Current Office: Senator
First Elected:
Next Election: 2014
Party: Non-partisan

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Kathy; 7 Children: Erica, Emilee, Steven, Isaiah, Ryelee, Malachi, Brooklyn
Birth date: 07/01/1962
Birthplace: Holdredge, NE
Home City: Imperial NE
Religion: Wesleyan

Profession

Landowner, present Secretary, R and A Christensen Farms Incorporated, 1997-present Broker, AgWest Commodities, Limited Liabilty Company, 2000-2003 Manager, Personal Farm, 1997-2000 Former Commodity Broker, AgWest Country Commodities Incorporated

Education

BS, Agricultural Economics, GPA: 2.988, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 1984

Committees

Banking, Commerce and Insurance
Natural Resources

LB 703 2011 Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 704 2011 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 703 2011 Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 704 2011 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 521 Requiring Physician Presence During Abortions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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LB 703 2011 Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 704 2011 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 703 2011 Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 704 2011 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 521 Requiring Physician Presence During Abortions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 421 Park Entry Permit Fees
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

LB 22 Prohibits Insurance Coverage of Abortion
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 999 Temporary Prohibition on New Hospital Licenses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 594 Abortion Screening Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 1103 Prohibiting Abortions After 20 Weeks of Pregnancy
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 594 Abortion Screening Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 1103 Prohibiting Abortions After 20 Weeks of Pregnancy
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 861 Alcohol Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

LB 780 PTSD Workers' Compensation Benefits for First Responders
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

LB 842 Repealing Special Prosecutor Requirement for In-Custody Deaths
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

Amdt 2454 Limiting First Responder PTSD Death Benefits to 1 Year
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

Amdt 2455 Limiting First Responder PTSD Benefits to 26 Weeks
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

Amdt 2454 Limiting First Responder PTSD Death Benefits to 1 Year
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

Amdt 2455 Limiting First Responder PTSD Benefits to 26 Weeks
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

LB 1102 Legalizing "Horse Racing Machines"
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Nay

LR 284 CA Abolishing Office of State Treasurer
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 1105 Death Penalty Cost Study
Stage: Motion Vote
Vote: Nay

LB 952 Water and Natural Gas Infrastructure Replacement and Sewage Program Sales Tax Exemption
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Nay

LB 675 Requiring Ultrasounds before Abortion
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 36 Requiring Lethal Injection
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 355 Exempting Cigar Bars from the Smoking Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

LB 260 Wrongful Conviction Compensation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 5 Trapping In Rights-of-Way
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 85 Bond Revenue to Fund Streets and Bridges
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

LB 1 Establishing an Age Limit on Safe Haven Law
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AM 4 to LB 1 Establishing an Age Limit on Safe Haven Law
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

LB 1082 Expanding Workers' Compensation Benefits
Stage: Motion Vote
Vote: Nay

LB 959 Gas Tax Veto Override
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

LB 1157 Uniform School Testing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 959 Gas Tax Veto Override
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

LB 1157 Uniform School Testing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 959 Gas Tax Veto Override
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

AM 2319 to LB 1174 Farm and Ranch Ownership Requirements
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

LB 959 2007-2009 Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 1063 Abolishing the Death Penalty
Stage: Motion Vote
Vote: Nay

LB 395 Statewide Smoking Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AM 1736 Eliminating Opt-Out Provision of Smoking Ban
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: -

LB 39 Restricting Petition Circulation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

LB 253 Repealing Motorcycle Helmet Law
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

LB 653 Standard Academic Testing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

LB 551 Sports Arena and Convention Center Funding
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

LB 641 School Property Tax and Learning Communities Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

LB 367 Tax Credits and Reductions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 476 Elimination of the Death Penalty
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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