LABOR: Elections 2022
The Nebraska State AFL-CIO has endorsed the following candidates for the Nebraska Primary Election on May 10, 2022:
GOVERNOR.....................................................CAROL BLOOD
GOVERNOR – MAY PRIMARY ONLY...BRETT LINDSTROM
U.S. HOUSE 1ST DISTRICT.............PATTY PANSING BROOKS
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
DISTRICT 6 DANIELLE HELZER
DISTRICT 7 ROBIN STEVENS
DISTRICT 8 DEBORAH NEARY
NEBRASKA BOARD OF REGENTS
DISTRICT 7 MATT WILLIAMS
OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT
SUBDIVISION 4 MATT CORE
SUBDIVISION 5 KEVIN RYAN
METROPOLITAN UTILITIES DISTRICT OF OMAHA
Subdivision 7 Bob Sidzyik
METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
DISTRICT 4 RON HUG
AT LARGE KRISTEN DUPREE
LANCASTER COUNTY COMMISSIONER
DISTRICT 1 SEAN FLOWERDAY
DISTRICT 5 RICK VEST
NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE
DISTRICT 2 JANET CHUNG
DISTRICT 6 MACHAELA CAVANAUGH
DISTRICT 8 MEGAN HUNT
DISTRICT 10 WENDY DEBOER
DISTRICT 12 BOB BORGESON
DISTRICT 18 MICHAEL YOUNG
DISTRICT 20 JOHN FREDRICKSON
DISTRICT 26 GEORGE DUNGAN
DISTRICT 32 TOM BRANDT
DISTRICT 36 ANGIE LAURITSEN
DISTRICT 46 JAMES MICHAEL BOWERS
This action was taken at the Nebraska State AFL-CIO Committee On Political Education (COPE) Convention held March 26, 2022 in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Nebraska State AFL-CIO is a state-wide labor organization representing 23,000 members comprised of 115 local unions and state-wide councils. The principal officers consist of a President/Secretary-Treasurer • Susan L. Martin; 20 Executive Board members and three Trustees who supervise the activities of the organization between conventions.
These endorsements were made with the participation and involvement of Nebraska State AFL-CIO affiliated labor unions across the State of Nebraska. President/Secretary-Treasurer Martin stated, "We feel these candidates will be supportive of labor and working families. We hope that working people will consider this when voting in the primary election."
