# Dave Murman

Dave Murman is a nonpartisan member of the Nebraska Legislature for district 38.

- Party: Nonpartisan
- Seat: Nebraska Legislature, district 38
- Serving since: 2019-01-09
- Current term: NE 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/25c29fce-5de4-46cd-97f0-887033d446ce

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/25c29fce-5de4-46cd-97f0-887033d446ce (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

71% of Murman’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Nebraska, in the bottom quarter of Nonpartisan state legislators.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.36 (standard error 0.02), from 18 donors and 986 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 83% of Nonpartisan state legislators score lower.

## Votes (NE 2025–26 session)

1,770 roll calls. Attendance 99.2% (Nebraska Legislature (nonpartisan) 95.5%).

Key votes:

- 2026-04-17 · voted nay · 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 nay · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 50 bills: 50 reached committee, 25 passed one chamber, 25 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 13. 50.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Nebraska Legislature (nonpartisan) 36.9%; rank 8 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- LR 504: Recognize and honor Pryce Sandfort and Braden Frager and their families for their contributions to Nebraska basketball and the continuation of a proud… (passed both chambers, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR504/
- LR 503: Recognize Coach Russ Ninemire's fifty years of dedication to Nebraska students and support for girls' athletics (passed both chambers, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR503/
- LR 502: Congratulate the City of Clay Center for earning Nebraska Rural Water Association's 2026 Best Tasting Drinking Water award (passed both chambers, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR502/
- LB 1050A: Appropriation Bill (passed both chambers, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1050A/
- LR 465: Interim study relating to school policies on student surveys and the involvement of parents, guardians, and educational decisionmakers (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR465/
- LR 405: Interim study to examine current laws and regulations to ascertain whether the State of Nebraska is able to assume the increased responsibilities necessary in… (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR405/
- LB 937A: Appropriation Bill (passed both chambers, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB937A/
- LR 367: Congratulate Kamerin Sealey for his athletic achievements (passed both chambers, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR367/
- LR 358: Recognize and congratulate the Sandy Creek Cougars football team on winning the 2025 Nebraska School Activities Association Class D-1 State Football… (passed both chambers, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR358/
- LR 338: Congratulate Patrick Moore for earning the Nebraska State Association of Secondary School Principals Distinguished Service Award (passed both chambers, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR338/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $3,404 (Nonpartisan state legislators median $10.9K). 71% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://nebraskalegislature.gov/senators/landing-pages/index.php?District=38
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senatormurman/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/25c29fce-5de4-46cd-97f0-887033d446ce