Calista Cooper Hughes

She lost reelection in 1968, and subsequently served for five years as director of the Nebraska Comprehensive Health Planning Agency.

[1] She attended the University of Nebraska, and after a short trip to Japan following her graduation, she married Morris Hughes.

[8] In January 1965, her opponent asked the legislature to order a recount of the election,[9] but Cooper Hughes claimed several illegal votes were cast for Pohlman,[10] and the legislature voted (36 in favor, 8 against, led by Senator Terry Carpenter) to seat Cooper Hughes.

[11] It was the first time in Nebraska history that two women were elected to the state legislature in the same year; her companion was three-term incumbent Fern Hubbard Orme.

[4] Following her defeat, Tiemann appointed her as the director of the Nebraska Comprehensive Health Planning Agency; she served for five years.