State of Nebraska Archives: on Principles & Values
Bob Krist:
Reputation for being a pragmatic, fair conservative
I am proud to wholeheartedly support Sen. Krist of Omaha in his campaign for governor of Nebraska. As a young Nebraskan who's watched Krist in the Unicameral for the past few sessions, he never struck me as the kind of cautious politician you'd
typically see planning to run for higher office. He's honest for one, and votes sensibly. He isn't afraid to work out solutions--and sometimes yell at his colleagues. Krist consistently upholds his values as a pragmatic and fair conservative.
Source: Kearney Hub on 2018 Nebraska gubernatorial race
Oct 17, 2017
Don Bacon:
Priorities: be a good Christian, husband, father and citizen
Q: Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.Bacon: I am a Christian saved by faith and His grace. My priorities in life are to be a good Christian, husband, father and citizen. I start each day by reading a chapter from the
Old Testament and one from the New Testament. My favorite verses are Matthew 6:19-20, "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal."
Q: What in the nature of mankind caused America's Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers in the
Constitution?
Bacon: Our Founders feared the thirst for power would result in tyranny if the Constitution was not carefully crafted. That is why we are not a "pure democracy".
Source: 2016 AFA Action iVoterGuide on Nebraska House race
Nov 8, 2016
Don Bacon:
I was raised reading National Review and Human Events
Q: Considering all issues (social, economic, national security, etc.), which political philosophy best describes you?Bacon: Very Conservative
Q: Please defend your answer to the previous question by referencing your publicly available track record.
Bacon: My parents and four grandparents were Goldwater fans and I was raised reading National Review and Human Events. I campaigned for local Republicans growing up and was a supporter of Ronald Reagan in 1976 when I was 13 years old.
I was an active College Republican and interned after college with Congressman Ed Madigan. I'm a member of Heritage Foundation, and endorsed by the Concerned Women for America PAC. I have written many editorials supporting conservative policies and
candidates that are public record. I volunteer or donate to the following organizations: Assure and Essential Pregnancy Services, Good News Jail Ministry, Gideons, Youth for Christ, CRU, and am a Central Committee member of our County Republican Party.
Source: 2016 AFA Action iVoterGuide on Nebraska House race
Nov 8, 2016
Shane Osborn:
Judeo-Christian values established our government framework
Question topic: Efforts to bring Islamic law (shariah) to America do not pose a threat to our country and its Constitution.Osborn: Strongly Agree.
Question topic: Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Osborn: Strongly Agree.
Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2014 Nebraska Senate race
Jul 2, 2014
Ben Sasse:
Endorsed by Freedom Works' founder & other Tea Party groups
Republican Senate candidate Ben Sasse countered this week's endorsement of Shane Osborn by Freedom Works with an endorsement from Dick Armey, the conservative organization's high-profile founder. Armey, the former Republican House Majority Leader, said
Sasse is "a conservative outsider committed to changing Washington. Ben Sasse knows more about ObamaCare than just about any Republican running for Senate today. I believe most of Freedom Works members in Nebraska will support Ben Sasse because he is the
conservative that best represents their views."Armey, who recently left the chairmanship of Freedom Works after an internal struggle, said: "We don't need career politicians running because this is just the next rung on the ladder for them."
Sasse
previously pocketed endorsements from two conservative national organizations, the Senate Conservatives Fund and the Club for Growth. All three political action groups espouse conservative principles closely tied to the views of tea party advocates.
Source: Lincoln Journal Star on 2014 Nebraska Senate debate
Nov 15, 2013
Shane Osborn:
Endorsed by Tea Party-oriented group, Freedom Works
Republican Senate candidate Ben Sasse countered this week's endorsement of Shane Osborn by Freedom Works with an endorsement from Dick Armey, the conservative organization's high-profile founder.
Armey recently left the chairmanship of Freedom Works after an internal struggle.Sasse previously pocketed endorsements from two conservative national organizations, the Senate Conservatives Fund and the Club for Growth.
All three political action groups espouse conservative principles closely tied to the views of tea party advocates.
The competing endorsements continued to focus the 2014 Senate spotlight on Sasse and Osborn in a Republican contest that has attracted four candidates.
Source: Lincoln Journal Star on 2014 Nebraska Senate debate
Nov 15, 2013
Deb Fischer:
Ran underdog primary campaign on shoestring budget
All eyes are on Deb Fischer, a Republican state senator and Sarah Palin's pick for the seat, whose underdog campaign appears to have surged past her rivals' in the final days before the primary. For months, state Attorney General Jon
Bruning had a clear double-digit lead over Fischer and state Treasurer Don Stenberg. Few Republicans saw a realistic opportunity for Stenberg to overtake Bruning, and even fewer thought Fischer could pull off an upset victory.
But a series of last-minute surveys shows Fischer surging despite her shoestring campaign and millions of dollars in ads that Bruning, Stenberg and their allies have aired. "Nebraska's got a pretty good record of supporting underdogs. [Sen.] Mike
Johanns [R-Neb.] was an underdog," Fischer told The Hill.
The winner of Tuesday's primary will face former Sen. Bob Kerrey (Neb.), who is running unopposed in the Democratic primary.
Source: The Hill coverage of 2012 Nebraska Senate primary debate
May 15, 2012
Deb Fischer:
Do Nebraskans want more career politician in Washington?
Bruning has been accused of greenlighting grants to a farm group that donated to his campaign days later and of releasing a student-loan company from a $1 million settlement despite co-owning a home with officials from the company."It's going to
come down to: Do Nebraskans want to send the same type of career politician back to Washington?" said Fischer. "Jon seems to be particularly establishment. I'm running a grassroots campaign."
