Changes

{{Officeholder/senator

{{Officeholder/senator

|state=Nebraska

|state=Nebraska

|terms=January 3, 2001 – Present

|terms=January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2013

|preceded=J. Robert Kerrey

|preceded=J. Robert Kerrey

|former=n

|former=n

|succeeded=

|succeeded=[[Deb Fischer]]

}}

}}

{{Officeholder/governor

{{Officeholder/governor

}}

}}

'''Earl Benjamin "Ben" Nelson''', born May 17, 1941 (age {{age|1941|5|17}}), is the senior U.S. Senator from [[Nebraska]] and a member of the [[Democratic Party]]. He currently serves on the Committees on Appropriations, Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Armed Services, and Rules and Administration. He has voted with Democrats 92% of the time during the current [[Congress]],<ref>http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/n000180/</ref> and faces an uphill battle to be reelected in 2012 in [[conservative]] Nebraska.

'''Earl Benjamin "Ben" Nelson''', born May 17, 1941 (age {{age|1941|5|17}}), is a former U.S. Senator from [[Nebraska]] and a member of the [[Democratic Party]]. He served on the Committees on Appropriations, Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Armed Services, and Rules and Administration. He voted with Democrats 92% of the time during the 112th [[Congress]].<ref>http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/n000180/</ref> He decided not to run for a third term in the Senate.

==Political career==

==Political career==

{{DEFAULTSORT: Nelson, Ben}}

{{DEFAULTSORT: Nelson, Ben}}

[[Category:United States Senators]]

[[Category:Former United States Senators]]

[[Category:Democratic Party]]

[[Category:Democratic Party]]

[[Category: 110th United States Congress]]

[[Category:110th United States Congress]]

[[Category:111th United States Congress]]

[[Category:111th United States Congress]]

[[Category:Nebraska]]

[[Category:Nebraska]]