Sen. Lou Ann Linehan

District 39
Room 1116
P.O. Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509
(402) 471-2885
Email: llinehan@leg.ne.gov
Committee Assignments
  • Education
  • Revenue
  • Committee On Committees
  • Education Commission of the States
  • Streamlined Sales and Use Tax System

Biography

Elected to Nebraska Legislature: 2016; re-elected 2020

Born Lou Ann Lovitt, Sept. 16, 1955, in Beatrice.

Education: Graduate of Lewiston High School, Lewiston Consolidated Schools, 1973.

Family: Four children: Patrick B., Katie M., Meghan L. and Shannon P. Seim.

Former: Deputy principal officer, pillar director, deputy team leader, deputy assistant secretary, U.S. Department of State; chief of staff to U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel.

Member: St. Patrick’s Catholic Church.

Honors and awards: 2014 Distinguished Honoree, Women’s Center for Advancement – Omaha; U.S. Department of State Superior Honor Award 2002 and 2012, Meritorious Award, 2010; 1989 Chairman’s Award, Douglas County Republican Party; Lewiston Consolidated Schools Hall of Fame, Class of 1973.