Debra Strobel Fischer (born March 1, 1951) is the senior United States Senator from the state of Nebraska. Previously, she was a two-term member of the Nebraska Legislature, representing the 43rd District. She defeated former United States Senator Bob Kerrey in the election held on November 6, 2012, and assumed one of Nebraska's two Senate seats in January 2013.Fischer is a member of the Republican Party.Fischer was born Debra Strobel in 1951, in Lincoln, Nebraska, the daughter of Florence M. (née Bock) and Gerold Carl "Jerry" Strobel. Her father was the State Engineer/Director of the Nebraska Department of Roads under governors Kay Orr and Ben Nelson and her mother was an elementary school teacher with Lincoln Public Schools. Wikipedia