpartisan) | 66.3 | 5,225 |
| ✔ | | Marilyn Asher (Nonpartisan) | 23.4 | 1,846 |
 | Katie Opitz (Nonpartisan) | 10.3 | 815 | |
| Total votes: 7,886 | |||
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2018
- See also: Nebraska State Senate elections, 2018
General election
General election for Nebraska State Senate District 8
Megan Hunt defeated Mina Davis in the general election for Nebraska State Senate District 8 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Megan Hunt (Nonpartisan) | 64.1 | 7,634 |
 | Mina Davis (Nonpartisan) | 35.9 | 4,274 | |
| Total votes: 11,908 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Nebraska State Senate District 8
Megan Hunt and Mina Davis defeated Josh Henningsen in the primary for Nebraska State Senate District 8 on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Megan Hunt (Nonpartisan) | 56.4 | 3,284 |
| ✔ | | Mina Davis (Nonpartisan) | 22.3 | 1,299 |
 | Josh Henningsen (Nonpartisan) | 21.3 | 1,242 | |
| Total votes: 5,825 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Megan Hunt did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Megan Hunt participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on May 1, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Megan Hunt's responses follow below.[2]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | Three of my biggest priorities include strengthening our public schools, expanding access to healthcare, and attracting and retaining talent in Nebraska.[3][4] | ” |
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | I'm passionate about reducing brain drain in Nebraska, issues of women's equality, and making sure younger generations are engaged and included in the civic process.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[4]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Megan Hunt answered the following:
What qualities do you possess that would make you a successful officeholder?
| “ | I’m most proud of what I have accomplished as a single mother and role model for my daughter. It’s a responsibility and privilege to be able to model strength, intelligence, entrepreneurship, and bravery to my seven-year-old every day by growing a company and advocating for other people in my community. When people tell me that my advocacy against discrimination in the startup community inspired them to change the status quo in their own businesses, or that seeing photos of me with my child at work inspired another single mother to dive into entrepreneurship, or reading my opinions about political candidates made them go to the polls and vote, I feel like a leader and that makes me proud. For a long time, I was looking for a candidate like me, until I realized that maybe I was that candidate. And now I'm looking forward to bringing the experience and grit that I've always given in service to people in my community to the Unicameral to work for everyone in our state.[4] | ” |
| “ | I love our nonpartisan unicameral because it offers so many opportunities for collaboration and compromise.[4] | ” |
Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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2024
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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.
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2023
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In 2023, the Nebraska State Legislature was in session from January 4 to June 1.
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2022
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In 2022, the Nebraska State Legislature was in session from January 5 to April 20.
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2021
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In 2021, the Nebraska State Legislature was in session from January 6 to May 27.
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2020
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In 2020, the Nebraska State Legislature was in session from January 8 to August 13.
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2019
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In 2019, the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature was in its 107th Legislature, 1st session from January 9 through May 31.
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2018
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In 2018, the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature was in its 106th Legislature, 2nd session from January 3 to April 18.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate Nebraska State Senate District 8 |
Officeholder Nebraska State Senate District 8 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Lincoln Journal Star, "Nebraska Sen. Megan Hunt ditches Democratic label, registers as nonpartisan," May 5, 2023
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Megan Hunt's responses," May 1, 2018
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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| Preceded by Burke Harr |
Nebraska State Senate District 8 2019-Present |
Succeeded by - |
