- Story Ideas - Send Corrections Nebraska might be best known
for its annual corn crop but there is at least one thing that
makes the state unique: It’s the only one with a unicameral
legislature. Only 49 people are elected to see to the needs of
the people of the Cornhusker state and they’re each paid just
$12,000. Every Nebraska senator is limited to two terms but a
former member can run again after being away from the state
house for four years. Sessions last 90 or 60 working days,
depending on whether the year is odd or even. What’s more,
elections for the legislative body are nonpartisan. A field of
candidates for a seat runs in a primary and the top two vote-
getters vie in the general election. About half of the state’s
senators must seek re-election or depart due to term limits
every two years. Nebraska spends a lot less on its legislative
branch than Michigan, but it’s a lot easier to do that because
the state has a little more than 1.8 million residents, about
one-fifth of Michigan’s. Still, it hasn’