Mike Hilgers was born on October 25,1978 and is an American businessman, lawyer and politician who is the Nebraska Attorney General.
23 Facts About Mike Hilgers
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Mike Hilgers previously served as a Republican member of the Nebraska Legislature, representing the 21st district from 2017 to 2023.
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On January 6,2021, Hilgers was elected as Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature.
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Mike Hilgers graduated from Omaha Creighton Preparatory School in 1997.
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Mike Hilgers obtained an economics degree from Baylor University in 2001.
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Mike Hilgers graduated from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was an editor on the Law Review.
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Mike Hilgers is the founder of the law firm Mike Hilgers Graben, which he started building in his basement.
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In 2020, Mike Hilgers ran for re-election to the State Legislature, District 21.
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Mike Hilgers won the primary campaign with 5,150 votes ahead of Brodey Weber's 2,379 votes and Joseph Couch's 1,184 votes.
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Mike Hilgers won re-election with 10,157 votes to Brodey Weber's 8,325.
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In 2016, Mike Hilgers ran for election to the State Legislature, District 21.
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Mike Hilgers won the primary campaign with 3,053 votes ahead of Larry Scherer's 1,936 votes and Rick Vest's 732 votes.
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Mike Hilgers won the general election campaign with 8,588 votes compared to Larry Scherer's 6,567 votes.
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In 2014, Mike Hilgers ran for election to be Nebraska's Attorney General.
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Mike Hilgers lost the primary campaign with 43,371 votes behind Doug Peterson's 67,578 votes and Brian Buecher's 48,316 votes and ahead of Pete Pirsch's 30,321 votes.
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In 2012, Mike Hilgers challenged incumbent Senator Ken Haar for the State Legislature, District 21.
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Mike Hilgers came in second in the primary campaign with 2,238 votes behind Ken Haar's 2,471 votes and ahead of Bryan C Ifland's 134 votes.
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Mike Hilgers lost the general election with 6,784 votes, 85 votes behind Ken Haar's 6,869 votes.
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Mike Hilgers was elected Speaker for the 107th Legislature by acclamation.
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Mike Hilgers was elected the Chairman of the executive board of the Legislative Council for the 106th Legislature.
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Mike Hilgers was elected the Chairman of the Rules Committee for the 105th Legislature.
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Mike Hilgers served as the Chairman of the State Tourism and Recreation Water Access Resources Special Committee, created by LB406, which was intended to study transformative water and tourism projects around the state of Nebraska.
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Mike Hilgers introduced in 2017 LB271, which cut red tape in the construction of certain larger highway construction projects.