Scott Michael Kleeb (D)

About The Candidate

Education

  • University of Colorado, BA
  • Yale University, PhD
  • Yale University

Kleeb's great-great-grandfather was a homesteader near Broken Bow, Neb. Kleeb was born in Adana, Turkey, where his parents taught the children of U.S. military personnel. He currently lives in Hastings, Nebraska.

He did his undergraduate work in history and political science at the University of Colorado at Boulder and has a master's degree in international relations and a doctorate in history from Yale University.

Kleeb spent several years as a ranch hand in the late 1990s during and after college. He was working on a family ranch in Dunning when he decided to run for 3rd District seat.

Kleeb is married to Jane Fleming Kleeb and has two children.

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