Legislature, District 41

2 candidates · vote for 1 · 2-year term

Candidates are listed alphabetically by last name. Each quote is the candidate's own words; the summary above it is ours.

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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.

Jeremy Heneger

Summary

Wants “real tax relief” for the middle class, including family farms and ranches, and says the “ultrawealthy” should “do their fair share.”

“Real tax relief for the middle class, which of course includes the typical family farms and ranches.”

Source: Nebraska Examiner: Nebraska Legislature, Legislative District 41 (Special Election)QuestionnaireRetrieved

“We can do these things while providing tax relief to the middle class and asking the ultrawealthy to do their fair share.”

Source: Nebraska Examiner: Nebraska Legislature, Legislative District 41 (Special Election)QuestionnaireRetrieved
Joe Johnson

Summary

Names reducing the property tax burden a top priority and backs a state-level revenue source to fund schools per student for a dollar-for-dollar property tax cut.

“My top priorities are reducing the property tax burden, protecting property owner rights and strengthening local control.”

Source: Nebraska Examiner: Nebraska Legislature, Legislative District 41 (Special Election)QuestionnaireRetrieved

“A central part of that effort is establishing a stable, state-level revenue source to fund education on a per-student basis and deliver a direct, dollar-for-dollar reduction in property taxes.”

Source: Nebraska Examiner: Nebraska Legislature, Legislative District 41 (Special Election)QuestionnaireRetrieved

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Economy, jobs and trade

Jobs, wages, workforce, small business, tariffs and trade, federal budget and debt, unions and labor.

Jeremy Heneger

No public position found.

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Agriculture and rural Nebraska

Farm bill, crop and livestock markets, ag trade, rural broadband, rural hospitals, ethanol, meatpacking.

Joe Johnson

Summary

Campaign site says Nebraska should strengthen its agricultural economy through innovation, value-added production and policies that keep family farms and rural communities competitive.

Campaign website text

“He believes Nebraska must continue to strengthen its agricultural economy by supporting innovation, value-added production, and policies that keep family farms and rural communities competitive for generations to come.”

Source: Johnson for Legislature: Johnson for Legislature | District 41Campaign websitePublished Retrieved Archived copy of Johnson for Legislature | District 41

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Health care

Medicaid, ACA, prescription drug prices, rural health care access, Medicare, mental health.

Joe Johnson

No public position found.

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Abortion

Abortion law, Nebraska's 12-week law and constitutional amendment, IVF, contraception.

Jeremy Heneger

No public position found.

Joe Johnson

No public position found.

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Immigration and the border

Border security, deportation, legal immigration, agricultural and meatpacking workforce visas.

Jeremy Heneger

No public position found.

Joe Johnson

No public position found.

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Education and school choice

K-12 funding, school choice and private school scholarships, teachers, university and community college, student debt.

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Energy, water and environment

Public power, ethanol and biofuels, wind and solar, oil pipelines, carbon pipelines, Perkins County Canal, water quality, nitrates.

Jeremy Heneger

No public position found.

Joe Johnson

No public position found.

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Guns and public safety

Second Amendment, gun laws, policing, crime, prisons and corrections, drugs and fentanyl, marijuana law.

Jeremy Heneger

No public position found.

Joe Johnson

No public position found.

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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.

Joe Johnson

Summary

Says the Legislature should faithfully implement voter-approved measures and supply the structure needed to make them work.

“The Legislature’s responsibility is to faithfully implement voter-approved measures while providing the necessary structure and clarity to make them function effectively in practice.”

Source: Nebraska Examiner: Nebraska Legislature, Legislative District 41 (Special Election)QuestionnaireRetrieved

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