Background
Daub, Hal was born on April 23, 1941 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States. Son of Harold John and Eleanor M. (Hickman) Daub.
United States representative lawyer politician
Daub, Hal was born on April 23, 1941 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States. Son of Harold John and Eleanor M. (Hickman) Daub.
He graduated from Benson High School before receiving his B.S. from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri in 1963, and his J.D. from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Law, Lincoln, Nebraska in 1966.
In 2012, Daub was elected to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska system. He served in the United States Army as an infantry captain from 1966 to 1968 during the Vietnam War. Daub settled in Omaha, where he went into private practice of law.
He also became active in the Republican Party. He ran for the United States House of Representatives in the Omaha-based 2nd congressional district in 1978, losing to incumbent Democrat John J. Cavanaugh III. He ran again in 1980 and defeated Cavanaugh in a year Republican's made big gains nationwide thanks to presidential nominee Ronald Reagan's coattails. Daub would be reelected three more times in 1982, 1984, and 1986.
In March 1987, Nebraska's senior U.S. Senator Edward Zorinsky, a Democrat, died of a heart attack and Governor Kay A. Orr appointed businessman David Karnes to fill the seat. Daub challenged Karnes in the Republican primary for election to a full term in the Senate in 1988, but lost by nine points to Karnes, who then lost the general election to former Democratic Governor Bob Kerrey. In 1990, Daub challenged the state's other Democratic senator, J. James Exon, for reelection, easily winning the Republican nomination, but losing the general election by a substantial margin to Exon.
In 2001, he was defeated for reelection by insurance executive Mike Fahey in a close race. On November 10, 2008, Daub announced he was running again for Mayor of Omaha. But on May 12, 2009, he lost to Democrat Jim Suttle in the race for mayor, with unofficial final results of 48.7% to 50.7%.
In that election, Democrats also gained control of the city council. Daub served for five years on the board of Omaha's Metropolitan Entertainment and Convention Authority (MECA). On November 6, 2012, he was elected to the board of regents of the Nebraska University system.
In 1995, Daub won a special election for Mayor of Omaha following the resignation of Mayor P.J. Morgan, and was narrowly elected to a full term in 1997, both times defeating city councilwoman Brenda Council. In 2007, Daub briefly ran for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Senator Chuck Hagel. He exited the race to offer an early endorsement to Mike Johanns, former Nebraska governor and USDA secretary, who won the seat.
On April 7, 2009, Daub won the most votes in the mayoral primary.
Member Congressional Regulatory Reform Task Force, 1981-1983, Congressional Republican Agricultural Task Force, 1981-1988. Co-founder Liability Insurance and Tort Reform Task Force, 1986. Member Executive Committee Republican National Congressional Committee, 1981-1988.
Co-founder, co-chairman Budget Reform Task Force, 1981-1984. Junior president Nebraska Founders' Day, 1971. Junior president Nebraska Founders' Day, 1971.
Member Executive Committee, board directors Combined Health Agilysys Drive, 1976. President Douglas-Sarpy unitNebr. Heart Association; board directors Metro Arts Council, 1989-1993.
Treasurer Douglas County (Nebraska) Republican Party, 1970-1973, chairman, 1974-1977. Elder Presbyn.Ch. Captain United States Army, 1963-1968. Member Omaha Bar Association, Nebraska Bar Association, National Association Credit Management (1st vice president 1977), Reserve Officers Association, American Legion, 40 and 8, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Urban League Nebraska, Optimists, Masons (33d degree), Shriners, Sons of the American Revolution, Kappa Sigma, Alpha Kappa Psi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Delta Theta Phi.
Married Mary Mernin; children:Natalie Ann, John Clifford, Tammy Renee.
