PERSON: Machaela Cavanaugh

Senator

Machaela M. Cavanaugh is an American politician serving in the Nebraska Legislature from the 6th district since 2019. She is a member of the Democratic Party.

Cavanaugh was born on January 17, 1979, in Washington, D.C. She is the daughter of former Nebraska state legislator and U.S. Representative John Joseph Cavanaugh III. She attended Marian High School in Omaha, Nebraska, and the University of St. Thomas, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in sociology in 2001. She went on to graduate school at the University of Nebraska Omaha and obtained her Masters in Public Administration (MPA) in 2008.

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