Lydia Brasch (born July 14, 1953) is an American businesswoman, farmer, and politician who served as a member of the

Nebraska Legislature The Nebraska Legislature (also called the Unicameral) is the legislature of the U.S. state of Nebraska. The Legislature meets at the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln. With 49 members, known as "senators", the Nebraska Legislature is the small ...

from the 16th district. __NOTOC__

Early life

Brasch was born in

Lincoln, Nebraska Lincoln is the capital city of the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Lancaster County. The city covers with a population of 292,657 in 2021. It is the second-most populous city in Nebraska and the 73rd-largest in the United Sta ...

. She graduated from Lincoln High School and

University of Nebraska–Lincoln The University of Nebraska–Lincoln (Nebraska, NU, or UNL) is a public land-grant research university in Lincoln, Nebraska. Chartered in 1869 by the Nebraska Legislature as part of the Morrill Act of 1862, the school was known as the Universit ...

Career

Brasch is a farmer and owns a marketing and design firm. Prior to her election to the legislature, she was a member of both the

Nebraska State Fair The Nebraska State Fair is the state fair of the U.S. state of Nebraska. It is held annually in Grand Island, approximately 100 miles west of the state capital of Lincoln, which hosted the fair until 2010. The fair usually runs for 11 days, an ...

Foundation and the

Cuming County Cuming County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 9,139. Its county seat is West Point. In the Nebraska license plate system, Cuming County is represented by the prefix 24 since it ...

Fair Foundation.

State legislature

Brasch was elected in 2010 to represent the 16th Nebraska legislative district. She sat on the Agriculture, General Affairs, Revenue, Rules, and State-Tribal Relations committees. She is

anti-abortion Anti-abortion movements, also self-styled as pro-life or abolitionist movements, are involved in the abortion debate advocating against the practice of abortion and its legality. Many anti-abortion movements began as countermovements in respons ...

and in 2011, she sponsored and passed LB690, which required parental consent before a minor receives an abortion. She was unable to run for re-election in 2018 due to state mandated term limits. Brasch sponsored the

right to repair The right to repair refers to proposed government legislation to forbid manufacturers to impose barriers that deny consumers the ability to repair and modify their own consumer products (e.g. electronic, automotive devices or farm vehicles such ...

legislation in 2017 giving farmers access to the diagnostic software embedded in farm equipment by the manufacturers. The bill was indefinitely postponed after sitting over a year and a half after big technology representatives spoke during a hearing on the bill.

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1953 births Living people Politicians from Lincoln, Nebraska Republican Party Nebraska state senators People from Cuming County, Nebraska University of Nebraska–Lincoln alumni Women state legislators in Nebraska 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians American women farmers {{Nebraska-politician-stub