Mike Moser (politician)

Mike Moser is an American politician

Mike Moser
Member of the Nebraska Legislature
from the 22nd district
Assumed office
January 9, 2019
Preceded byPaul Schumacher
Personal details
Born (1951-09-18) September 18, 1951
Fremont, Nebraska
Political partyRepublican (Non Partisan)
Spouse(s)
Jan Waak
​
(m. 1971)​
Children3
EducationCentral Community College
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Personal life

Moser was born on September 18, 1951 in Fremont, Nebraska. He is married to Jan Moser.[1]

Education

Moser graduated from Scotus Central Catholic High School in Columbus, Nebraska, in 1969. He earned his associate degree at Central Community college and graduated from University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1975 with a bachelor's degree.

Career

Moser was mayor of Columbus from 2004 to 2016. In 2010, he tried to run for state senator in Nebraska's 22nd district. He won the primary and lost the general election to Paul Schumacher.[2]

He ran for state senator in the same district eight years later as his predecessor was unable to run again due to term limits. Moser easily won that election with 64.3% of the votes against Doug Oertwich.[3] He was sworn in as senator on January 9, 2019.[4]

On May 25, 2020, Moser was hospitalized due to COVID-19.[5]

Elections
Nebraska's 22nd Legislative District election, 2018
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Moser 3,578 56.12
Republican Doug Oertwich 1,366 21.42
Democratic Francis P. Kuehler 1,102 17.28
Independent Kenneth G. Leischner 330 5.18
Total votes 6,376 100.0
General election
Republican Mike Moser 7,896 64.30
Republican Doug Oertwich 4,383 35.70
Total votes 12,279 100.0
Republican hold

References
  1. "Biography « District 22 News and Information". Nevada Legislature. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  2. "Nebraska State Senate elections, 2010". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  3. "OFFICIAL REPORTOFTHE BOARD OF STATE CANVASSERS" (PDF). Nebraska Secretary of State. December 11, 2018.
  4. Dunker, Don Walton, JoAnne Young, Chris. "13 new senators will be sworn in on Wednesday". JournalStar. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  5. Dunker, Chris. "State senator hospitalized due to COVID-19". JournalStar. Retrieved October 27, 2020.


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