Deb Fischer Biography | Us Senator Deb Fischer

Deb Fischer born Debra Strobel Fischer is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Nebraska since 2013.

Prior to that, she served two terms in the Nebraska Legislature, representing a rural district in the Sandhills. She is a member of the Republican Party.

Deb Fischer Age

She was born on 1 March 1951 in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. She is 68 years old as of 2018.

Deb Fischer Family

She is the daughter to Florence M. Strobel, her mother and Gerold Carl Strobel, her father. She is wife to Bruce Fischer with whom they have three sons together. She is the mother to Luke Fischer, Adam Fischer, and Morgan Fischer.

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2012 election

Primary
In January 2012, after incumbent Democratic Senator Ben Nelson announced his retirement, Fischer officially announced she would run for the U.S. Senate.

The Republican primary campaign was expected to shape up as a battle between Attorney General Jon Bruning and State Treasurer Don Stenberg; Fischer and three less well-known candidates were also on the ballot.

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During the primary campaign, Fischer was criticized by environmentalists and others because her family’s ranch near Valentine grazed cattle on federal land, leasing it for about $110,000 per year less than the market rate on private land.

Opponents of federal grazing leases argued that she should relinquish her family’s permit if she wants to remain “morally consistent” with her message of less government.

Fischer argued that the poor quality of federal lands, plus the restrictions that come with federal leases, make it inappropriate to compare them to private leases.

In the campaign, Fischer was outspent by Bruning, who raised $3.6 million, and Stenberg, who spent $865,000. Fischer’s campaign raised only $440,000.

However, Bruning and Stenberg spent much of their resources attacking one another; Fischer benefited from the damage that each did to the other’s approval ratings. She was also aided by $725,000 in television ads bought by the Club for Growth attacking Bruning.

Shortly before the election, she was endorsed by Nebraska U.S. Representative Jeff Fortenberry and by 2008 Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin, who recorded robocalls endorsing her; and a super PAC financed by former Omaha businessman Joe Ricketts paid for $250,000 worth of television advertising promoting Fischer and opposing Bruning.

Fischer won the primary election with 40% of the vote. Bruning ranked second with 35%, and Stenberg ranked third with 18%. Fischer took a plurality of votes in 75 of Nebraska’s 93 counties.

Bruning won 15 counties and Schuyler businessman Pat Flynn received a plurality in his home Colfax County. Fischer and Bruning tied in Kimball and Sioux counties.

General election
In the general election, Fischer faced Democrat Bob Kerrey, a former Nebraska governor, and U.S. senator, who was running for the seat that he had held from 1989 to 2001.

In the course of the campaign, Kerrey’s advertising accused Fischer of unprincipled conduct in the matter of a 1995 adverse possession suit, were under the Fischers had attempted to obtain title to 104 acres (42 ha) of land adjoining their property.

The Kerrey campaign maintained that Fischer, after losing the lawsuit, had used her position in the Legislature to keep the landowners from selling the property to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (NGPC).

The episode, declared a Kerrey website, had shown “neighbor suing neighbor; vindictiveness; pettiness; deceit; abuse of power”. Fischer maintained that their intent in filing the suit was to obtain a more manageable boundary for their ranch, after repeated attempts to purchase the land had failed; an Omaha World-Herald analysis stated that the Kerrey campaign’s statements regarding Fischer’s actions in the Legislature failed to mention her support for a compromise measure that would have allowed NGPC to buy the land. A Fischer spokesman accused Kerrey of “reckless disregard for the truth” and “gutter politics” in the matter.

In the general election, Fischer defeated Kerrey 58%–42%. Fischer won mainly by swamping Kerrey in the state’s rural areas. She won 88 of Nebraska’s 93 counties. Kerrey only won Douglas, Lancaster, Saline, Thurston, and Dakota counties.

Fischer became the third female U.S. Senator in Nebraska’s history and the first since 1954. She was the first elected to a full term: of the earlier woman Senators, Eva Bowring was appointed in 1954 to occupy the seat vacated by the death of Dwight Griswold until a special election could be held to replace him later that year; Hazel Abel won that special election to finish Griswold’s term but did not seek a full term.

Deb Fischer Contact | Deb Fischer Phone Number

You can easily contact her by phone calling on (202) 224-6551 or via fax to (202) 228-1325 or her office address at 825B Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510.

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She has been in office since 2013.

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Nebraska has been dubbed a “sleeper” Senate race and rated as competitive by some handicappers. House Democrats just came close to winning a special election in a congressional district President Donald Trump won by 21 points, so how vulnerable is GOP Sen. Deb Fischer?

