Elected to Nebraska Legislature: 2004; re-elected 2008

Born Aug. 22, 1966, in Omaha.

Education: Attended University of Nebraska at Omaha. Graduate of Nebraska Law Enforcement Academy, 1993; Bellevue University (B.S. in criminal justice), 2003.

Family: Married Mark G. Stranglen, Sept. 13, 1997; three children: Victoria, Madison and Cameron Stranglen.

Occupation: Marketing department, Bellevue University.

Former: Police officer (retired).

Member: Bellevue Kiwanis Club; Bellevue Chamber of Commerce; Altrusa; retired status, Fraternal Order of Police; state chair, ALEC; Hanns-Seidel Fellow, NCSL Executive Committee Task Force on Immigration and the States.

Read the Unicameral Update’s feature article on Sen. Cornett.