14 Facts About Hal Daub

In 2012, Daub was elected to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska system.

Hal Daub served in the United States Army as an infantry captain from 1966 to 1968 in Korea.

Hal Daub settled in Omaha, where he went into private practice of law.

Hal Daub ran for the United States House of Representatives in the Omaha-based 2nd congressional district in 1978, losing to incumbent Democrat John J Cavanaugh III.

Cavanaugh declined to run for re-election in 1980 and Hal Daub ran for the seat again, defeating Democrat Richard Fellman.

Hal Daub was reelected three times, in 1982,1984, and 1986.

In 1990, Daub challenged the state's other Democratic senator, J James Exon, for reelection, easily winning the Republican nomination, but losing the general election by a substantial margin to Exon.

Hal Daub then served as a member of the Social Security Advisory Board from 2002 to 2006 and joined Missouri-based law firm Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP in 2005.

In 2007, Hal Daub briefly ran for the US Senate seat being vacated by Senator Chuck Hagel; he exited the race to offer an early endorsement to Mike Johanns, former Nebraska governor and USDA secretary, who won the seat.

In 2008, Hal Daub announced he was running again for Mayor of Omaha in the 2009 election.

Hal Daub served for five years on the board of Omaha's Metropolitan Entertainment and Convention Authority.

Hal Daub has held several lobbyist positions including at Blackwell Sanders LLP, and Deloitte.

Currently, Hal Daub is a member of the ReFormers Caucus of Issue One.

Coach Mike Riley said that Hal Daub's view of the protest as unpatriotic was a misinterpretation.