Hassebrook and Raybould: What’s at Stake in This Election

Chris Prolux, President of the Omaha Education Association, said, “It is critical we elect leaders who will put students ahead of politics. We can’t have a leader who embodies the politics of divisiveness. We need a leader who will embody the Nebraska way of coming together and doing what is right for our kids. Chuck Hassebrook did that as a Regent for the University of Nebraska and he’ll do it as Governor.”

Prolux went on to say that “because students can’t vote, it is up to us — the parents, the grandparents the educators, and all voters — to elect candidates who support education. Chuck Hassebrook will support our public schools and ensure our students they have the future they deserve.”

Senator Jeremy Nordquist said that he will be proud to vote for Hassebrook and Raybould because “they are a team that knows what it takes to have an economy that works for all Nebraskans — and that includes a higher minimum wage.” Nordquist also said he supports Hassebrook because they worked together in the Legislature to defeat Ricketts’ Platte Institute plan to tax prescription drugs, hospital beds, dorm rooms, ag and manufacturing inputs.

Omaha Police Officers Association Sargent John Wells said that “Chuck is the only candidate who has time and time again committed to stop the revolving door that is the Nebraska prison system and take away good time for violent offenders.”

Hassebrook said that this is “the most important vote you will cast for Governor in a generation because it is a very close race” and as Governor he will “fight for the working middle class and Main Street, not Wall Street.”