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Nebraska US Senate GOP Candidate: Pat Flynn

Originally published May 12, 2012, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Nebraska US Senate GOP Candidate: Pat Flynn

Schuyler Businessman Pat Flynn, Republican, is running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Ben Nelson Read full articleNebraska US Senate GOP Candidate: Pat Flynn

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NE Primary Election 2012: List of All Candidates, Debate Videos, more

Originally published May 12, 2012, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

NE Primary Election 2012: List of All Candidates, Debate Videos, more

Updated October 24, 2012: If you landed here looking for Nebraska GENERAL Election information, click HERE. We have uploaded the Statewide Candidate List – the full and official list candidates – released by the Nebraska Secretary of State’s Office on March 9, 2012 (the filing deadline for candidates is March 1, 2012) to our Scribd […]

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Following the Jon Bruning Money Trail

Originally published May 11, 2012, By Shellinda. Updated July 21, 2015. 1 Comment

Following the Jon Bruning Money Trail

As noted in the title, this article is about the subject of money, including campaign fundraising and expenditures and income / wealth earned by Bruning during his years in public office. Earlier today, we published an article, pictured at right, which covered a broad range of topics about Nebraska’s current Attorney  General; some, we think, […]

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Profiling Jon Bruning: An Unorthodox Analysis

Originally published May 11, 2012, By Shellinda. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Profiling Jon Bruning: An Unorthodox Analysis

Jon Bruning Last summer, we published articles about three of the five GOP primary candidates running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Ben Nelson. Those three articles were informational in nature, not analytical. (We hope to update these with some analysis in short order, time permitting): Senator Deb Fischer Hat in Widening GOP […]

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Political Hacks Swarm NE: Invasion of the Bus People

Originally published May 4, 2012, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. 6 Comments

Political Hacks Swarm NE: Invasion of the Bus People

I don’t know if everyone reading this is old enough to remember all the press about “the boat people” fleeing Vietnam in the ’70s.  According to Wikipedia, references to the boat people “came into common use during the late 1970s with the mass departure of Vietnamese refugees from Communist-controlled Vietnam, following the Vietnam War.”  Desperate […]

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More on GOP Senate Candidates: Don Stenberg

Originally published July 12, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 12, 2011. 1 Comment

More on GOP Senate Candidates: Don Stenberg

This article is part of a continuing series about candidates for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Ben Nelson. Our first look at each candidate includes some general information and links to databases about campaign finances, voting records, and some news reports. Prior articles: Jon Bruning Announces Bid for Senate […]

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Nebraska US Senate GOP Candidate Spencer Zimmerman

Originally published July 7, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated May 11, 2012. 2 Comments

Nebraska US Senate GOP Candidate Spencer Zimmerman

UPDATED: May 11, 2012 Updates are in blue text As noted in a couple of prior articles (for a list, scroll to the bottom), we’ll be looking into all of the candidates for Nebraska’s U.S. Senate seat currently held by Ben Nelson. In our first round looking at each candidate, we’re sharing some basic preliminary […]

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Senator Deb Fischer Hat in Widening GOP Ring for Nebraska’s US Senate Seat

Originally published June 28, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated September 8, 2014. 3 Comments

Senator Deb Fischer Hat in Widening GOP Ring for Nebraska’s US Senate Seat

Immediately following the mid-term elections in November, speculation ended regarding whether the Governor Dave Heineman – Ben Nelson media sparring would result in a 2012 election showdown for one of Nebraska’s US Senate seats. By the end of election week, Nebraskans were then informed, just-re-elected Attorney General Jon Bruning had formed an exploratory committee. In […]

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Senator Fulton Weighs In Against Amendment 2

Originally published October 30, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated October 30, 2010. 2 Comments

Senator Fulton Weighs In Against Amendment 2

Former Candidate for State Treasurer and sitting District 29 Senator Tony Fulton recently wrote an editorial about one of the proposed amendments to the Constitution of Nebraska that is on ballots statewide. (Information on the other amendment can be found HERE.) Against Amendment 2 by Tony Fulton Nebraskans should not abolish the office of State […]

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