Dave Heineman

Dave Heineman
Dave Heineman
39th Governor of Nebraska
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 20, 2005
Lieutenant Rick Sheehy
Preceded by Mike Johanns
37th Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska
In office
October 1, 2001 – January 20, 2005
Governor Mike Johanns
Preceded by David Maurstad
Succeeded by Rick Sheehy
Personal details
Born May 12, 1948 (1948-05-12) (age 63)
Falls City, Nebraska
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Sally Ganem
Residence Governor's Mansion
Alma mater United States Military Academy
Profession Congressional staff
Office manager
Religion Methodism
Military service
Service/branch United States Army
Rank Captain
Heineman (left) with Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt (center), and predecessor Mike Johanns (right) in 2006.

David Eugene "Dave" Heineman (born May 12, 1948) is the 39th and current Governor of Nebraska. He is a member of the Republican Party.

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Early life, education and career

Heineman lived in a variety of places in eastern Nebraska during his youth, eventually attending high school in Wahoo, Nebraska. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1970. He served five years in the U.S. Army, leaving with the rank of captain. He also graduated the Army Ranger training program.[1]

Heineman served on the Fremont City Council from 1990 to 1994. He also served two terms as the Nebraska State Treasurer from 1994 to 2001, and was appointed the 37th Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska on October 1, 2001. He was elected to his first full term as lieutenant governor in 2002. He is married to Sally Ganem, a former elementary school principal. They have one son.[2]

Nebraska Governor

Heineman became Governor on January 20, 2005, following Mike Johanns' resignation to become United States Secretary of Agriculture in President George W. Bush's Cabinet. On April 11, 2005, he announced that he would be seeking election to a full four-year term. He had the backing of Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel, although he faced a difficult challenge in the Republican primary from former Nebraska Cornhuskers football coach and U.S. Representative Tom Osborne. He took 49 percent of the more than 197,000 votes cast, and Osborne 45 percent.[3]

In retrospect, the Lincoln Journal Star's analysis of the 2006 gubernatorial race attributed Heineman's win to his opposition to Class I rural school reorganization and the granting of resident college tuition rates to the children of illegal immigrants, helping him win over rural voters. This proved critical in the primary. While Tom Osborne carried most of the Omaha and Lincoln areas—which cast more than two-thirds of Nebraska's vote—Heineman won by large-enough margins in western and central Nebraska to secure the nomination.[4]

Heineman defeated Democratic nominee David Hahn in the November 7, 2006, general election, capturing 73.4 percent of the vote—one of the most lopsided victories for a gubernatorial race in Nebraska history.

As governor, Heineman worked with the Nebraska Legislature to pass the largest tax cut in state history. He also has pushed for legislation that would make the state's Department of Health and Human Services more accountable to citizens. In a state where agricultural issues are important, he has made them a top priority. He also helped to negotiate trade deals with Taiwan and Cuba for the exportation of wheat, soybeans, and other commodities, and has been a proponent of increased production of ethanol.[5]

On April 13, 2010, Heineman signed landmark abortion legislation. One of the two bills he signed, bans abortions at and after 20 weeks of pregnancy on the basis of fetal health and the other requires women to be screened before having abortions for mental health and other problems. The first bill is LB1103 - Adopt the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.[6]

Both sides of the abortion debate say the laws are firsts of their kind in the nation.[7]

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Political offices
Preceded by
Dawn Rockey
Treasurer of Nebraska
1995–2001
Succeeded by
Lorelee Hunt Byrd
Preceded by
David Maurstad
Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska
2001–2005
Succeeded by
Rick Sheehy
Preceded by
Mike Johanns
Governor of Nebraska
2005–present
Incumbent
Preceded by
Christine Gregoire
Chairperson of National Governors Association
2011–present
United States order of precedence
Preceded by
Joe Biden
as Vice President
Order of Precedence of the United States
Within Nebraska
Succeeded by
Mayor of city
in which event is held
Succeeded by
Otherwise John Boehner
as Speaker of the House of Representatives
Preceded by
Brian Sandoval
as Governor of Nevada
Order of Precedence of the United States
Outside Nebraska
Succeeded by
John Hickenlooper
as Governor of Colorado

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