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Brenda Council

1955–

United States

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Brenda J. Council (born 1955) is a politician and a disbarred labor lawyer from North Omaha, Nebraska. She represented the 11th District in the Nebraska State Legislature from 2009 to 2013, succeeding longtime state senator Ernie Chambers, who was term-limited. In 2012, Council lost a reelection bid to her former opponent, who was able to run for the seat again after sitting out one term.

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