district residence website succeeded birth_place party preceded birth_date term_start state_legislature article_title state name occupation alma_mater
9th omaha , nebraska -lsb- http://www.sarafornebraska.com/ sara for nebraska -rsb- incumbent omaha , nebraska democratic gwen howard 24 september 1981 2013 nebraska sara howard
 nebraska sara howard attorney smith college loyola university chicago school of law
sara howard

sara howard -lrb- b. september 24 , 1981 -rrb- is a politician from the u.s. state of nebraska .
in 2012 , she was elected to the nebraska legislature , representing an omaha district .
howard was born in omaha in 1981 , the daughter of gwen howard and david howard ; her father was killed in a car accident before her birth .
she graduated from omaha 's duchesne academy of the sacred heart in 1999 .
in 2003 , she received a b.a. from smith college ; in 2008 , a j.d. from loyola university chicago school of law .
from 2009 to 2011 , she worked as a staff attorney for the illinois maternal and child health coalition , then moved to omaha , where she worked as a development specialist for oneworld community health centers .
gwen howard served two terms in the nebraska legislature , representing the 9th district in midtown omaha .
because of nebraska 's term-limits law , she was ineligible to run for a third consecutive term in the 2012 election .
sara howard , who had been her mother 's campaign manager , ran for the seat .
in the nonpartisan primary , howard received 56.6 % of the vote ; erica fish , 30.1 % ; and vernon joseph davis , 13.3 % .
as the top two vote-getters , howard , a member of the democratic party , and fish , a republican , moved on to the general election .
howard won the seat , with 66 % of the vote to fish 's 34 % .
in the legislature 's 2015 session , howard was appointed to the banking , commerce , and insurance committee , and to the health and human services committee .
