About Deb Fischer
Debra Lynelle Fischer (née Strobel; born March 1, 1951) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Nebraska, a seat she has held since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Fischer served in the Nebraska Legislature from 2005 to 2013 and on the Valentine Rural High School Board of Education from 1990 to 2004. She is the third woman to represent Nebraska in the U.S. Senate (after Eva Bowring and Hazel Abel) and the first to be reelected. Fischer was first elected to the Senate in 2012, defeating former Democratic U.S. senator Bob Kerrey after an upset victory against state attorney general Jon Bruning in the Republican primary. She was reelected in 2018 and 2024. Fischer won the primary with 40% of the vote to Bruning's 35% and Stenberg's 18%. Bruning won 15 counties and Schuyler businessman Pat Flynn received a plurality in his home Colfax County.
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