Nebraska Legislature seat · lines in effect since 2022
Nebraska Legislative District 29
A district of about 37,000 people, 45% of adults with a bachelor's degree. It votes D+23.3 relative to the nation for president.
2024 election
Nov 5, 2024- Eliot Bostar (OTH) · won100.0%
Unopposed.
Source: MIT Election Data and Science LabUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 12:13 PM ET
Where it sits among all 49 seats
Every Nebraska Legislature seat by partisan lean, from most Democratic to most Republican. Lean is the seat's presidential vote on current lines, relative to the nation.
Democratic
Source: 99chambers: 2024 and 2020 presidential results on current lines, relative to the nation (2024 weighted 3:1)Updated Oct 16, 2026, 5:19 AM ET
Every election for this seat
15 races since 1968. District numbers are redrawn after each census: each group is one set of lines.
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lines first used in 2022 | |||
| 2024 | Eliot Bostar (OTH) | — | Unopposed |
| Lines first used in 2012 | |||
| 2020 | Eliot Bostar (OTH) | Jacob Campbell (I) | 6.2 |
| 2016 | Kate Bolz (OTH) | Melody Vaccaro (I) | 66.9 |
| 2012 | Kate Bolz (OTH) | Larry Zimmerman (I) | 1.8 |
| Lines first used in 2002 | |||
| 2008 | Tony Fulton (OTH) | Susan Scott (I) | 14.3 |
| 2004 | Mike Foley (OTH) | Angelika T. L. Byorth (I) | 39.6 |
| Lines first used in 1992 | |||
| 2000 | Mike Foley (OTH) | James W. Hewitt (I) | 12.0 |
| 1996 | Lavon Crosby (OTH) | — | Unopposed |
| 1992 | Lavon Crosby (OTH) | — | Unopposed |
| Lines first used in 1982 | |||
| 1988 | Lavon Crosby (OTH) | Ray L. Lineweber (I) | 5.3 |
| 1984 | Shirley Marsh (OTH) | Eugene W. Dankert (I) | 16.0 |
| Lines first used in 1972 | |||
| 1980 | Shirley Marsh (OTH) | Lavon Crosby (I) | 7.0 |
| 1976 | Shirley Marsh (OTH) | Ronald Wylie (I) | 9.5 |
| 1972 | Shirley Marsh (OTH) | Fern Hubbard Orme (I) | 4.4 |
| Lines first used in 1962 | |||
| 1968 | Fern Hubbard Orme (OTH) | Jan Healey (I) | 45.6 |
Won by: the winner's lead over the runner-up, in points of the vote. Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Districts that overlap District 29
The state's districts in other chambers that share residents with this one, and the share of District 29's area in each.
- U.S. House
- NE-1 100%
Who lives here, compared
Grey bars show the spread of all 49 seats. Small marks are other seats in Nebraska. The black marker is District 29.
Higher than 79% of seats.
Lower than 54% of seats.
Lower than 69% of seats.
Lower than 54% of seats.
Lower than 58% of seats.
Denser than 81% of seats.
Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, allocated to current linesUpdated Oct 13, 2026, 5:06 AM ET
Seats most like this one
Nearest seats on demographics, density and lean. 4 of the 4 flipped this year.
District 2050% college gradsD+10.7Flipped ODistrict 28
42% college gradsD+34.2Flipped ODistrict 10
42% college gradsD+8.3Flipped ODistrict 26
33% college gradsD+11.2Flipped O
Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, allocated to current lines; 99chambers: 2024 and 2020 presidential results on current lines, relative to the nation (2024 weighted 3:1)Updated Oct 16, 2026, 5:19 AM ET