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Nebraska Attorney General

Current State AG
Mike Hilgers (R)
Political Party
Republican
Assumed Office

2022

Mike Hilgers was elected as Nebraska’s 33th attorney general in 2022. AG Hilgers served in the Nebraska Legislature from 2017 to 2022, holding the positions of rules chairman, chair of the executive board, and speaker. In 2015, AG Hilgers founded his own practice, Hilgers Graben PLLC, providing commercial and IP litigation services. He served earlier in his career as a judicial clerk for  Edith Brown Clement, senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Mike Hilgers was elected as Nebraska’s 33th attorney general in 2022. AG Hilgers served in the Nebraska Legislature from 2017 to 2022, holding the positions of rules chairman, chair of the executive board, and speaker. In 2015, AG Hilgers founded his own practice, Hilgers Graben PLLC, providing commercial and IP litigation services. He served earlier in his career as a judicial clerk for  Edith Brown Clement, senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

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The AG is an elected position in Nebraska.

  • Next Election:November 3, 2026
  • Election Process:Elected
  • Term/Limit:4 years / none


Latest Nebraska Attorney General News & Insights

Nebraska Says It’s High Time to Enforce Delta-9 THC Limits

Nebraska AG Mike Hilgers sent cease-and-desist letters to 104 tobacco stores in the state alleging that they are selling illegal or unlawful THC-containing products. According to the AG’s office, the stores allegedly sold products marketed as hemp but that contained a Delta-9 concentration over the legal limit, making it marijuana, and these products misidentified their…

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Republican AGs Have Beef with Nutritional Standards Report

Twenty-three Republican AGs submitted a comment letter to HHS and Department of Agriculture officials opposing aspects of the Scientific Report of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee; the Dietary Guidelines are used to set standards for federal nutrition programs and inform FDA nutrition policy.

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