John Synowiecki

John Synowiecki (born November 28, 1963)[1] is a Nebraska former state senator from Omaha, Nebraska in the Nebraska Legislature and the former program director for governmental relations for Catholic Charities.

Personal life

He was born on November 28, 1963, in Omaha, Nebraska and graduated from Paul VI High School, a Roman Catholic high school, in 1982. In 1987 he graduated from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in criminal justice and philosophy. Synowiecki is descended from Polish immigrants, and his grandmother was born in Poland.[2]

From 1990 to 2000 he was a probation officer and from 2000 to 2002 he was a probation supervisor. He won the Nebraska State Probation Officer of the Year in 1998.

State legislature

He was appointed on January 7, 2002 to replace John Hilgert who had resigned. Synowiecki later was elected in 2002 to represent the 7th Nebraska legislative district and reelected in 2004.

He sat on the Appropriations committee and was the vice chairman of the Nebraska Retirement Systems.

In 2016, Synowiecki ran to regain his seat, losing to Tony Vargas.[3]

Preceded by
John Hilgert		 Nebraska state senator-district 7
2002-2008		 Succeeded by
Jeremy Nordquist

See also

References
  1. "Nebraska Unicameral Legislature". Sen. John Synowiecki. Archived from the original on May 22, 2006. Retrieved March 15, 2006.
  1. "Synowiecki, John". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  2. Tysver, Robin (July 3, 2016). "Race to represent South Omaha in Legislature is about more than ethnicity, candidates say". Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
  3. "Synowiecki will try to regain South Omaha seat in Nebraska Legislature". Omaha World-Herald. May 18, 2015. Retrieved September 23, 2017.


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