28 Facts About Deb Fischer

Debra Lynelle Fischer is an American politician and former educator serving as the senior United States senator from Nebraska, a seat she has held since 2013.

From 1990 to 2004, Deb Fischer served on the Valentine Rural High School Board of Education.

Deb Fischer ran for the US Senate in 2012 and was initially seen as a long-shot candidate, but pulled off an unexpected victory against state attorney general Jon Bruning in the Republican primary; in the general election, she defeated former Democratic US Senator Bob Kerrey.

Deb Fischer opposes abortion without exception, rejects the scientific consensus on climate change, and supports repealing the Affordable Care Act.

Deb Fischer condemned Donald Trump supporters for storming the US Capitol in 2021 and voted to certify the results of the 2020 election.

Deb Fischer is the daughter of Florence M and Gerold Carl Strobel.

In 1990, Deb Fischer was elected to the Valentine Rural High School Board of Education, serving until 2004.

In 2004, Deb Fischer ran for the Nebraska Legislature from the 43rd legislative district in the state's Sandhills region.

Deb Fischer's district was geographically the largest in the Nebraska Legislature, comprising 12 counties and part of a 13th.

In 2007, Deb Fischer helped lead a filibuster against a bill to create a statewide smoking ban for indoor workplaces and public places.

Deb Fischer chaired the Transportation and Telecommunications Committee and helped pass the BUILD Nebraska Act through the Unicameral.

In January 2012, after incumbent Senator Ben Nelson announced his retirement, Deb Fischer announced her candidacy for the US Senate.

Deb Fischer argued that the poor quality of federal lands and the restrictions that come with federal leases make it inappropriate to compare them to private leases.

Deb Fischer was aided by $725,000 in TV ads that the Club for Growth bought attacking Bruning.

Shortly before the election, she was endorsed by Nebraska US Representative Jeff Fortenberry and by 2008 vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin, who recorded robocalls endorsing her; and a super PAC financed by former Omaha businessman Joe Ricketts paid for $250,000 worth of TV ads promoting Deb Fischer and opposing Bruning.

Deb Fischer took a plurality of votes in 75 of Nebraska's 93 counties.

Deb Fischer maintained that their intent in filing the suit was to obtain a more manageable boundary for their ranch after repeated attempts to purchase the land had failed; according to an Omaha World-Herald analysis, the Kerrey campaign's statements about Deb Fischer's actions in the Legislature failed to mention her support for a compromise measure that would have allowed NGPC to buy the land.

Deb Fischer won mainly by swamping Kerrey in the state's rural areas.

Deb Fischer was reelected to the Senate in 2018, defeating Democratic nominee Jane Raybould by a significant margin.

Deb Fischer defeated Osborn by 6.7 points, after being reelected by 19 points in 2018.

Deb Fischer became the third female US senator in Nebraska's history, and the first since 1954.

Deb Fischer was the first elected to a full term: of the earlier woman senators, Eva Bowring was appointed in 1954 to occupy the seat vacated by Dwight Griswold's death until a special election could be held to replace him later that year; Hazel Abel won that special election to finish Griswold's term, but did not seek a full term.

Deb Fischer rejects conclusions by the international scientific community that human emissions of greenhouse gases are the primary cause of global warming in recent decades.

Deb Fischer said that preventing self-radicalization was more important than restricting gun access.

Deb Fischer supports repealing the Affordable Care Act and has voted accordingly.

Deb Fischer was on Capitol Hill to participate in the count when Donald Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol.

On May 28,2021, Deb Fischer voted against creating an independent commission to investigate the 2021 United States Capitol attack.

Deb Fischer was among the 31 Senate Republicans who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023.