27 Facts About Deb Fischer

Debra Lynelle Fischer is an American politician and former education official 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 and was the only Republican to flip a Senate seat in the 2012 elections.

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.

Deb Fischer served as chairwoman for the Transportation and Telecommunications Committee and helped pass the BUILD Nebraska Act through the Unicameral.

In January 2012, after incumbent Democratic Senator Ben Nelson announced his retirement, Deb Fischer officially announced she would run for the US Senate.

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

However, Bruning and Stenberg spent much of their resources attacking one another; Deb Fischer benefitted from the damage that each did to the other's approval ratings.

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

Shortly before the election, she was endorsed by Nebraska US Representative Jeff Fortenberry and by 2008 Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin, who recorded robocalls endorsing her; and a super PAC financed by former Omaha businessman Joe Ricketts paid for $250,000 worth of television advertising 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; an Omaha World-Herald analysis stated that the Kerrey campaign's statements regarding 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 re-elected to the US Senate in 2018, defeating Democratic challenger Jane Raybould by a significant margin.

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 the death of Dwight Griswold 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 has expressed support for an amendment to the US Constitution limiting senators to two six-year terms and representatives to three two-year terms.

Deb Fischer pledged to "limit herself to two terms in office".

Deb Fischer further stated that members of the US Congress should be placed under a lifetime ban from becoming federally registered lobbyists.

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 sending more troops to patrol the United States-Mexico border and opposes college benefits for undocumented immigrants.

Deb Fischer was on Capitol Hill to participate in the count when 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.