LeRoy Bahensky

In 1954, State Senator Hugh Carson declined to seek re-election, and Bahensky ran to succeed him in the 29th district, which included Greeley, Howard, Valley, and Wheeler counties.^[3] In the nonpartisan primary, he faced trucking company owner Jack Romans and former local superintendent Arnold Tuning.^[4] In the nonpartisan primary, Bahensky placed first, receiving 46 percent of the vote to Romans's 30 percent.^[5] They proceeded to the general election, where Bahensky defeated Romans in a landslide, winning 68 percent of the vote.^[5]

Bahensky ran for re-election in 1956,^[6] and won his second term unopposed.^[7][8]

In 1958, Bahensky declined to seek re-election to a third term,^[9] and was succeeded by Romans. After Bahensky left office, he was appointed to the Nebraska Game Commission by Governor Ralph G. Brooks,^[10] and was unanimously confirmed by the legislature.^[11]

Bahensky resigned from the commission in 1962,^[12] and challenged Romans for re-election to the legislature.^[13] Bahensky placed second in the primary, receiving 36 percent of the vote to Romans's 52 percent.^[14] They advanced to the general election,^[15] which Bahensky narrowly won, receiving 51 percent of the vote to Romans's 49 percent.^[14][16]

In 1964, following the expansion of the state legislature to forty-nine districts and subsequent redistricting, Bahensky ran for re-election in the 41st district, which included most of his previous district.^[17] He was challenged by Rudolf Kokes and Arthur Shotkoski in the primary.^[18][19] Bahensky won 38 percent of the vote in the primary to Kokes's 43 percent, and lost the general election by a wide margin, receiving just 40 percent of the vote to Kokes's 60 percent.^[20]

Bahensky died on April 29, 1993.^[2]