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The Nebraska primary election is just days away, with five Republican candidates, including incumbent Sen. Pete Ricketts, vying for the U.S. Senate seat to advance to the general election in November.Mac Stevens, a nutritionist from Bushnell, is one of the challengers. “The polls are clear that Pete Ricketts is out of touch and disengaged with what really matters in Nebraska,” Stevens said. He added that his agenda includes “Make America Cancer Absent.” Stevens aims to eliminate cancers from American diets and implement Nebraska values nationwide. “Medical marijuana, there’s pushback on that, definitely would do efforts to keep that movement going,” Stevens said. “School prayer would be something I think Nebraska needs to get back to its Christian roots.” Eric Mortimore from Kearney said he joined the race because he is a hardworking Nebraskan. “I think abortions only in emergency cases like rape or if it’s risking the mother and baby’s health,” Mortimore said. He also supports a bill requiring truck drivers to learn English and shared his views on transgender issues. “I have two people who’s trans. One who is very political on trans issues, and the other one, he’s like, ‘Yeah, I want to be a woman.’ I’m not going to push it, but I do believe that a man, we should regulate or not allow men in the locker room because you can get some of the pedophiles exploiting the laws,” Mortimore said. Todd Knobel, from Lincoln, is running under the slogan “Make America Normal Again.” “It would be strange if a country this big, this large, did not have very big differences as to how we think we should be governed,” Knobel said. “That’s normal, but what is not normal is for me to think you’re evil and you’re Satan incarnate because you don’t agree with me and to try to demonize you.” Knobel wants to repeal Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which provides limited federal immunity to providers and users of interactive computer services. He said the law harms youth. “When you start to disseminate information to a very large number of people, you’re a media company,” Knobel said. “I think the same rules that have served us well over hundreds of years, that of regulated speech, should be applied to these, what are in essence, media companies.” Incumbent Sen. Pete Ricketts emphasized his support for Nebraskan ranchers and farmers and his focus on affordability and national security. “We always have to do a better job of talking about what we’re doing in regard to agriculture. Food security, that is national security,” Ricketts said. He also highlighted the benefits of biofuels like ethanol. “I saved $0.55 a gallon at Hy-Vee the last time I filled up with a 10% plant of ethanol,” Ricketts said. Ricketts denied allegations of planting a candidate in the Democratic Party race and pointed to Independent Senate candidate Dan Osborn. “If there’s anybody who is trying to interfere with the elections, it’s Dan Osborn,” Ricketts said. “We’re taking Dan Osborn very seriously, but I am not afraid of Dan Osborn because we’re going to run a tough race.” The fifth Republican candidate, Debb Axtell Schultz, has not provided an interview and does not have a campaign website, leaving limited information about her platform.Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |
The Nebraska primary election is just days away, with five Republican candidates, including incumbent Sen. Pete Ricketts, vying for the U.S. Senate seat to advance to the general election in November.
Mac Stevens, a nutritionist from Bushnell, is one of the challengers.
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“The polls are clear that Pete Ricketts is out of touch and disengaged with what really matters in Nebraska,” Stevens said.
He added that his agenda includes “Make America Cancer Absent.”
Stevens aims to eliminate cancers from American diets and implement Nebraska values nationwide.
“Medical marijuana, there’s pushback on that, definitely would do efforts to keep that movement going,” Stevens said. “School prayer would be something I think Nebraska needs to get back to its Christian roots.”
Eric Mortimore from Kearney said he joined the race because he is a hardworking Nebraskan.
“I think abortions [should be] only [allowed] in emergency cases like rape or if it’s risking the mother and baby’s health,” Mortimore said.
He also supports a bill requiring truck drivers to learn English and shared his views on transgender issues.
“I have two people who’s trans. One who is very political on trans issues, and the other one, he’s like, ‘Yeah, I want to be a woman.’ I’m not going to push it, but I do believe that a man, we should regulate or not allow men in the locker room because you can get some of the pedophiles exploiting the laws,” Mortimore said.
Todd Knobel, from Lincoln, is running under the slogan “Make America Normal Again.”
“It would be strange if a country this big, this large, did not have very big differences as to how we think we should be governed,” Knobel said. “That’s normal, but what is not normal is for me to think you’re evil and you’re Satan incarnate because you don’t agree with me and to try to demonize you.”
Knobel wants to repeal Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which provides limited federal immunity to providers and users of interactive computer services. He said the law harms youth.
“When you start to disseminate information to a very large number of people, you’re a media company,” Knobel said. “I think the same rules that have served us well over hundreds of years, that of regulated speech, should be applied to these, what are in essence, media companies.”
Incumbent Sen. Pete Ricketts emphasized his support for Nebraskan ranchers and farmers and his focus on affordability and national security.
“We always have to do a better job of talking about what we’re doing in regard to agriculture. Food security, that is national security,” Ricketts said.
He also highlighted the benefits of biofuels like ethanol.
“I saved $0.55 a gallon at Hy-Vee the last time I filled up with a 10% plant of ethanol,” Ricketts said.
Ricketts denied allegations of planting a candidate in the Democratic Party race and pointed to Independent Senate candidate Dan Osborn.
“If there’s anybody who is trying to interfere with the elections, it’s Dan Osborn,” Ricketts said. “We’re taking Dan Osborn very seriously, but I am not afraid of Dan Osborn because we’re going to run a tough race.”
The fifth Republican candidate, Debb Axtell Schultz, has not provided an interview and does not have a campaign website, leaving limited information about her platform.
Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.
NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |
