The Nebraska Democratic Party (NDP) is the official arm of the Democratic Party

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

 in the U.S. state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of Nebraska

Nebraska

Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....

. As of 2009, the only statewide elected official in the party is United States Senator Ben Nelson

Ben Nelson

Earl Benjamin "Ben" Nelson is the senior U.S. Senator from Nebraska. He is a member of the Democratic Party and was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000....

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Historically prominent Nebraska Democrats

• William Jennings Bryan
  William Jennings Bryan
  William Jennings Bryan was an American politician in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. He was a dominant force in the liberal wing of the Democratic Party, standing three times as its candidate for President of the United States...
  
  , Congressman, Secretary of State, three time Presidential nominee
• J. Sterling Morton, Secretary of Agriculture and founder of Arbor Day
  Arbor Day
  Arbor Day is a holiday in which individuals and groups are encouraged to plant and care for trees. It originated in Nebraska City, Nebraska, United States during 1872 by J. Sterling Morton. The first Arbor Day was held on April 10, 1872, and an estimated 1 million trees were planted that day.Many...
  
  
• Frank Morrison, Governor
• Edward Zorinsky
  Edward Zorinsky
  Edward Zorinsky was a Democratic U.S. Senator from Nebraska, serving from 1976 until his death.- Early life :...
  
  , U.S. Senator
• J. James Exon
  J. James Exon
  John James "Jim" Exon was an American Democratic politician. He served as the 33rd Governor of Nebraska from 1971 to 1979, and as a U.S. Senator from Nebraska from 1979 to 1997. Exon was a Nebraska Democrat who never lost an election, and the only Democrat to hold his Nebraska's Senate Class 2 seat...
  
  , Governor and Senator
• Bob Kerrey
  Bob Kerrey
  Joseph Robert "Bob" Kerrey was the 35th Governor of Nebraska from 1983 to 1987 and a U.S. Senator from Nebraska . Having served in the Vietnam War, earning the Medal of Honor for his actions, he moved into politics. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1992...
  
  , Governor and Senator

Current elected officials

The Nebraska Democratic Party holds none of the state's six statewide offices, none of the state's U.S. House seats, and one of the state's U.S. Senate seats.
Federal

• U.S. Senate
  • Ben Nelson
    Ben Nelson
    Earl Benjamin "Ben" Nelson is the senior U.S. Senator from Nebraska. He is a member of the Democratic Party and was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000....
    
    

External links

Nebraska Democratic Party