# Robert Dover

Robert Dover is a nonpartisan member of the Nebraska Legislature for district 19.

- Party: Nonpartisan
- Seat: Nebraska Legislature, district 19
- Serving since: 2022-07-22
- Current term: NE 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a9cc86ff-602c-453f-9d6c-fd1567c7fbd7

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a9cc86ff-602c-453f-9d6c-fd1567c7fbd7 (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

Dover missed 17% of 1,770 roll calls, attendance in the bottom 5% of the Nebraska Legislature (nonpartisan) (average 95.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.20 (standard error 0.03), from 117 donors and 435 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 56% of Nonpartisan state legislators score lower.

## Votes (NE 2025–26 session)

1,770 roll calls. Attendance 83% (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 present · 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 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 51 bills: 51 reached committee, 14 passed one chamber, 14 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 10. 27.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Nebraska Legislature (nonpartisan) 36.9%; rank 34 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- LR 459: Interim study to examine the assessment of agricultural land value based on potential income and determine whether such method of assessment is the best way… (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR459/
- LR 460: Interim study to examine residential building codes and land development regulations and which specific codes may be cost prohibitive in the building of… (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR460/
- LR 433: Interim study to examine the necessity of a robust and well-integrated education and workforce system to support long-term economic growth that enables… (in committee, 2026-09-09) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR433/
- LR 432: Interim study to examine how current residential building codes affect the cost of rehabilitating older properties and if changes need to be made to such… (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR432/
- LR 410: Congratulate the Battle Creek High School boys wrestling team on winning the 2026 Class C State Wrestling Championship title (passed both chambers, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR410/
- LR 399: Interim study to examine the impact of appropriations for biomedical research funding in the State of Nebraska (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR399/
- LB 1127A: Appropriation Bill (became law, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1127A/
- LB 1246: Provide duties for the Nebraska Investment Finance Authority and change reporting requirements under the Nebraska Affordable Housing Act (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1246/
- LB 1251: Change provisions relating to liens of homeowners' associations and unit owners associations (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1251/
- LB 1245: Provide for assigned parking for members of the Legislature and judges (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1245/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $18.1K (Nonpartisan state legislators median $10.9K). 100% 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=19
- Campaign site: https://www.doverforlegislature.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Senator-Rob-Dover-100086123491140/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertdover/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a9cc86ff-602c-453f-9d6c-fd1567c7fbd7