Les Seiler (born March 10, 1941) is a politician from the U.S. state of

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. A resident of

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, Seiler represented the 33rd District in the

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. __NOTOC__ Seiler was born on March 10, 1941, in

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. He attended

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, earning a B.A. in 1960. He received his J.D. from the

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College of Law in 1966. In 1966–67, he worked as a Nebraska Assistant Attorney General and in 1968-69 he worked as the Assistant General Counsel for the Metropolitan Utilities District. As of 2012, he worked as a lawyer at Seiler & Parker, P.C., in Hastings, Nebraska. Seiler's 33rd District includes Adams County and portions of Hall County. Following the death of senator

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in December 2011 governor

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appointed Seiler to fill the vacancy. He was sworn in on January 14, 2012, following the second week of the 2012 legislative session. Seiler was a member of the Education Committee and the Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee.Nebraska Unicameral Legislature
''Sen. Les Seiler''

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1941 births Republican Party Nebraska state senators People from Red Cloud, Nebraska People from Hastings, Nebraska Wayne State College alumni University of Nebraska–Lincoln alumni Living people 21st-century American legislators {{Nebraska-politician-stub