![]() Whenever possible, she gets around by bicycle. Local: Her children are fifth generation Nebraskans. She does local politics in an old fashioned and pretty conservative way. This time the Democratic candidate’s is from Lincoln, Nebraska - a city about 3% of the size of New York City. urban contest - not a winner for Nebraska Democrats when identified city was New York. ![]() The race against Kerrey was seen as a rural v. In the US Senate, she advocated for the elimination of the EPA, the elimination of the Affordable Care Act, prohibition of same sex marriage, a balanced budget amendment to the US constitution, and term limits for US Senators and Representatives. In the general election, she beat former Nebraska Senator, former New School President and New York City resident Bob Kerrey by 15 points in the general election. Even including the funds from Club for Growth, she was outspent in the primary by the favorite - who she defeated by 5 points. As a candidate for Senate, she was supported by Club for Growth and endorsed by Sara Palin in the primary, withstood attacks that her family farm grazed cattle on federal land with subsidized leases and further attacks for over turning an adverse possession lawsuit loss through actions of the legislature. As a state legislator, she filibustered against an indoor workplace and public places smoking ban, co-sponsored a bill that required abortion providers to provide ultrasound images of the fetus an hour before a scheduled abortion, and opposed a state version of the DREAM act. We welcome Bannon’s efforts.įischer is pretty conservative. She is not conservative enough for Steve Bannon who promises to run someone more enthusiastically conservative against her. She was a long shot in 2012 - a term-limited two term state legislator who won her first election by less than a percentage point. Republican Deb Fischer is up for election to the US Senate. The response was anger, but only one legislator went through with a threat to leave the party. The governor criticized individual Republican legislators for not going along with him. The death penalty prohibition would have become law except for a referendum to reinstate it. The drivers’ license bill became law after the veto was overridden. The unicameral state legislature voted to end the death penalty, voted to allow Dreamers (DACA undocumented residents) to get drivers’ licenses, and to depoliticize redistricting. Is This Senate Race Too Much of a Stretch?
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