105th Legislature

Membership

Membership of the 105th Legislature, as of January 2017

Party	Senators
Republicans	32
Democrats	15
Independents	1
Libertarians	1

District	Senator	Party affiliation	Residence	Took office
1	Dan Watermeier	Republican	Syracuse	2013
2	Bill Kintner	Republican	Papillion	2013
3	Carol Blood	Democrat	Bellevue	2017
4	Robert Hilkemann	Republican	Omaha	2015
5	Mike McDonnell	Democrat	Omaha	2017
6	Joni Craighead	Republican	Omaha	2015
7	Tony Vargas	Democrat	Omaha	2017
8	Burke Harr	Democrat	Omaha	2011
9	Sara Howard	Democrat	Omaha	2013
10	Bob Krist	Republican	Omaha	2009
11	Ernie Chambers	Independent	Omaha	2013
12	Merv Riepe	Republican	Omaha	2015
13	Justin Wayne	Democrat	Omaha	2017
14	Jim Smith	Republican	Papillion	2011
15	Lynne Walz	Democrat	Fremont	2017
16	Lydia Brasch	Republican	Bancroft	2011
17	Joni Albrecht	Republican	Thurston	2017
18	Brett Lindstrom	Republican	Omaha	2015
19	Jim Scheer	Republican	Norfolk	2013
20	John McCollister	Republican	Omaha	2015
21	Mike Hilgers	Republican	Lincoln	2017
22	Paul Schumacher	Republican	Columbus	2011
23	Bruce Bostelman	Republican	Wahoo	2017
24	Mark Kolterman	Republican	Seward	2015
25	Suzanne Geist	Republican	Lincoln	2017
26	Matt Hansen	Democrat	Lincoln	2015
27	Anna Wishart	Democrat	Lincoln	2017
28	Patty Pansing Brooks	Democrat	Lincoln	2015
29	Kate Bolz	Democrat	Lincoln	2013
30	Roy Baker	Republican	Lincoln	2015
31	Rick Kolowski	Democrat	Omaha	2013
32	Laura Ebke	Libertarian	Crete	2015
33	Steve Halloran	Republican	Hastings	2017
34	Curt Friesen	Republican	Henderson	2015
35	Dan Quick	Democrat	Grand Island	2017
36	Matt Williams	Republican	Lexington	2015
37	John Lowe	Republican	Kearney	2017
38	John Kuehn	Republican	Heartwell	2015
39	Lou Ann Linehan	Republican	Omaha	2017
40	Tyson Larson	Republican	O'Neill	2011
41	Tom Briese	Republican	Albion	2017
42	Mike Groene	Republican	North Platte	2015
43	Tom Brewer	Republican	Hyannis	2017
44	Dan Hughes	Republican	Venango	2015
45	Sue Crawford	Democrat	Bellevue	2013
46	Adam Morfeld	Democrat	Lincoln	2015
47	Steve Erdman	Republican	Bayard	2017
48	John Stinner	Republican	Gering	2015
49	John Murante	Republican	Gretna	2013