Rick Sheehy

Infobox_Lt_Governor
name= Rick Sheehy

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order= 38^th
office= Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska
term_start=January 24, 2005
governor= Dave Heineman
predecessor= Dave Heineman
successor= Incumbent
birth_date= birth date and age |1959|10|3
birth_place= Hastings, Nebraska
death_date=
death_place=
party= Republican
profession= Paramedic
spouse=Connie C. Sheehy
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Rick Sheehy (born October 3, 1959 in Hastings, Nebraska) is an American Republican politician and the current Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska. He was appointed by Governor Dave Heineman on January 24, 2005, after Heineman became Governor upon Mike Johanns' appointment as United States Secretary of Agriculture in President George W. Bush's cabinet.

Sheehy is a native of Hastings, Nebraska. He graduated from St. Cecilia High School and attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Central Community College. In 1982, Sheehy began work as an emergency medical technician for Rural Metro Ambulance in Hastings, Nebraska. He had been a market general manager with Rural Metro for 18 years when he was appointed Lieutenant Governor.

Sheehy served on the Hastings City Council from 1994-2000, serving as council president from 1996-2000. In 2000 Sheehy, then a Democrat, was elected Mayor of Hastings, a non-partisan office. He became a Republican in August 2003, and was reelected as Mayor in 2004. He was serving in his second term as mayor when he was appointed Lieutenant Governor. He was Heineman's running mate in 2006 and was elected to another term as Lieutenant Governor which will last until January 2011.

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