At a minimum, the senator faces a spirited challenge from Lincoln City Council member Jane Raybould. But the perception that Nebraska is a legitimate Democratic takeover opportunity seems to lean on the proclamation that no Republican seat is safe and limited public polling. Other evidence, including previously unreleased polling from the Fischer campaign, paints a different picture of the race.

Senator Deb Fischer Staff

Senator-elect Deb Fischer has announced the selection of two Nebraskans to lead her Washington, D.C. and Nebraska staff. Mike Hybl will serve as Chief of Staff and Dustin Vaughan will serve as the Nebraska State Director.

Hybl has served as the Executive Director of the Nebraska Public Service Commission since 2007. “I was very pleased that Mike Hybl agreed to be my chief of staff,” said Senator-elect Fischer. “He has served the people of Nebraska with integrity and passion for his job.

He understands public policy and is well-respected throughout the Capitol and state government. I have no doubt that he will continue his hard work and good standing in Washington, D.C.heading up my staff.”

Hybl also has been a shareholder with Consortia Consulting of Omaha, Nebraska, President of the Nebraska Trucking Association, and Director of Government Relations for Great Plains Communications of Blair, Nebraska.

Hybl served as a legal counsel to the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature from 1980 through 1998 for the Agriculture and Environment Committee, the Transportation Committee, and Legal Counsel to Speaker William Nichol and Speaker Doug Kristensen.

For State Director, Senator-elect Fischer has selected Dustin Vaughan. “I have witnessed first-hand the high level of service and respect that Dusty has given to our constituents over the past eight years in my legislative office,” Senator-elect Fischer said. “He is knowledgeable of the challenges this State faces, and with him leading our Nebraska staff I have no doubt that Nebraskans will get the response they deserve when contacting my state offices.”

Vaughan has served as the Legal Counsel to the Transportation and Telecommunications Committee of the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature since 2007. Prior to that he was the Legislative Aide to Senator-elect Fischer in the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature.

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As a security precaution, all postal mail is sent to an off-site facility before delivery to the Senator’s office. This process delays all incoming mail 7-10 days.

Luke Fischer Deb Fischer

Luke is her son. She has three children.

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Elections
In 2004, Fischer ran for the Nebraska Legislature from the 43rd legislative district. In the nonpartisan primary, she came in second in a field of seven, receiving 2226 votes (25.1%); front-runner Kevin T. Cooksley received 2264 votes (25.5%). In the general election, she defeated Cooksley with 8178 votes to his 8050, for a margin of 50.4%–49.6%.

In 2008, she won re-election unopposed. Nebraska’s term-limits law precluded her running for re-election in 2012.

Tenure
Fischer’s district was geographically the largest in the Nebraska Legislature, comprising 12 counties and part of a 13th. During her tenure in the legislature, she did a weekly radio show on seven stations covering her district, and wrote a weekly column printed in several newspapers.

In 2007, she helped to filibuster a bill that created a statewide smoking ban for indoor workplaces and public places. In 2009, Fischer was one of fourteen co-sponsors of L.B. 675, which required abortion providers to display ultrasound images of the fetus at least one hour prior to the abortions, in a position where the abortion seeker could easily view them.

A spokesman for the National Right to Life Committee stated that the Nebraska law was stronger than those of other states, which only required that the client be asked if she wanted to see an ultrasound image. The measure passed by a 40–5 vote, and was signed into law by Governor Dave Heineman.

Committee assignments

• Executive Board and the Revenue Committee
• Transportation and Telecommunications Committee (Chair)

Deb Fischer Committees

• Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
  • Subcommittee on Livestock, Marketing, and Agriculture Security (Chairwoman)
• Committee on Armed Services
  • Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
  • Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
  • Subcommittee on Strategic Forces (Chairwoman)
• Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
  • Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security
  • Subcommittee on Competitiveness, Innovation, and Export Promotion
  • Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance
  • Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard
  • Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security (Chairwoman)
• Committee on Environment and Public Works
  • Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife
  • Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure
  • Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife
• Committee on Rules and Administration
• Special Committee on Aging

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Deb Fischer reacts on Senate passing Building Blocks of STEM Act

U.S. Senator Deb Fischer released the following statement on Friday after the bipartisan Building Blocks of STEM Act, which expands upon STEM education initiatives at the National Science Foundation (NSF) for young children, passed the Senate:

I am pleased that the Senate passed this bipartisan bill, which I was proud to help introduce. By expanding STEM education, this bill will ensure that more young people—especially young women and girls—can pursue careers in computer science and engineering. To pave the way forward for future generations, we need everybody involved.

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