Source: The Hill coverage of 2012 Nebraska Senate primary debate
May 15, 2012
Deb Fischer:
TV ad: "End the political bull"
Fischer said Bruning's new negative TV ads demonstrate that Bruning is growing desperate. Fischer also defended her own ad, which includes two bulls with "Stenberg" and "Bruning" ear tags. It says it's time to end the "political bull."
She described the ad as "cute" and as an example of Sand Hills humor.
Bruning's campaign manager called it negative campaigning.
Source: Omaha World Herald on 2012 Nebraska Senate ad review
May 12, 2012
Don Stenberg:
Our country's going in the wrong direction
All called for a reduction in federal spending and national debt, the repeal of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law and declared tough stances on illegal immigration."Our country's
going in the wrong direction," Stenberg said in his opening remarks. "We desperately need new leadership in Washington to restore America."
Source: Associated Press/The Republic on 2012 Nebraska Senate debate
May 1, 2012
Don Stenberg:
Most campaign funds come from South Carolina PAC
A debate panelist asked each candidate to describe what weaknesses of the other candidates could be exploited by the Kerrey campaign during the general election campaign.Stenberg reiterated criticisms he's aimed at Bruning throughout the campaign:
That Bruning has become a multimillionaire while serving in public office and that in 2007, Bruning attempted to waive a $1 million settlement with Lincoln-based student loan company Nelnet.
In response,
Bruning declared he would not "throw mud" at his opponents, then said "South Carolina has two senators ... they don't need a third," implying that Stenberg would be beholden to South Carolina's Sen. Jim
DeMint, a tea party leader who has endorsed Stenberg. The bulk of Stenberg's fundraising for his Senate campaign has come from the Senate Conservatives Fund, a political action committee run by DeMint.
Source: Associated Press/The Republic on 2012 Nebraska Senate debate
May 1, 2012
Jon Bruning:
OpEd: Became multimillionaire while serving in public office
A debate panelist asked each candidate to describe what weaknesses of the other candidates could be exploited by the Kerrey campaign during the general election campaign.Stenberg reiterated criticisms he's aimed at Bruning throughout the campaign:
That Bruning has become a multimillionaire while serving in public office and that in 2007, Bruning attempted to waive a $1 million settlement with Lincoln-based student loan company Nelnet after the company was accused of improper business practices.
A year later, Bruning entered a time-share agreement on a nearly $700,000 vacation home with two Nelnet executives.
In response, Bruning declared he would not "throw mud" at his opponents, then said "South
Carolina has two senators... they don't need a third," implying that Stenberg would be beholden to South Carolina's Sen. Jim DeMint, a tea party leader who has endorsed Stenberg.
Source: Associated Press/The Republic on 2012 Nebraska Senate debate
May 1, 2012
Pat Flynn:
Endorsed by Republican Liberty Caucus
Pat Flynn was not invited by The Omaha World-Herald to take part. Flynn has been vocal in his criticism of the newspaper for leaving him out of the debate. Flynn says the newspaper's editors told him that the paper wanted to focus on only the top three
candidates, which Flynn says is not for news organizations to decide.Flynn has raised less money than the other candidates but has garnered national endorsements, including those from the Republican Liberty Caucus and former Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo.
Source: Associated Press/The Republic on 2012 Nebraska Senate debate
May 1, 2012
Pat Flynn:
I'm the only candidate who is not a "career politician"
Candidates seeking the Republican Senate nomination clashed about their conservative credentials. It was a fight egged on by the state Democratic Party, which issued a news release before the debate at the Union League, noting that candidates Steve
Welch and Tom Smith are former Democrats.Welch, who voted for President Obama in the 2008 Democratic primary election, said he has gone to "painstaking lengths" to be clear about his political history. He renounced his support of Obama.
Source: Omaha World Herald on 2012 Nebraska Senate debate
Apr 7, 2012
Mike Johanns:
Focus on small towns
We need to make sure that the next senator from the United States from Nebraska will always keep Nebraska’s interest first, Kleeb said. “Focus on your small towns--I did it as governor; I did it as secretary,” Johanns said.
Source: [Xref Kleeb] 2008 Nebraska Senate debate
Aug 24, 2008
Scott Kleeb:
Always keep Nebraska’s interest first
We need to make sure that the next senator from the United States from Nebraska will always keep Nebraska’s interest first, Kleeb said. “Focus on your small towns--I did it as governor; I did it as secretary,” Johanns said.
Source: 2008 Nebraska Senate debate reported in Lincoln News
Aug 24, 2008
Steven Larrick:
Healthy world relations; healthy planet; healthy Americans
My top three legislative priorities are designed to bring greater health to all levels of our lives. We need to create: -
HEALTHY INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS by ending the Iraq war and supporting the United Nations and others to bring peace around the world;
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A HEALTHY PLANET by strengthening supports for energy conservation, renewable energy from wind, solar and other clean sources and public transportation; and
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HEALTHY AMERICANS by establishing a universal single-payer healthcare system for all using the best management practices from other nations with better, less expensive health outcomes.
Source: Nebraska Congressional Election 2008 Political Courage Test
Jun 25, 2008
Mike Johanns:
Priorities: tax relief, education, family
I have sought to advance five priorities with the objectives of improving our way of life and leaving Nebraska a better place. We have made progress in providing property tax relief, limiting the scope of government in people’s lives, building a
prosperous economy, protecting our families and communities from crime, and ensuring the health, safety, and success of our children. As I’ve listened to Nebraskans, property tax relief and educating our children continue to top the list of priorities.
Source: 2001 State of the State Address to Nebraska Legislature
Jan 11, 2001
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