Lavon Heidemann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American politician
Date of Birth: 24-Oct-1958
Place of Birth: Pawnee City, Nebraska, United States
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Lavon Heidemann
- Lavon Lynn Heidemann (born October 24, 1958) is an American politician from the state of Nebraska.
- He is a member of the Republican Party.
- He served as the Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska from February 13, 2013 to September 9, 2014. Born in Pawnee City, Nebraska, he graduated from Elk Creek High School in 1977.
- He was a dairy farmer and member of the Elk Creek Public Schools Board of Education.
- He is also a member of the local fire district board and attends St.
- Peter's Lutheran Church.In 2004, Heidemann ran for a seat representing the 1st District in the Nebraska Legislature and won.
- In 2008, he ran unopposed, until his support for an increase in the gas tax prompted Jerry Joy to launch an ultimately unsuccessful write-in campaign.
- He served as chairman of the Appropriations Committee.In 2012, Heidemann ran for University of Nebraska regent in the 5th District, against Mike Jones.
- He won with a narrow lead.In 2013, Lieutenant Governor Rick Sheehy resigned after the Omaha World-Herald revealed that he had made several thousand late-night calls using his state-issued cell phone to four women, none his wife.
- Governor Dave Heineman named Heidemann the new lieutenant governor on February 13, 2013.
- In June 2014, Republican gubernatorial candidate Pete Ricketts named Heidemann as his running mate for the November 2014 election.In September 2014, Heidemann's sister obtained a restraining order against him, alleging that he had physically assaulted her in the course of a dispute over the care of their elderly mother.
- Heidemann resigned from his post as lieutenant governor, and withdrew from the Ricketts ticket.
- Heineman appointed Omaha legislator John Nelson to replace Heidemann as lieutenant governor; Ricketts named state auditor Mike Foley as his new running mate.
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