For Immediate Release
April 22, 2020
Lincoln, NE. NEBFARMPAC, the political action committee of the Nebraska Farmers Union, Nebraska’s second largest general farm organization with over 4,000 farm and ranch families announced its Primary endorsements at this time for the Legislature, State Board of Education, Public Power Districts, Natural Resource Districts, and County Commissioners.
Based on their position on family farm and ranch issues and input from county and district officers, the NEBFARMPAC Board of Directors announced the following Primary endorsements with NeFU members in bold:
Public Service Commission: Crystal Rhoades, Public Service Commission District 2
Nebraska Legislature:
Julie Slama, Nebraska Legislature, LD1
Carol Blood, Nebraska Legislature LD3
Tony Vargas, Nebraska Legislature, LD7
Terrell McKinney, Nebraska Legislature, LD11
Lynne Walz, Nebraska Legislature, LD15
Sheryl Lindau, Nebraska Legislature, LD17
Dan Quick, Nebraska Legislature, LD35
State Board of Education:
Lisa Fricke in District 2
Omaha Public Power District:
Amanda Bogner, OPPD Subdivision 1
Sara Howard, OPPD, Subdivision 2
Lower Platte North NRD, Subdistrict 3: Andrew Tonnies
Lower Platte South NRD, Subdistrict 4: Edison McDonald
Lower Elkhorn NRD, Subdistrict 7: Randy Ruppert
Upper Elkhorn NRD, Subdistrict 6: Art Tanderup
Upper Elkhorn NRD, Subdistrict 7: Keith Heithoff
Lancaster County Commissioner Subdistrict 2: Christa Yoakum,
Gage County Commissioner, District 6: Don Schuller
NEBFARMPAC will make additional endorsements after the Primary Election.
NEBFARMPAC is the political action committee of the Nebraska Farmers Union, which is a non-partisan, not-for-profit general farm organization founded in 1913 with a mission to protect and enhance the quality of life and economic well-being of family farmers and ranchers and their rural communities. NeFU is the respected voice of family farm and ranch agriculture with more than 4,000 family memberships.