Biography:

Lee Terry was born and raised in Omaha, graduating from Omaha Northwest High School in 1980.

After graduating from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1984 and earning a law degree from Creighton University in 1987, Terry practiced as an attorney.

His former occupations included bartender, waiter and lifeguard.

In 1991, at 29, he was first elected to the Omaha City Council.

He announced his first campaign for Congress in 1998, and won. He was re-elected in 2000 and 2002.

He and his wife, Robyn, have three children.

Past Campaigns:

At the age of 29, Terry was first elected to the Omaha City Council in 1991.

He announced his first campaign for Congress in 1998 after two-term Rep. Jon Christensen decided to seek the Republican nomination for governor.

Running against four other Republicans, Terry won the Omaha-centered 2nd District primary with 39 percent of the vote. He went on to easily defeat Democrat Michael Scott, a former television anchorman who admitted during his campaign to using marijuana and cocaine in his youth, with 66 percent of the vote.

Terry was re-elected in 2000 with 68 percent of the vote over Democratic state Sen. Shelley Kiel. Terry was unopposed in the 2002 GOP primary in May.

He was re-elected in 2002 with 63 percent of the vote, defeating Democrat Jim Simon.

He is seeking re-election again this year, facing state Sen. Nancy Thompson of Papillion, a Democrat. With nearly $700,000, Terry had raised nearly three times as much in campaign contributions as Thompson through April.

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