# Megan Hunt

Megan Hunt is a nonpartisan member of the Nebraska Legislature for district 8.

- Party: Nonpartisan
- Seat: Nebraska Legislature, district 8
- Serving since: 2019-01-09
- Current term: NE 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1b988941-ec1a-4f87-b17a-51fb0309dea0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1b988941-ec1a-4f87-b17a-51fb0309dea0 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Hunt missed 20% of 1,770 roll calls, the lowest attendance of 49 in the Nebraska Legislature (nonpartisan) (average 95.5%).

## What Hunt says (NE 2025–26 session)

1,671 classified statements: 1,671 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the Nonpartisan state legislators average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Hunt | Nonpartisan state legislators average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 6.0% | 1.1% | 1 of 6 |
| Policy criticism | 10.3% | 16.3% | 6 of 6 |
| Policy discussion | 18.1% | 40.7% | 6 of 6 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.4% | 3.2% | 5 of 6 |
| Credit claiming | 1.8% | 16.6% | 6 of 6 |
| Extreme labels | 1.2% | 0.4% | 1 of 6 |

Most discussed policy areas: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 21% (Nonpartisan state legislators 13%); Government Operations and Politics 18% (Nonpartisan state legislators 15%); Immigration 17% (Nonpartisan state legislators 4.7%); Health 16% (Nonpartisan state legislators 36%); Economics and Public Finance 15% (Nonpartisan state legislators 16%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.86 (standard error 0.02), from 66 donors and 882 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 3.1% of Nonpartisan state legislators score lower.

## Votes (NE 2025–26 session)

1,770 roll calls. Attendance 80% (Nebraska Legislature (nonpartisan) 95.5%).

Key votes:

- 2026-04-17 · voted yea · Fredrickson MO586 failed · LB 929 Provide for managed care organizations to pay the deductible, cost sharing, or similar charges on behalf of medicaid enrollees · fail · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB929/
- 2026-04-17 · voted yea · Cavanaugh, J. MO585 failed · LB 1256 Redefine a term under the Emergency Management Act · fail · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1256/
- 2026-04-10 · voted yea · Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 49-0-0 · LB 820A Appropriation Bill · pass · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB820A/
- 2026-04-10 · voted yea · Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 48-1*-0 · LB 912A Appropriation Bill · pass · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB912A/
- 2026-04-10 · voted nay · Passed on Final Reading 47-2*-0 · LB 955 Provide for practice agreements between pharmacists and physician assistants · pass · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB955/
- 2026-04-10 · voted nay · Passed on Final Reading 43-6*-0 · LB 1261A Appropriation Bill · pass · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1261A/
- 2026-04-10 · voted yea · Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 49-0-0 · LB 820 Change retirement provisions relating to approved identification documents, participation in certain retirement systems, state contributions, ex… · pass · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB820/
- 2026-04-10 · voted nay · Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 38-11-0 · LB 935 Provide for court fees; change provisions relating to incentives for rural legal practice, protection orders, hearsay, sentencing, support order liens,… · pass · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB935/
- 2026-04-10 · voted nay · Passed on Final Reading 41-8*-0 · LB 889 Change a penalty and provisions regulating licensure and registration under the State Electrical Act · pass · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB889/
- 2026-04-10 · voted yea · Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 49-0-0 · LB 905 Change and eliminate provisions relating to boards, commissions, committees, task forces, and funds that terminate · pass · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB905/

## Legislation (NE 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 28 bills: 28 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 9. 21.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Nebraska Legislature (nonpartisan) 36.9%; rank 39 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- LR 354: Recognize March 2026 as Celebrate Theatre in Our Schools Month (passed both chambers, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR354/
- LB 1224: Prohibit children from transferring to an exempt school during certain child abuse or neglect investigations and prohibit persons convicted of certain crimes… (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1224/
- LB 1223: Change headlight requirements under the Nebraska Rules of the Road and prohibit the sale and distribution of certain motor vehicles under the Motor Vehicle… (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1223/
- LB 1148: Provide for recognition and enforcement of parentage of children conceived by assisted reproduction (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1148/
- LB 1149: Require disclosure of proposed state agency contracts with private entities that have contracts with United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1149/
- LB 1150: Prohibit the approval of certain applications under the ImagiNE Nebraska Act (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1150/
- LB 854: Prohibit law enforcement officers from wearing facial coverings or disguises and require them to wear appropriate identification (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB854/
- LB 734: Change waiver of work requirements under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB734/
- LB 275A: Appropriation Bill (became law, 2025-06-06) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB275A/
- LR 60: Recognize March 4, 2025, as Celebrate Theatre in Our Schools Day in Nebraska (passed both chambers, 2025-03-11) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR60/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $2,700 (Nonpartisan state legislators median $10.9K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/NebraskaMegan/status/2114430658420310466
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/NebraskaMegan/status/2114082603527725477
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/NebraskaMegan/status/2113462347733811622
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/NebraskaMegan/status/2113479733828825433
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/NebraskaMegan/status/2113497643481784831
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/NebraskaMegan/status/2113268358443626502
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/NebraskaMegan/status/2113405485634445378
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/NebraskaMegan/status/2113405487169540408
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/NebraskaMegan/status/2113405488784441508
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/NebraskaMegan/status/2113406665185997009

## Links

- Official site: https://nebraskalegislature.gov/senators/landing-pages/index.php?District=8
- Campaign site: https://meganfornebraska.com/
- X: https://x.com/NebraskaMegan
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MeganHuntNE/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nebraskamegan/?hl=en
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SenatorMeganHunt
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mehunt/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1b988941-ec1a-4f87-b17a-51fb0309dea0