Deb Fischer

Deb Fischer
Official portrait, 2016
United States Senator from Nebraska
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2013 Serving with Pete Ricketts
Preceded by	Ben Nelson
Ranking Member of the Senate Rules Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2023
Preceded by	Roy Blunt
Member of the Nebraska Legislature from the 43rd district
In office January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2013
Preceded by	Jim Jones
Succeeded by	Al Davis
Personal details
Born	Debra Lynelle Strobel (1951-03-01) March 1, 1951 (age 73) Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Bruce Fischer ​ (m. 1972)​
Children	3
Education	University of Nebraska, Lincoln (BS)
Website	Senate website
Deb Fischer's voice Deb Fischer on the intention of Judge John M. Gerrard to take Senior Status Recorded February 10, 2022

Debra Lynelle Fischer (née Strobel; born March 1, 1951)^[1] is an American politician and former educator serving as the senior United States senator from Nebraska, a seat she has held since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Fischer is the third woman to represent Nebraska in the U.S. Senate (after Eva Bowring and Hazel Abel) and the first to be reelected.

From 1990 to 2004, Fischer served on the Valentine Rural High School Board of Education. In 2004, she was elected to the Nebraska Legislature, representing the 43rd district for two terms. Fischer ran for the U.S. 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 U.S. Senator Bob Kerrey and was the only Republican to flip a Senate seat in the 2012 elections. In 2015, she became the state's senior U.S. senator after Mike Johanns retired.