# Woody Wordekemper

Woody Wordekemper is a nonpartisan member of the Nebraska Legislature for district 15.

- Party: Nonpartisan
- Seat: Nebraska Legislature, district 15
- Serving since: 2025-01-08
- Current term: NE 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/86a9643e-4777-48d4-a79a-5ed192fb7f70

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/86a9643e-4777-48d4-a79a-5ed192fb7f70 (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

Wordekemper has served since 2025.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.01 (standard error 0.02), from 30 donors and 281 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 36% 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 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 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 24 bills: 24 reached committee, 11 passed one chamber, 11 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 8. 45.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Nebraska Legislature (nonpartisan) 36.9%; rank 15 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- LR 479: Congratulate the Archbishop Bergan High School boys basketball team on winning the 2026 Class C-2 State Basketball Championship (passed both chambers, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR479/
- LR 369: Congratulate the Fremont High School boys swim team on winning the 200 freestyle relay championship title, and congratulate Elliot Vech on winning the 100 and… (passed both chambers, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR369/
- LR 345: Congratulate the Fremont High School boys bowling team on winning the 2026 Class A Boys Bowling Championship title (passed both chambers, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR345/
- LR 346: Congratulate the Fremont High School girls bowling team on earning the 2026 Class A Girls Bowling Championship runner-up title (passed both chambers, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR346/
- LB 1169: Prohibit assault on a court operations officer (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1169/
- LB 1170: Change provisions relating to filing and appealing claims against the state (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1170/
- LB 1168: Authorize the issuance of conduit revenue bonds under the Community Development Law (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1168/
- LR 307: Recognize the month of January 2026 as Firefighter Cancer Awareness Month in Nebraska (passed both chambers, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR307/
- LB 823: Change provisions relating to burning permits and the statewide open burning ban (became law, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB823/
- LB 754: Change provisions relating to permits issued by the Nebraska State Patrol for the storage, use, or purchase of explosives and application requirements for… (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB754/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $10.6K (Nonpartisan state legislators median $10.9K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/86a9643e-4777-48d4-a79a-5ed192fb7f70