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Migrating sandhill cranes (Antigone canadensis) depart their overnight roosting area in the Platte River near Kearney, Nebraska, at dawn (2015).

Nebraska (/nəˈbræskə/ ^ⓘ nə-BRASS-kə) is a triply landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwest; and Wyoming to the west. Nebraska is the 16th largest state by land area, with just over 77,220 square miles (200,000 km²). With a population of over 1.9 million, it is the 37th most populous state and the 7th least densely populated. Its capitalisLincoln, and its most populous cityisOmaha, which is on the Missouri River. Nebraska was admitted into the United States in 1867, two years after the end of the American Civil War. The Nebraska Legislature is unlike any other American legislature in that it is unicameral, and its members are elected without any official reference to political party affiliation.

Nebraska is composed of two major land regions: the Dissected Till Plains and the Great Plains. The Dissected Till Plains region consists of gently rolling hills and contains the state's largest cities, Omaha and Lincoln. The Great Plains region, occupying most of western Nebraska, is characterized by treeless prairie. Eastern Nebraska has a humid continental climate while western Nebraska is primarily semi-arid. The state has wide variations between winter and summer temperatures; the variations decrease in southern Nebraska. Violent thunderstorms and tornadoes occur primarily during spring and summer, and sometimes in autumn. Chinook wind tends to warm the state significantly in the winter and early spring.

Indigenous peoples, including Omaha, Missouria, Ponca, Pawnee, Otoe, and various branches of the Lakota (Sioux) tribes, lived in the region for thousands of years before European discovery and exploration. The state is crossed by many historic trails, including that of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad through Nebraska and passage of the Homestead Acts led to rapid growth in the population of American settlers in the 1870s and 1880s and the development of a large agriculture sector for which the state is known to this day. (Full article...)

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The 2020 United States Senate election in Nebraska was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Nebraska, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

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David Alan Domina is an American lawyer and politician from Nebraska. A member of the Democratic Party, he was involved in a number of high-profile legal cases, including the impeachment of Nebraska Attorney General Paul L. Douglas in 1986, and that of University of Nebraska regent David Hergert in 2006. Beginning in 2012, he represented opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline in contesting a legislative measure relating to the use of eminent domain for the pipeline.

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  Image 1Winter at Scotts Bluff National Monument (from Nebraska)
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  Image 2The Nebraska State CapitolinLincoln (from Nebraska)
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  Image 3Football game at the University of Nebraska on September 6, 2008 (from Nebraska)
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  Image 4A land offer from the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad, 1872 (from History of Nebraska)
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  Image 5The Oglala National Grassland near Chadron, Nebraska (from History of Nebraska)
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  Image 6Football game at the University of Nebraska on September 6, 2008 (from Nebraska)
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  Image 7Omaha, Nebraska's largest city (from Nebraska)
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  Image 8Winter at Scotts Bluff National Monument (from Nebraska)
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  Image 91859 map of route from Sioux City, Iowa, through Nebraska, to gold fields of Wyoming, partially following old Mormon trails. (from History of Nebraska)
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  Image 10Nebraska National Forest (from Nebraska)
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  Image 11Nebraska grain bins and elevator (from Nebraska)
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  Image 12The Nebraska State CapitolinLincoln (from Nebraska)
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  Image 13Acropduster in agrarian Nebraska, far west of Omaha (from Nebraska)
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  Image 14Population density in Nebraska (from Nebraska)
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  Image 15Map of counties in Nebraska by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census

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  • Non-Hispanic White   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90%+

    Native American   60–70%

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  Image 16Population density in Nebraska (from Nebraska)
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  Image 17A map of Nebraska (from Nebraska)
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  Image 18Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from Nebraska)
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  Image 19Homesteaders in central Nebraska in 1866 (from History of Nebraska)
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  Image 20"Crow Dog", a Brulé Native American in 1898. (from History of Nebraska)
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  Image 21Acropduster in agrarian Nebraska, far west of Omaha (from Nebraska)
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  Image 22A map of Nebraska (from Nebraska)
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  Image 23Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from Nebraska)
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  Image 24Homesteaders in central Nebraska in 1888
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  Image 25Köppen climate types of Nebraska, using 1991-2020 climate normals (from Nebraska)
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  Image 26Nebraska in 1718, Guillaume de L'Isle map, with the approximate area of the future state highlighted (from Nebraska)
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  Image 27Nebraska grain bins and elevator (from Nebraska)
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  Image 28Ethnic origins in Nebraska (from Nebraska)
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  Image 29Homesteaders in central Nebraska in 1888
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  Image 30ADinohippus fossil horse from the late Pliocene found at Ashfall State Historical Park near Royal (from History of Nebraska)
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  Image 31Map of counties in Nebraska by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census

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  • Non-Hispanic White   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90%+

    Native American   60–70%

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  Image 32Nebraska National Forest (from Nebraska)
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  Image 33Ethnic origins in Nebraska (from Nebraska)
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  Image 34Nebraska in 1718, Guillaume de L'Isle map, with the approximate area of the future state highlighted (from Nebraska)
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  Image 35Köppen climate types of Nebraska, using 1991-2020 climate normals (from Nebraska)
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  Image 36Omaha, Nebraska's largest city (from Nebraska)
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  Image 37Wagon train headed to California (from History of Nebraska)

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