Chip Maxwell

Chip Maxwell
Chip Maxwell in 2017
Member of the Douglas County Board of Commissioners from the 5th district
In office January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2009
Succeeded by	Marc Kraft
Member of the Nebraska Legislature from the 9th district
In office January 8, 2001 – January 8, 2005
Preceded by	Shelley Kiel
Succeeded by	Gwen Howard
Personal details
Born	(1962-08-10) August 10, 1962 (age 55) Omaha, Nebraska
Political party	Republican Party (through December 31, 2013) Nonpartisan (as of December 31, 2013)
Residence	Omaha, Nebraska
Alma mater	Boston College University of Oxford University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

Chip Maxwell (born August 10, 1962) is an American politician from the state of Nebraska. A member of the Republican Party, Maxwell served in the unicameral Nebraska Legislature from 2001 to 2005 and on the Douglas County Board of Commissioners from 2005 to 2009. He stated that he would run in the Republican Party primary election for the U.S. House of Representatives in Nebraska's 2nd congressional district in the 2016 Election.

Maxwell earned his BA in political science from Boston College, his MA in American history from the University of Oxford, and his JD from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

In 2000 when Democratic State Senator Shelley Kiel ran for Nebraska's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, Maxwell ran to succeed her. In the technically nonpartisan race to succeed her, he defeated fellow Republican J. Scott Knudsen by 4,663 votes (54.83%) to 3,751 (44.11%). He declined to run for re-election in 2004, instead running for the District 5 seat on the Douglas County Board of Commissioners. He defeated Democrat John T. Green by 14,084 votes (52.67%) to 12,600 (47.12%). He was unseated by Democrat Marc Kraft, a former Omaha City Councillor by 13,882 votes (49.04%) to 11,925 (42.13%).