Patrick Bourne is a politician from the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Nebraska

Nebraska

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. He is a former state senator in the Nebraska Legislature

Nebraska Legislature

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 and an attorney in Omaha, Nebraska

Omaha, Nebraska

Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River...

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Bourne was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He graduated from Southeast Community College

Southeast Community College

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 in 1984, University of Nebraska at Omaha

University of Nebraska at Omaha

The University of Nebraska at Omaha is a four-year state university located in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. Founded in 1908 as Omaha University, the institution became the public Municipal University of Omaha in 1931. It assumed its current name in 1968 following a merger into the University...

 in 1994 and Creighton University

Creighton University

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's school of law in 1997.

He was elected in 1998 to represent the 8th Nebraska legislative district and reelected in 2002. In his final term, he sat on the Education and Nebraska Retirement Systems committees as well as the Committee on Committees and the chairperson of the Judiciary committee. Due to term limits, he was not able to run for re-election in 2006.