A Representative from Nebraska; born in Scottsbluff, Scottsbluff County, Nebr., December 19, 1970; graduated from Gering High School, Gering, Nebr., 1989; attended Liberty University, Lynchburg. Va., 1989-1990; B.S., University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebr., 1993; business owner; teacher; Gering, Nebr., city council, 1994-1998; member of the Nebraska state legislature, 1999-2007; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Tenth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2007-present).