{{Short description|American politician (1939–2021)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Gail Kopplin | image = <!-- only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people – see WP:NONFREE --> | caption = | state_legislature = Nebraska | district = 3rd | term_start = 2005 | term_end = 2009 | predecessor = Ray Mossey | successor = Scott Price | birth_date = {{Birth date text |May 20, 1939}} | birth_place = Sterling, Nebraska, U.S. | death_date = {{nowrap|{{death date and age|2021|1|13|1939|5|20}}}} | death_place = | party = }}
'''Gail Kopplin''' (May 20, 1939 – January 13, 2021) was a politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. From 2005 to 2009, he represented the 3rd District in the unicameral Nebraska Legislature. Kopplin was a retired school administrator. __NOTOC__
Kopplin was born in Sterling, Nebraska and graduated from Peru State College in 1966. He attended the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, earning an education specialist certificate in 1982 and a Master's degree in education in 1988.
He was elected in 2004 to represent the 3rd Nebraska legislative district. Kopplin sat on the Education and Natural Resources committees. In 2008, he lost a re-election bid to Scott Price.
==References== * {{cite web |work=Nebraska Unicameral Legislature |title=District 3: Sen. Gail Kopplin |url=http://www.unicam.state.ne.us/senators/district3.htm |accessdate=March 15, 2006 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060203060250/http://unicam.state.ne.us/senators/district3.htm |archivedate=February 3, 2006 }}
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