What is David Karnes?
[[File:Davidkarnes.JPG|right|200px]] '''David Kemp Karnes''' (December 12, 1948 – October 25, 2020) was an American [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] politician, businessman, and attorney. He was a [[United States Senator]] from [[Nebraska]] from 1987 to 1989. He was [[president (corporate title)|president]] and [[chief executive officer]] of The Fairmont Group Incorporated. Karnes was born in [[Omaha, Nebraska]]. In 2019, Karnes was diagnosed with [[squamous-cell carcinoma]], a type of [[skin cancer]]. He died on October 25, 2020 from the disease in [[Boston, Massachusetts]] at the age of 71.<ref name = Obit>{{cite news|url = https://omaha.com/news/local/omaha-civic-leader-david-karnes-briefly-a-u-s-senator-dies-at-age-71/article_89e8e598-4c32-5633-9bfa-775869eb2fcf.html|title = Omaha civic leader David Karnes, briefly a U.S. senator, dies at age 71|work = [[Omaha World-Herald]]|date = October 25, 2020|access-date = October 25, 2020|last = Cordes|first = Henry}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{CongBio|K000011}} * {{C-SPAN|davidkarnes}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Karnes, David}} [[Category:1948 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from squamous-cell carcinoma]] [[Category:United States senators from Nebraska]] [[Category:Lawyers from Omaha, Nebraska]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Omaha, Nebraska]] [[Category:Politicians from Omaha, Nebraska]] [[Category:Republican Party (United States) politicians]]