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Nebraska State Missed
Votes Scorecard

In Nebraska, the average Senate missed 17% of the vote.

State	Dist	Party	Member	% Missed Votes	# Missed Votes	# Total Votes	Most Absent Rank
NE	SD-13	D	Justin Wayne		318	822	1
NE	SD-43	R	Tom Brewer		305	822	2
NE	SD-29	D	Eliot Bostar		294	822	3
NE	SD-08	D	Megan Hunt		257	822	4
NE	SD-47	R	Steve Erdman		251	822	5
NE	SD-06	D	Machaela Cavanaugh		236	822	6
NE	SD-48	N	John Stinner		231	822	7
NE	SD-37	R	John Lowe		214	822	8
NE	SD-42	N	Michael Groene		208	822	9
NE	SD-49	D	Jen Day		195	822	10
NE	SD-31	N	Rich Pahls		194	822	11
NE	SD-26	N	Matt Hansen		175	822	12
NE	SD-44	N	Dan Hughes		171	822	13
NE	SD-27	D	Anna Wishart		170	822	14
NE	SD-28	N	Patty Pansing Brooks		164	822	15
NE	SD-46	N	Adam Morfeld		162	822	16
NE	SD-07	D	Tony Vargas		148	822	17
NE	SD-16	R	Ben Hansen		146	822	18
NE	SD-12	N	Steve Lathrop		144	822	19
NE	SD-18	N	Brett Lindstrom		144	822	19
NE	SD-41	N	Tom Briese		141	822	21
NE	SD-11	D	Terrell McKinney		139	822	22
NE	SD-03	D	Carol Blood		136	822	23
NE	SD-33	R	Steve Halloran		129	822	24
NE	SD-09	D	John Cavanaugh		128	822	25
NE	SD-10	D	Wendy DeBoer		123	822	26
NE	SD-23	R	Bruce Bostelman		121	822	27
NE	SD-02	R	Robert Clements		120	822	28
NE	SD-39	R	Lou Ann Linehan		118	822	29
NE	SD-34	N	Curt Friesen		113	822	30
NE	SD-14	R	John Arch		112	822	31
NE	SD-25	N	Suzanne Geist		110	822	32
NE	SD-04	N	Robert Hilkemann		106	822	33
NE	SD-05	R	Mike McDonnell		103	822	34
NE	SD-19	N	Mike Flood		101	822	35
NE	SD-15	D	Lynne Walz		100	822	36
NE	SD-01	R	Julie Slama		97	822	37
NE	SD-22	R	Mike Moser		96	822	38
NE	SD-21	N	Michael Hilgers		88	822	39
NE	SD-38	R	Dave Murman		79	822	40
NE	SD-35	R	Raymond Aguilar		76	822	41
NE	SD-17	R	Joni Albrecht		75	822	42
NE	SD-24	N	Mark Kolterman		70	822	43
NE	SD-20	N	John McCollister		70	822	43
NE	SD-45	R	Rita Sanders		68	822	45
NE	SD-30	R	Myron Dorn		56	822	46
NE	SD-36	N	Matt Williams		41	822	47
NE	SD-40	N	Timothy Gragert		37	822	48
NE	SD-32	R	Tom Brandt		33	822	49

Methodology

The 2021 Nebraska Missed Votes Scorecard

MISSED VOTES METHODOLOGY – NEBRASKA 2021

The Club for Growth Foundation publishes the “Missed Votes” scorecard so the public can see how often Nebraska’s elected state lawmakers show up to vote on legislation.

The Foundation looked at 822 votes in the Nebraska Unicameral Senate during the 2021 regular and special sessions. The votes were cast from 1/21/2021 – 9/30/2021. This is not an exhaustive list of votes. These floor votes include roll call votes on legislative bills and excludes procedural votes like dispensing of the reading of a bill and cloture motions.

On any single roll call vote, if the lawmaker voted YEA (“Y”) or NAY (“N”), then the scorecard counted the lawmaker as casting a vote (+). If the lawmaker abstained or was not present or did not vote, then the scorecard labeled the lawmaker as missing the vote (-).

The Club for Growth Foundation makes no judgment on why a lawmaker misses votes. Lawmakers miss votes for a whole host of reasons, including medical issues, family concerns, prior commitments, purely political motivations, or other reasons. The Club for Growth Foundation has not analyzed why any lawmaker has missed a vote, and is simply publishing this quantified information for educational purposes only.

Due to situations such as retirements, personal issues, special elections, and appointments, there may be included lawmakers who have not served from start to finish. Their records are kept to showcase all members who voted during the legislative year.

There are inherent limitations in judging the overall qualifications of any legislator based on how many votes he or she has missed, and the Club for Growth Foundation does not endorse or oppose any legislator for public office.

Any mathematical discrepancies for these scores are due to rounding.

Bicameral Senate Data

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