Maxine Moul
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Maxine B. Moul is a U.S. Democratic politician best known for being the Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska from 1990 to 1993.
[edit] Biography
Maxine Moul was raised in Burt County, Nebraska. She graduated from Oakland High School and received her bachelors degree in journalism from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1969. She worked as a writer and photographer for Iowa Journal in Sioux City from 1969 to 1971. She married Francis Moul in 1972 with whom she purchased the Syracuse Journal-Democrat. Moul eventually expanded the newspaper into Maverick Media, a larger newspaper and magazine publishing company.
Moul served as the Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska from 1990 to 1993 under Governor Ben Nelson. She resigned in 1993 to become the director of the Nebraska Department of Economic Development, a post she held until 1999. From 2001 to 2006 she served as the president of the Nebraska Community Foundation, a charitable organization providing financial management, strategic development, and training services to Nebraska communities and organizations. In 2006, she ran for congress for Nebraska's 1st congressional district and was defeated by Republican incumbent Jeff Fortenberry by a margin of 18 percentage points.[1]
Moul has two children Jennifer Ann (deceased) and Jeff, a step-son Bogart, and three grandchildren.
| Preceded by William E. Nichol |
Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska 1990–1993 |
Succeeded by Kim M. Robak |
