Bob KristAFParty: America First
No public position found.
Secretary of State
4 candidates · vote for 1 · 4-year term
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Topic coverage
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| Candidate | Taxes & costs (Property taxes and cost of living) | Economy (Economy, jobs and trade) | Agriculture (Agriculture and rural Nebraska) | Health care | Abortion | Immigration (Immigration and the border) | Education (Education and school choice) | Energy & water (Energy, water and environment) | Guns & safety (Guns and public safety) | Elections & gov't (Elections and government) |
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| Bob Krist | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found | Quote found: Elections and government |
| Scott Petersen | No public position found | Quote found: Economy, jobs and trade | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found | Quote found: Elections and government |
| Paul Rumbaugh | No public position found | No public position found | Quote found: Agriculture and rural Nebraska | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found | Quote found: Elections and government |
| Sarah J. Slattery | No public position found | Quote found: Economy, jobs and trade | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found | Quote found: Elections and government |
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Candidates in this race
Property taxes and cost of living
Property tax relief, income/sales tax, inflation, housing, grocery and utility costs, federal tax and spending as it affects household costs.
Scott PetersenRParty: Republican
No public position found.
Paul RumbaughNWPParty: Nebraska Working People
No public position found.
Sarah J. SlatteryDParty: Democratic
No public position found.
Economy, jobs and trade
Jobs, wages, workforce, small business, tariffs and trade, federal budget and debt, unions and labor.
Bob KristAFParty: America First
No public position found.
Scott PetersenRParty: Republican
Summary
Wants it to be easy to start a business in Nebraska and says government should help businesses grow.
“We absolutely have to make sure it is easy to start a business and be successful in Nebraska”
Campaign website text
“Government should help businesses grow, not slow them down.”
Paul RumbaughNWPParty: Nebraska Working People
No public position found.
Sarah J. SlatteryDParty: Democratic
Summary
Wants to reevaluate hurdles faced by entrepreneurs and says she would bring a business-minded approach to modernize state operations and support economic growth.
“I’d like to reevaluate the hurdles that entrepreneurs face in their quest to make their dreams a reality.”
“As Secretary of State, I will bring that exact business-minded approach to Lincoln to modernize our operations and support economic growth.”
Agriculture and rural Nebraska
Farm bill, crop and livestock markets, ag trade, rural broadband, rural hospitals, ethanol, meatpacking.
Bob KristAFParty: America First
No public position found.
Scott PetersenRParty: Republican
No public position found.
Paul RumbaughNWPParty: Nebraska Working People
Summary
Lists rebuilding Nebraska's export trade and supporting farmers, ranchers and family-owned businesses as his second priority.
“My second priority is to help rebuild Nebraska's export trade and provide support to our farmers, ranchers and family-owned businesses.”
Sarah J. SlatteryDParty: Democratic
No public position found.
Health care
Medicaid, ACA, prescription drug prices, rural health care access, Medicare, mental health.
Bob KristAFParty: America First
No public position found.
Scott PetersenRParty: Republican
No public position found.
Paul RumbaughNWPParty: Nebraska Working People
No public position found.
Sarah J. SlatteryDParty: Democratic
No public position found.
Abortion
Abortion law, Nebraska's 12-week law and constitutional amendment, IVF, contraception.
Bob KristAFParty: America First
No public position found.
Scott PetersenRParty: Republican
No public position found.
Paul RumbaughNWPParty: Nebraska Working People
No public position found.
Sarah J. SlatteryDParty: Democratic
No public position found.
Immigration and the border
Border security, deportation, legal immigration, agricultural and meatpacking workforce visas.
Bob KristAFParty: America First
No public position found.
Scott PetersenRParty: Republican
No public position found.
Paul RumbaughNWPParty: Nebraska Working People
No public position found.
Sarah J. SlatteryDParty: Democratic
No public position found.
Education and school choice
K-12 funding, school choice and private school scholarships, teachers, university and community college, student debt.
Bob KristAFParty: America First
No public position found.
Scott PetersenRParty: Republican
No public position found.
Paul RumbaughNWPParty: Nebraska Working People
No public position found.
Sarah J. SlatteryDParty: Democratic
No public position found.
Energy, water and environment
Public power, ethanol and biofuels, wind and solar, oil pipelines, carbon pipelines, Perkins County Canal, water quality, nitrates.
Bob KristAFParty: America First
No public position found.
Scott PetersenRParty: Republican
No public position found.
Paul RumbaughNWPParty: Nebraska Working People
No public position found.
Sarah J. SlatteryDParty: Democratic
No public position found.
Guns and public safety
Second Amendment, gun laws, policing, crime, prisons and corrections, drugs and fentanyl, marijuana law.
Bob KristAFParty: America First
No public position found.
Scott PetersenRParty: Republican
No public position found.
Paul RumbaughNWPParty: Nebraska Working People
No public position found.
Sarah J. SlatteryDParty: Democratic
No public position found.
Elections and government
Election rules and voter ID, winner-take-all electoral votes, term limits, ethics and corruption, money in politics, government transparency and audits, the duties of the office sought.
Bob KristAFParty: America First
Summary
Says in-person, absentee, early and mail-in voting must be protected and that the election process does not need radical change.
“In-person, absentee, early and mail-in voting must be protected!”
“I do not believe our election process needs radical change.”
Scott PetersenRParty: Republican
Summary
Supports voter ID with citizenship verification, limiting mail-in voting to legitimate cases and banning ballot harvesting.
Campaign website text
“Support meaningful voter ID with citizenship verification”
“I support commonsense reforms such as limiting mail-in voting to legitimate cases, banning ballot harvesting and restoring local control to Nebraska’s counties.”
Paul RumbaughNWPParty: Nebraska Working People
Summary
Says he would not outright change anything in the 11 counties that administer mail-in-only elections.
“As far as the 11 counties that administer mail-in-only elections, I would not outright change anything.”
Sarah J. SlatteryDParty: Democratic
Summary
Wants to work on same-day voter registration and says no changes are needed to absentee voting, including in the 11 mail-in-only counties.
“The main thing I’d like to work on is same-day voter registration.”
“I don’t believe any changes are necessary regarding absentee voting, particularly in our 11 mail-in-only counties.”