Helen Boosalis

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Helen Boosalis (born August 28, 1919) was a Nebraska Democratic Party politician. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was the first female mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska, and in 1986, ran for governor of Nebraska against Kay A. Orr in the first U.S. gubernatorial election in which both major party candidates were women.

Preceded by Sam Schwartzkopf

Mayor of Lincoln 1975 - 1983

Succeeded by Roland Luedtke

[edit] References

1. The Political Graveyard. Boosalis, Helen. Retrieved on January 10, 2006.

• This article incorporates facts obtained from The Political Graveyard.