Nebraska State Board of Education election, 2022

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2024 → ← 2020
Nebraska State Board of Education
Election details
Filing deadline: February 15, 2022/March 1, 2022
Primary: May 10, 2022 General: November 8, 2022 Pre-election incumbent(s): Kirk Penner (District 5) Maureen Nickels (District 6) Robin Stevens (District 7) Deborah Neary (District 8)
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Poll times: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Central time zone); 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. (Mountain time zone) Voting in Nebraska
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Nebraska held an election for four of eight seats on the Nebraska State Board of Education on November 8, 2022. The primary was scheduled for May 10, 2022. The filing deadline for an incumbent was February 15, 2022. The filing deadline for non-incumbent candidates was March 1, 2022.

Incumbent Kirk Penner won election in the general election for Nebraska State Board of Education District 5.

Sherry Jones won election in the general election for Nebraska State Board of Education District 6.

Elizabeth Tegtmeier won election in the general election for Nebraska State Board of Education District 7.

Incumbent Deborah Neary won election in the general election for Nebraska State Board of Education District 8.

Candidates and election results

District 5

General election candidates

• Kirk Penner  (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
• Helen Raikes  (Nonpartisan) 

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Primary candidates

• Kirk Penner  (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
• Helen Raikes  (Nonpartisan) ✔ 

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District 6

General election candidates

• Danielle Helzer  (Nonpartisan)
• Sherry Jones  (Nonpartisan) ✔ 

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Primary candidates

• Danielle Helzer  (Nonpartisan) ✔
• Sherry Jones  (Nonpartisan) ✔ 

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District 7

General election candidates

• Robin Stevens  (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan)
• Elizabeth Tegtmeier  (Nonpartisan) ✔ 

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Primary candidates

• Robin Stevens  (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
• Pat Moore  (Nonpartisan) 
• Elizabeth Tegtmeier  (Nonpartisan) ✔ 

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District 8

General election candidates

• Deborah Neary  (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
• Marni Hodgen  (Nonpartisan) 

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Primary candidates

• Deborah Neary  (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
• Marni Hodgen  (Nonpartisan) ✔ 
• John Sieler  (Nonpartisan)

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Past elections

2020

See also: Nebraska State Board of Education election, 2020

General election

General election for Nebraska State Board of Education District 1

Incumbent Patsy Koch Johns won election in the general election for Nebraska State Board of Education District 1 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Patsy Koch Johns (Nonpartisan)	100.0	93,015

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 93,015
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Nebraska State Board of Education District 1

Incumbent Patsy Koch Johns advanced from the primary for Nebraska State Board of Education District 1 on May 12, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Patsy Koch Johns (Nonpartisan)	100.0	51,460

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 51,460
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General election

General election for Nebraska State Board of Education District 2

Incumbent Lisa Fricke defeated Robert Anthony in the general election for Nebraska State Board of Education District 2 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lisa Fricke (Nonpartisan)	64.6	71,932
		Robert Anthony (Nonpartisan)	35.4	39,335

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 111,267
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Nebraska State Board of Education District 2

Incumbent Lisa Fricke and Robert Anthony advanced from the primary for Nebraska State Board of Education District 2 on May 12, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lisa Fricke (Nonpartisan)	70.4	39,330
✔		Robert Anthony (Nonpartisan)	29.6	16,516

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 55,846
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General election

General election for Nebraska State Board of Education District 3

Patti Gubbels defeated Mike Goos in the general election for Nebraska State Board of Education District 3 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Patti Gubbels (Nonpartisan)	66.1	54,199
	Submit photo	Mike Goos (Nonpartisan)	33.9	27,796

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 81,995
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Nebraska State Board of Education District 3

Patti Gubbels and Mike Goos advanced from the primary for Nebraska State Board of Education District 3 on May 12, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Patti Gubbels (Nonpartisan)	69.8	32,050
✔	Submit photo	Mike Goos (Nonpartisan)	30.2	13,895

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 45,945
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General election

General election for Nebraska State Board of Education District 4

Jacquelyn Morrison defeated Adrian Petrescu in the general election for Nebraska State Board of Education District 4 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jacquelyn Morrison (Nonpartisan)	74.1	53,839
	Submit photo	Adrian Petrescu (Nonpartisan)	25.9	18,847

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 72,686
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Nebraska State Board of Education District 4

Jacquelyn Morrison and Adrian Petrescu advanced from the primary for Nebraska State Board of Education District 4 on May 12, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jacquelyn Morrison (Nonpartisan)	74.7	26,484
✔	Submit photo	Adrian Petrescu (Nonpartisan)	25.3	8,988

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 35,472
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2018

See also: Nebraska State Board of Education election, 2018

General election

General election for Nebraska State Board of Education District 5

Incumbent Patricia Timm defeated Maris Bentley in the general election for Nebraska State Board of Education District 5 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Patricia Timm (Nonpartisan)	63.1	38,800
	Submit photo	Maris Bentley (Nonpartisan)	36.9	22,713

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 61,513 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Nebraska State Board of Education District 5

Incumbent Patricia Timm and Maris Bentley advanced from the primary for Nebraska State Board of Education District 5 on May 15, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Patricia Timm (Nonpartisan)	70.2	21,273
✔	Submit photo	Maris Bentley (Nonpartisan)	29.8	9,023

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 30,296
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General election

General election for Nebraska State Board of Education District 6

Incumbent Maureen Nickels won election in the general election for Nebraska State Board of Education District 6 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Maureen Nickels (Nonpartisan)	100.0	56,395

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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Nebraska State Board of Education District 6

Incumbent Maureen Nickels advanced from the primary for Nebraska State Board of Education District 6 on May 15, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Maureen Nickels (Nonpartisan)	100.0	27,904

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General election

General election for Nebraska State Board of Education District 7

Robin Stevens won election in the general election for Nebraska State Board of Education District 7 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Robin Stevens (Nonpartisan)	100.0	58,764

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 58,764 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Nebraska State Board of Education District 7

Robin Stevens advanced from the primary for Nebraska State Board of Education District 7 on May 15, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Robin Stevens (Nonpartisan)	100.0	30,727

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General election

General election for Nebraska State Board of Education District 8

Deborah Neary defeated incumbent Patrick McPherson in the general election for Nebraska State Board of Education District 8 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Deborah Neary (Nonpartisan)	59.1	46,697
		Patrick McPherson (Nonpartisan)	40.9	32,292

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 78,989 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Nebraska State Board of Education District 8

Deborah Neary and incumbent Patrick McPherson defeated Bob Meyers in the primary for Nebraska State Board of Education District 8 on May 15, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Deborah Neary (Nonpartisan)	50.9	15,018
✔		Patrick McPherson (Nonpartisan)	27.6	8,137
	Submit photo	Bob Meyers (Nonpartisan)	21.6	6,373

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 29,528
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