Labor Links

• State and Local Labor Councils
• AFL-CIO Blog: Nebraska
• Directory of Nebraska Locals
• Nebraska Affiliates & Locals
  • IUPAT: Nebraska Chapters
  • IBEW: Nebraska Locals
  • IATSE: Nebraska Locals

State Labor Laws

• Current Minimum Wage: $5.15
• Indexed to Inflation: No - uses federal as reference
• Minimum Wage Notes:
  
• Unfortunately, Nebraska is a "right to work" state.

State Government

• State and Local Government Directory
• State Officials
  • Governor Dave Heineman (R)
    • Next Election: 2010
    • Dave Heineman has not made up his/her mind yet about re-election.
  • Lieutenant Governor Rick Sheehy (R)
    • Next Election: 2010
    • Rick Sheehy
  • Attorney General Jon Bruning (R)
    • Next Election:
    • Jon Bruning
  • Secretary of State John Gale (R)
    • Next Election:
    • John Gale
  • Treasurer Lorelee Byrd (R)
    • Next Election:
    • Lorelee Byrd
• Legislative Branch

Congressional Delegation

• Senators:
  • Senator Chuck Hagel (R)
    • Lifetime COPE Score: 12
    • Chuck Hagel is up for re-election in 2008.
    • Washington Post Profile and Voting Record
• Senator Benjamin Nelson (D)
  • Lifetime COPE Score: 72
  • Benjamin Nelson is up for re-election in 2006.
  • Washington Post Profile and Voting Record
• House Reps:
  • : Jeff Fortenberry (R)
    • Lifetime COPE Score:
    • Jeff Fortenberry is running for re-election.
  • : Lee Terry (R)
    • Lifetime COPE Score:
    • Lee Terry is running for re-election.
  • : Adrian Smith (R)
    • Lifetime COPE Score:
    • Adrian Smith is running for other office.
  • : Benjamin Nelson (D)
    • Lifetime COPE Score:
    • Benjamin Nelson is seat is not up until 2012.
  • : Chuck Hagel (R)
    • Lifetime COPE Score:
    • Chuck Hagel is seat is not up until 2008.

Voter Resources

• Key Dates
  • 5/1/2006 - Primary Voter Registration Deadline
  • 5/9/2006 - Primary Election
  • 10/27/2006 - General Voter Registration Deadline (Mail)
  • 11/1/2006 - General Absentee Ballot Request Deadline (Mail)
• Voter Info
  • Vote411: Important information for voters NEW
  • Polls Open: ( EST)
  • Polls Close:

Nebraska Election 2006 Archive

• Endorsed Candidates

  
  
  • Note: This list draws from our candidates database, which primarily tracks major party candidates for federal offices and gubernatorial candidates. For other statewide or local office endorsements, please visit the state federation website or click here for contact information for the state and local labor councils.

• Senate Race

  • Race Type: D-I
  • Projections:
    • Charlie Cook: Likely Democrat
    • CQ Politics: Leans Democratic
    • Rothenberg Report: Clear Advantage Democratic Incumbent
    • Larry Sabato: Likely Democrat
    • NPR's Ken Rudin: Leans Democratic
    • Election Projection: Strong Dem Hold
  • National Journal Ranking: 14
  • Primary Date: 2006-05-09
  • Real Clear Politics - Summary of Latest Polls and Projections
  • National Journal Tip Sheet (Now free for everyone!)
  • US Election Atlas: Summary of Recent Polls
  • Nebraska Senate Race Wiki
  • Wikipedia: Latest Polls
  • Sabato's Crystal Ball
  • DSCC Analysis
  • Candidates
    • Incumbent: Senator Ben Nelson (D)
    • Senate Website
    • National Journal Biography
    • Ben Nelson has been endorsed by the State Fed.
    • Ben Nelson has $449,213 on-hand as of 9/30/06.
    • David Kramer (R)
    • David Kramer has $94 on-hand as of 9/30/06.
    • Don Stenberg (R)
    • Don Stenberg has $22,806 on-hand as of 9/30/06.
    • Pete Ricketts (R)
    • Pete Ricketts has $1,674,362 on-hand as of 9/30/06.

    Analysis

    Latest News

    • NE-SEN. Nelson gets smeared, hypocritically. (Maybe, Swift-boated?)

• House Races

  • NE-01
    • Incumbent: Jeff Fortenberry (R)
    • Candidates
      • Incumbent: Jeff Fortenberry (R) - US Rep
      • Maxine B. Moul (D)
        Maxine B. Moul has been endorsed by the State Fed.
    • Race Type: R-I
    • Projections:
      • Charlie Cook's Projection: Solid-R
      • CQ Politics Projection: Republican Favored
      • Larry Sabato: Likely-R
    • OurCongress.org: NE-1 News
    • District Census Profile
    • District Map
    • National Journal Race Profile
    • OpenSecrets: Campaign Finance Profile
    • DCCC District Profile
    • Latest News: NE-01
      • NE-01: Competitive in the Fighting First
  • NE-02
    • Incumbent: Lee Terry (R)
    • Candidates
      • Incumbent: Lee Terry (R) - US Rep
      • Jim Esch (D)
        Jim Esch has been endorsed by the State Fed.
    • Race Type: R-I
    • Projections:
      • Charlie Cook's Projection: Solid-R
      • CQ Politics Projection: Safe Republican
    • District Census Profile
    • District Map
    • National Journal Race Profile
    • OpenSecrets: Campaign Finance Profile
    • DCCC District Profile
  • NE-03
    • Candidates
      • Scott Kleeb (D)
        Scott Kleeb has been endorsed by the State Fed.
      • Adrian Smith (R) - State Sen
    • Race Type: Open-R
    • Projections:
      • Charlie Cook's Projection: Solid-R
      • CQ Politics Projection: Republican Favored
      • Larry Sabato: Toss-Up
    • District Census Profile
    • District Map
    • National Journal Race Profile
    • OpenSecrets: Campaign Finance Profile
    • DCCC District Profile
    • Latest News: NE-03
      • NE-03: Bush endorses Kleeb (D)
      • NE-03: Did Bush Just Endorse Kleeb?
      • NE-03: Kleeb's Closing Ad
      • NE-03: Kleeb's latest internal numbers
      • NE-03: The GOP Freaks Out
  • All House Races
    • OurCongress.org: Nebraska House Race News
    • National Journal Tipsheet
    • Sabato's Crystal Ball

• Nebraska Election Links

  • Politics1 Candidates List (All Statewide Races)
  • Washington Post: Nebraska Campaign Ads *NEW*
  • DC Political Report: Nebraska
  • Election Projection: Nebraska
  • Yahoo! Nebraska Election Page (Great Resource!)
  • Polling Report
    Subscription required, see Basecamp Writeboard for login info
  • Associated Press State Profile
  • Associated Press Statewide Candidates List
  • Hedgehog Report: Latest Polls

• Campaign Finance

  • FEC Campaign Finance Data: All Federal Candidates