Eric Kamler
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Eric Kamler | |
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| Member of the Nebraska Public Service Commission from the 4th district | |
| Assumed office January 5, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Rod Johnson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 13, 1991 York, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Education | University of Nebraska, Lincoln (BS) |
Eric Kamler (born May 13, 1991) is an American Republican politician currently serving as a member of the Nebraska Public Service Commission from the 4th district.
Kamler was born in York, Nebraska, and graduated from graduated from Fillmore Central School in 2009. He attended the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, where he served as the student body president and as a student regent, graduating with his bachelor's degree in agricultural economics in 2015.[1] After graduating, he returned to his family farm, where he raised corn, soybeans, and sorghum, and managed a seed dealership.[2] He also worked for Congressman Adrian Smith as an agricultural liaison. In 2014, Kamler was elected to the Geneva City Council, and in 2018, he was elected as the Mayor.[3]
In 2019, following reports of damage to buildings and staffing shortages at the Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Center in Geneva, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services temporarily relocated twenty-four girls who were incarcerated at the Center to a similar facility in Kearney.[4] Kamler lobbied against the permanent closure of the facility, which was one of the largest employers in the city,[4] but several months later, the Department announced that it would continue to house juvenile offenders in Kearney as it re-evaluated the state's youth rehabilitation and treatment center system.[5]