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Douglas County Voters' Guide Statewide Primary Election 2020 Douglas County Voters’ Guide Statewide Primary Election 2020 LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF GREATER OMAHA - LWVGO.ORG The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan organization that never endorses or opposes any political parties or candidates. Candidate responses have not been edited. For candidate responses personalized to your address, go to Vote411.org. Table of Contents Federal Offices ........................................................................................................................................................................ 3 U.S. Senator ............................................................................................................................................................................ 3 U.S. House of Representatives for Nebraska District 2 .......................................................................................................... 8 Nebraska Unicameral Legislature ......................................................................................................................................... 10 Legislature District 5 .............................................................................................................................................................. 10 Legislature District 7 .............................................................................................................................................................. 11 Legislature District 9 .............................................................................................................................................................. 12 Legislature District 11 ............................................................................................................................................................ 14 Legislature District 13 ............................................................................................................................................................ 16 Legislature District 31 ............................................................................................................................................................ 16 Legislature District 39 ............................................................................................................................................................ 18 State Boards of Education ..................................................................................................................................................... 20 Board of Regents – University of Nebraska .......................................................................................................................... 20 State Board of Education – District 2 .................................................................................................................................... 22 State Board of Education – District 4 .................................................................................................................................... 22 Douglas County Commission ................................................................................................................................................ 24 Douglas County Commissioner – District 1 ........................................................................................................................... 24 Douglas County Commissioner – District 3 ........................................................................................................................... 25 Douglas County Commissioner – District 5 ........................................................................................................................... 26 Douglas County Commissioner – District 7 ........................................................................................................................... 29 Natural Resources District (NRD) ......................................................................................................................................... 30 Papio-Missouri River NRD – Subdistrict 9 ............................................................................................................................ 30 Public Service Commission ................................................................................................................................................... 31 Public Service Commission – District 2 ................................................................................................................................. 31 Metropolitan Utilities District of Omaha (MUD) ..................................................................................................................... 33 Metropolitan Utilities District of Omaha – Subdivision 3 ....................................................................................................... 33 Metropolitan Utilities District of Omaha – Subdivision 4 ....................................................................................................... 34 Metropolitan Utilities District of Omaha – Subdivision 5 ....................................................................................................... 35 Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) ................................................................................................................................... 36 Omaha Public Power District – Subdivision 1 ....................................................................................................................... 36 LWVGO Voters’ Guide: 2020 Primary Election Metropolitan Community College (MCC) .............................................................................................................................. 37 Metropolitan Community College – District 3 ........................................................................................................................ 37 Metropolitan Community College – District 4 ........................................................................................................................ 38 Learning Community Coordinating Council ........................................................................................................................... 40 Learning Community Coordinating Council – District 2 ........................................................................................................ 40 Learning Community Coordinating Council – District 4 ........................................................................................................ 40 Learning Community Coordinating Council – District 6 ........................................................................................................ 41 Bennington Board of Education............................................................................................................................................. 42 Omaha Public School Board ................................................................................................................................................. 43 Omaha Public School Board – District 7 ............................................................................................................................... 43 Omaha Public School Board – District 9 ............................................................................................................................... 45 Westside Board of Education ................................................................................................................................................ 46 Special Issues Ticket – Ballot Questions .............................................................................................................................. 47 2 Federal Offices U.S. Senator Matt Innis (R): No response received. Chris Janicek (D): Website: http://chrisforsenate2020.com Occupation: Owner of CakeBox and CupCake Omaha -Property Investor Education: Mary Our Queen Catholic -Archbishop Ryan High School -University of NE - Omaha Current Public Office, dates held: None Past Public Office, dates held: None Military experience: None Volunteer experience: Youth Emergency Services -Nebraska Aids Project -Big Brothers/Sisters -Stephen Center -Open Door Mission Dennis Frank Macek (D): Website: www.macekforsenate.com Current Public Office, dates held: None (N/A) Past Public Office, dates held: N/A Education: BA Marquette University; MA University of Arizona; Extension courses U of Cal; qualified for Ph. D in English Education University of Texas at Austin (degree not completed); finished HVAC program at Capitol City Trade and Technical School Austin, TX Military Experience: N/A However, sporadic contract work for U. S. military 1973-1975, Pacific Theater (Zukeran, Okinawa, Japan Volunteer Experience: McGovern campaign, 1971; Dave Domina for Senate campaign, 2014 Ben Sasse (R): No response received. Larry Marvin (D): No response received for biographical information. Alisha Shelton (D): Website: http://sheltonforsenate.com Current Public Office, dates held: N/A Past Public Office, dates held: N/A Education: Masters of Science in Clinical Counseling, Masters of Science in Human Services, Bachelor of Science in Psychology Pre-Medicine. Military Experience: N/A Volunteer Experience: I volunteer with several organizations. Most recent Center for Holistic Development, providing free therapy to clients. I serve as the regional program, planning, & development co-coordinator for Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,
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