Edward Zorinsky (November 11, 1928 – March 6, 1987) was an American businessman and politician who served as a Democrat in the U.S. Senate from 1976 until his death in 1987.

[6] He enrolled at Harvard University in 1966 to pursue his graduate work, and later served as a member of the Nebraska Judicial Qualifications Commission from 1968 to 1971 and of the Board of Directors for Omaha Public Power District from 1969 to 1973.

[10] Days before the end of his term, Hruska resigned from the Senate on December 27, 1976, and Governor J. James Exon appointed Zorinsky to the seat he had won in November.

He served as chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs, in which position he advocated for financial and military assistance to the new Sandinista National Liberation Front regime in Nicaragua in 1979.

[13] Zorinsky died after suffering a heart attack at the 1987 Omaha Press Club gridiron show, shortly after performing a song and dance routine.