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Bob Van Valkenburg

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Bob Van Valkenburg ran for election to theNebraska State Senate to representDistrict 26. He lost in the primary onMay 10, 2022.

Elections

2022

See also: Nebraska State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Nebraska State Senate District 26

George Dungan III defeatedRuss Barger in the general election for Nebraska State Senate District 26 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		George Dungan III (Nonpartisan)	50.8	5,930
		Russ Barger (Nonpartisan)	49.2	5,736

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,666
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Nebraska State Senate District 26

Russ Barger andGeorge Dungan III defeatedLarry Weixelman andBob Van Valkenburg in the primary for Nebraska State Senate District 26 on May 10, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Russ Barger (Nonpartisan)	41.0	2,833
✔		George Dungan III (Nonpartisan)	36.8	2,543
		Larry Weixelman (Nonpartisan)	11.8	816
	Submit photo	Bob Van Valkenburg (Nonpartisan)	10.4	720

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,912
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2020

See also: Municipal elections in Lancaster County, Nebraska (2020)

General election

General election for Southeast Community College Board of Governors At-large

Neal Stenberg defeated incumbentTimothy Cerveny in the general election for Southeast Community College Board of Governors At-large on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Neal Stenberg (Nonpartisan)	50.3	84,574
	Submit photo	Timothy Cerveny (Nonpartisan)	49.7	83,440

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 168,014
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Southeast Community College Board of Governors At-large

IncumbentTimothy Cerveny andNeal Stenberg defeatedBob Van Valkenburg in the primary for Southeast Community College Board of Governors At-large on May 12, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Timothy Cerveny (Nonpartisan)	40.3	36,645
✔	Submit photo	Neal Stenberg (Nonpartisan)	38.2	34,687
	Submit photo	Bob Van Valkenburg (Nonpartisan)	21.5	19,486

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 90,818
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2018

See also:Nebraska State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Nebraska State Senate District 26

IncumbentMatt Hansen defeatedBob Van Valkenburg in the general election for Nebraska State Senate District 26 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Matt Hansen (Nonpartisan)	73.2	9,046
	Submit photo	Bob Van Valkenburg (Nonpartisan)	26.8	3,319

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 12,365 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Nebraska State Senate District 26

IncumbentMatt Hansen andBob Van Valkenburg advanced from the primary for Nebraska State Senate District 26 on May 15, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Matt Hansen (Nonpartisan)	77.0	4,223
✔	Submit photo	Bob Van Valkenburg (Nonpartisan)	23.0	1,264

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 5,487
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2014

See also:Nebraska State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for theNebraska State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 13, 2014. The general election took place onNovember 4, 2014. Thesignature filing deadline for challengers wishing to run in this election was March 3, 2014, two days after the statutory deadline, which fell on a Saturday. Incumbents were required to file for election by February 18, 2014, three days after the statutory deadline, which fell on the Saturday prior to Presidents Day.Matt Hansen andBrent Smoyer defeatedLarry Weixelman,Bob Van Valkenburg andJustin Valencia in the primary election. Hansen defeated Smoyer in the general election.^[1][2][3]

Nebraska State Senate District 26, General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Independent	Matt Hansen	54.8%	5,376
	Independent	Brent Smoyer	45.2%	4,442
Total Votes				9,818

Nebraska State Senate, District 26 Non-Partisan Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Brent Smoyer	32.3%	1,968
Matt Hansen	30%	1,823
Larry Weixelman	18.2%	1,105
Bob Van Valkenburg	9.8%	597
Justin Valencia	9.7%	593
Total Votes		6,086

2010

See also:Nebraska State Senate elections, 2010

Van Valkenburg came in third in the May 11 primary, losing toAmanda McGill andTom Dierks.^[4]

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2022

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2020

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