Patty Pansing Brooks

Patty Pansing Brooks is an attorney and former Nebraska state senator who represented District 28 from 2015 to 2023 and is a candidate for the seat again in the November 3, 2026 general election, facing Colby Woodson.[1][2] She was the Democratic nominee for Nebraska's 1st Congressional District in 2022.[1]

Patty Pansing Brooks was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, and graduated from Lincoln Southeast High School in 1976.[1] She earned a B.A. in political science and government from Colorado College in 1980 and a J.D. from the University of Nebraska in 1984.[1] Her career experience includes co-founding Brooks, Pansing Brooks, PC, LLO, where she was vice president, and working as an attorney.[1]

Pansing Brooks was elected to the Nebraska State Senate in 2014, defeating Dallas Jones in the general election with 61.4 percent of the vote, and assumed office on January 7, 2015.[1] She won re-election in 2018 and served on the Education and Judiciary committees.[1] In 2022, she won the Democratic primary for U.S. House in Nebraska's 1st District and lost the general election to incumbent Mike Flood, 57.9 percent to 42.1 percent; she had also lost to Flood in the June 28, 2022 special election.[1]

In the May 12, 2026 primary for the open District 28 seat, Pansing Brooks finished first with 79.7 percent of the vote.[1]

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.