Mark Cohen
Candidate for U.S. House, District 3
- City
- Lemoyne
- On the ballot as
- Mark Cohen
- Campaign website
- markfornebraska.org
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Property taxes and cost of living
Summary
Wants large corporations and the very wealthy to pay closer to their historical share so grants could help buy down property taxes.
Campaign website text
“If the federal government required large corporations and the very wealthy to pay closer to their historical share, we could fund grants to state and local governments — money that can be used to buy down property taxes the way Nebraska's own school tax credits already do.”
“Big corporations should not pay a lower effective rate than Nebraska’s nurses. I want a tax structure closer to the one that had bipartisan support under Eisenhower.”
Economy, jobs and trade
Summary
Says tariffs are hurting farmers and related industries, and that adding trillions to the national debt is not conservative.
Campaign website text
“This administration’s ill-conceived tariffs are hurting farmers, ranchers, and related industries.”
“I’ll insist on fiscal honesty, because adding trillions to the national debt is not conservative.”
Agriculture and rural Nebraska
Summary
Wants to fund and enforce antitrust law and mandate standardized packer contracts and USDA transparency reporting.
Campaign website text
“I will work to fund the USDA and the DOJ Antitrust Division, and to make them enforce the law. I will fight to mandate standardized packer contracts and USDA transparency reporting.”
Health care
Summary
Supports some form of healthcare for all Americans and cites his experience with publicly funded medicine in the Air Force.
Campaign website text
“I Support Some Form of Healthcare For All Americans. I had publicly funded medicine in the Air Force, and it worked just fine.”
Abortion
No public position found.
Immigration and the border
Summary
Supports enforcing immigration laws and opposes the president's deportation approach; calls for sensible immigration reform that recognizes immigrants are critical to Nebraska's agricultural and other industries.
“We should enforce our laws. I do not support the president’s deportation approach.”
Campaign website text
“We must work for sensible immigration reform that recognizes that immigrants are critical to Nebraska’s agricultural and other industries.”
Education and school choice
Summary
Wants federal student-loan forgiveness for teachers who commit to five years in rural districts and a pay floor for starting teachers.
Campaign website text
“Congress should offer federal student-loan forgiveness for teachers who commit to five years in rural districts, and establish a pay floor so starting teachers in NE-03 aren’t driven out of the profession by better-paying jobs across the state line.”
Energy, water and environment
Summary
Calls fossil fuels a necessary bridge while the country works toward cleaner energy.
Campaign website text
“Fossil fuels are a necessary bridge while we work toward cleaner energy”
Guns and public safety
Summary
Opposes efforts to weaken the Second Amendment and supports legalizing and regulating marijuana for adults.
“I’ll resist any attempts by a Democratic-controlled House to weaken the Second Amendment.”
“I support legalizing and regulating marijuana for adults.”
Elections and government
Summary
Says he will fight attempts to change voting rules to obtain a specific outcome, and supports paper ballots or a voter-verifiable paper audit trail in every election.
“I will fight any attempt to change the voting rules to obtain a specific outcome.”
“I support paper ballots or a voter-verifiable paper audit trail in every election.”