Peter Allen "Pete" Pirsch (born October 28, 1969) is a politician from the state of

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in the

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. He was born in

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. His mother,

Carol McBride Pirsch Carol McBride Pirsch (born December 27, 1936) was a member of the Nebraska Legislature. Born to Lyle Erwin and Hilfrie Lebeck McBride in Omaha, Nebraska, Pirsch attended Beals Grade School; Central High School; Miami University in Oxford, Ohio; ...

, was a member of the Nebraska Legislature, representing the 10th district from 1979 to 1997. He is a graduate of the

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(BA in government), the

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(JD), and the

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(MBA). His professional experience included working as the vice president of PBC, Inc., and as a criminal prosecutor in the city of

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. In a contested primary in 2006, he finished first among four candidates in his initial race for the

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. He then served two terms in the nonpartisan legislature, representing Nebraska's 4th legislative district, which includes West Omaha. He sat on the Banking, Commerce and Insurance committee and the Revenue committee. Nebraska's term-limits law precluded Pirsch from running for re-election in 2014. In October 2013, he announced that he would run for

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, but after Nebraska Attorney General

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announced that he was running for

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, Pirsch decided to run instead for

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in the 2014 election. However, he lost in the primaries to Doug Peterson. He is currently serving as a Deputy Sarpy County attorney.

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