Sen. Matt Connealy, Executive Director
Senator Matt Connealy, of Decatur, was first elected as state senator representing the 16th District in northeast Nebraska in 1998. He was re-elected in 2002 and departed the seat in 2007 due to term limits. Sen. Connealy served as the Chair of the Unicameral’s Business and Labor Committee and was instrumental in legislation that banned racial profiling, provided incentives for ethanol production, created a Meatpackers Bill of Rights Enforcement Officer, increased rural development and the passage of the Nebraska Advantage Act that rewrote Nebraska’s business incentives.
Connealy was the Democratic nominee for Congress in Nebraska’s first Congressional District in 2004.
Connealy has been involved in politics and the leadership of the Nebraska Democratic Party for many years. As state senator, in his run for Congress, and in co-sponsoring three training camps for Democratic activists, he has encouraged the involvement of young people in the political process.
Sen. Connealy and his wife Judith reside in Decatur and farm in Burt and Thurston counties where they have grown corn and soybeans since 1973. They have two children, Maggie and Mick.