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He stated that he would run in the Republican Party primary election for the United States. House of Representatives in Nebraska"s 2nd congressional district in the 2016 Election. In 2000 when Democratic State Senator Shelley Kiel ran for Nebraska"s 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, Maxwell ran to succeed her. In the technically nonpartisan race to succeed her, he defeated fellow Republican J. Scott Knudsen by 4,663 votes (5483%) to 3,751 (4411%).
He declined to run for re-election in 2004, instead running for the District 5 seat on the Douglas County Board of Commissioners.
He defeated Democrat John T. Green by 14,084 votes (5267%) to 12,600 (4712%). He was unseated by Democrat Marc Kraft, a former Omaha City Councillor by 13,882 votes (4904%) to 11,925 (4213%).
In 2009, Maxwell ran for the Omaha City Council, losing to Democrat Chris Jerram by 4,766 votes (5239%) to 4,247 (4669%). After choosing not to run in the primary, he decided to run in the general election as an independent instead.
He mounted an independent bid against Lee Terry and Brad Ashford.
Despite collecting enough signatures to make the ballot, Maxwell withdrew from the race on July 24, saying that he had been asked by high-profile Republicans not to run and didn"t want to create a "permanent rift" in the district"s Republican Party. However, he said that he planned to run against Terry in the Republican primary in 2016, and noted that "I think this thing"s a toss-up, even with me out of lieutenant" Democratic nominee Brad Ashford defeated Terry in 2014, and Maxwell declared that he would run against Ashford in 2016.
Politics
Maxwell earned his Bachelor in political science from Boston College, his Master of Arts in American history from the University of Oxford, and his Juris Doctor from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He considered running in the Republican primary election for the House of Representatives in the 2nd Congressional district against incumbent Republican Lee Terry as a Tea Party challenger in the 2014 elections.
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A member of the Republican Party, Maxwell served in the unicameral Nebraska Legislature from 2001 to 2005 and on the Douglas County Board of Commissioners from 2005 to 2009.
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