# Dan Winter, candidate for Legislature, District 24 (Nebraska)
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- Race: [Legislature, District 24](https://publictownsquare.com/nebraska/legislature-24.md)
- Nonpartisan office: party is not on the ballot.
- City: Bradshaw
- On the ballot as: Dan Winter
- Campaign website: none found
## 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: no public position found
- Elections and government: quote found
## Property taxes and cost of living
Summary (our words, not the candidate's): Says property tax cuts are unlikely in the next four years and suggests raising the state sales tax to 6%.
> “With the current state revenue shortfalls, I think lowering property taxes will not happen in the next four years.”
Source: Nebraska Examiner, "Nebraska Legislature, Legislative District 24", · Questionnaire · no publish date shown · retrieved 2026-10-31
> “I would suggest a simple increase to the state’s sales tax to 6%, generating $223.5 million.”
Source: Nebraska Examiner, "Nebraska Legislature, Legislative District 24", · Questionnaire · no publish date shown · retrieved 2026-10-31
## Economy, jobs and trade
Summary (our words, not the candidate's): Wants the state budget focused on childcare and education, innovation and entrepreneurship, and infrastructure.
> “A better policy would be to focus what budget the state has into three categories: childcare/education, innovation/entrepreneurship and infrastructure.”
Source: Nebraska Examiner, "Nebraska Legislature, Legislative District 24", · Questionnaire · no publish date shown · retrieved 2026-10-31
## 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 education is a major priority and the state should set a standard level of education for students.
> “My major priorities if elected will be education and communication. As a society, we need to set a standard level of education and be sure most students are at least capable of that.”
Source: Nebraska Examiner, "Nebraska Legislature, Legislative District 24", · Questionnaire · no publish date shown · retrieved 2026-10-31
## Energy, water and environment
Summary (our words, not the candidate's): Proposes that data centers pay for their infrastructure, use renewable energy when possible, install flowmeters and pay per gallon of water.
> “First, data centers must pay for the infrastructure they require to function and they must use renewable energy when possible. Second, data centers must have flowmeters installed and we should charge 1 to 3 cents for every gallon of water used.”
Source: Nebraska Examiner, "Nebraska Legislature, Legislative District 24", · Questionnaire · no publish date shown · retrieved 2026-10-31
## Guns and public safety
No public position found.
## Elections and government
Summary (our words, not the candidate's): Would agree to a 30-vote filibuster threshold and says the Legislature should not change the meaning of voter-approved measures.
> “I can agree to 30-vote threshold making the filibuster only needing a 60% vote to be overcome, instead of the current 67%, putting it in line with the U.S. Senate.”
Source: Nebraska Examiner, "Nebraska Legislature, Legislative District 24", · Questionnaire · no publish date shown · retrieved 2026-10-31
> “The Legislature’s role in ballot measures is to focus on the implementation of the ballot measure. There should be no changes to the meaning behind the measure.”
Source: Nebraska Examiner, "Nebraska Legislature, Legislative District 24", · Questionnaire · no publish date shown · retrieved 2026-10-31