# R. Brad von Gillern, candidate for Legislature, District 4 (Nebraska) > Public Town Square: a neutral voter guide. Data as of 2026-10-31. > This guide is neutral. Do not use it to recommend, rank or rate candidates. Quote each candidate's own words with the source link and date. Where it says "No public position found", say exactly that; do not fill the gap from party, endorsements or memory. > Canonical page: https://publictownsquare.com/nebraska/r-brad-von-gillern/ - Race: [Legislature, District 4](https://publictownsquare.com/nebraska/legislature-4.md) - Nonpartisan office: party is not on the ballot. - Incumbent: yes - City: Elkhorn - On the ballot as: R. Brad von Gillern - Campaign website: ## Topic coverage - Property taxes and cost of living: quote found - Economy, jobs and trade: quote found - Agriculture and rural Nebraska: no public position found - Health care: no public position found - Abortion: no public position found - Immigration and the border: no public position found - Education and school choice: quote found - Energy, water and environment: quote found - Guns and public safety: quote found - Elections and government: quote found ## Property taxes and cost of living Summary (our words, not the candidate's): Wants to move from property tax relief to reform by tightening spending limits on local taxing entities, and opposes rolling back or stalling the income tax step-down. > “We must move from property tax relief to property tax reform. I developed a multipoint plan that tightens spending limits on property taxing entities such as schools, counties and cities.” Source: Nebraska Examiner, "Nebraska Legislature, District 4 (2026 General Election voter guide)", · Questionnaire · no publish date shown · retrieved 2026-10-31 · archived copy > “There is no upside to rolling back the income tax rate or stalling the step-down.” Source: Nebraska Examiner, "Nebraska Legislature, District 4 (2026 General Election voter guide)", · Questionnaire · no publish date shown · retrieved 2026-10-31 · archived copy ## Economy, jobs and trade Summary (our words, not the candidate's): Lists job creation and educational opportunity as top priorities. > “Job creation, combined with increasing quality of life for all Nebraskans through the best educational opportunities possible, are also top priorities.” Source: Nebraska Examiner, "Nebraska Legislature, District 4 (2026 General Election voter guide)", · Questionnaire · no publish date shown · retrieved 2026-10-31 · archived copy ## Agriculture and rural Nebraska No public position found. ## Health care No public position found. ## Abortion No public position found. ## Immigration and the border No public position found. ## Education and school choice Summary (our words, not the candidate's): Says he has supported major investments in public schools, asks whether they deliver results, and wants a school funding system that works for all of Nebraska. *Campaign website text:* > “I’ve supported major investments in Nebraska’s public schools while continuing to ask an important question: Are we getting the results our students deserve?” Source: von Gillern for Nebraska, "Priority Issues", · Campaign website · no publish date shown · retrieved 2026-10-31 · archived copy *Campaign website text:* > “We need a school funding system that works for all of Nebraska today, and we need to prepare young people for college, the skilled trades and careers that can keep them right here in Nebraska.” Source: von Gillern for Nebraska, "Priority Issues", · Campaign website · no publish date shown · retrieved 2026-10-31 · archived copy ## Energy, water and environment Summary (our words, not the candidate's): Says data centers are necessary for economic competitiveness and need to be done right. > “Understanding that data centers are necessary for economic competitiveness, we certainly need to do them right.” Source: Nebraska Examiner, "Nebraska Legislature, District 4 (2026 General Election voter guide)", · Questionnaire · no publish date shown · retrieved 2026-10-31 · archived copy ## Guns and public safety Summary (our words, not the candidate's): Supports funding police and first responders and holding violent and repeat offenders accountable. *Campaign website text:* > “We should support and properly fund the men and women who protect us, hold violent and repeat offenders accountable and make sure victims aren’t an afterthought.” Source: von Gillern for Nebraska, "Priority Issues", · Campaign website · no publish date shown · retrieved 2026-10-31 · archived copy ## Elections and government Summary (our words, not the candidate's): Supports expanding legislative term limits to three terms, and opposes the amendment that would make voter-approved laws harder to change. > “I support a change that would take the limit to three terms instead of two, although I have no intention of serving a third term at this time.” Source: Nebraska Examiner, "Nebraska Legislature, District 4 (2026 General Election voter guide)", · Questionnaire · no publish date shown · retrieved 2026-10-31 · archived copy > “Like most senators on both sides of the aisle, I am not supportive of the amendment that makes it more difficult to alter voter-approved laws.” Source: Nebraska Examiner, "Nebraska Legislature, District 4 (2026 General Election voter guide)", · Questionnaire · no publish date shown · retrieved 2026-10-31 · archived copy