district residence succeeded birth_place party article_title preceded birth_date term_start state_legislature state term_end alma_mater
48th scottsbluff , nebraska john stinner bayard , nebraska non-partisan john harms
 adrian smith 17 february 1940 2007 nebraska nebraska 2015 chadron state college
john harms

john n. harms -lrb- b. february 17 , 1940 -rrb- is a politician from the u.s. state of nebraska .
he served two terms in the nebraska legislature from 2007 to 2015 .
harms is a former president of western nebraska community college .
harms graduated from morrill high school in 1958 .
he earned a bachelor 's degree and a master of science degree in secondary education from chadron state college and an ed.d. in higher educational administration from montana state university .
he began his professional career as a high school teacher in gering , nebraska and served in a variety of educational positions culminating with the presidency of western nebraska community college , a position he attained in 1976 .
in 2006 , harms retired from the college to run for the state legislature .
he defeated gering dentist george schlothauer , winning 58 % of the vote to schlothauer 's 42 % .
harms ran unopposed for re-election to his legislative seat in 2010 .
due to nebraska 's term-limits law , harms was ineligible to run for a third consecutive term in 2014 .
he was succeeded by john stinner .
