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Tom Dierks
From Ballotpedia
Tom Dierks was a candidate for District 26 of the Nebraska State Senate.
Elections
2010
- See also: Nebraska State Senate elections, 2010
| Nebraska State Senate, District 26 General election (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
 Amanda McGill
|
4,621 | |||
| Tom Dierks | 4,169 | |||
Campaign themes
2010
Dierks' website talks about the following issues:
- Taxes
- Excerpt: "I would propose targeted sales taxes as a means of easing the burden on the property tax base."
- Illegal Immigration
- Excerpt: "Immigrants must enter the country through our legal process. Americans understand that immigrants want to improve their lives, but the law must be followed. Taxes must be paid, and economic strength means retaining jobs for citizens."
- Healthcare
- Excerpt: "Although every person should have access to health care, it should not be provided for by the government. Our health care system is financially burdensome and reforms are necessary to make coverage more accessible. However government-run and government-financed health care is the wrong answer. Medical decisions must remain a private matter between patient and provider."
- Spending
- Excerpt: "I've had friends go to China, Russia, and Guatemala to adopt children due to the scarcity of adoption opportunities here. It seems quite obvious that we should be strongly promoting adoption over abortion."
External links
- Tom Dierks' official campaign website
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- List of 2010 candidates for Nebraska Legislature
- May 11, 2010 primary election results
Footnotes
Current members of the Nebraska State Senate
Leadership
Senate President:John Arch
Senators
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Robert Hallstrom (R)
District 2
Robert Clements (R)
District 3
Victor Rountree (N)
District 4
R. von Gillern (R)
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Margo Juarez (D)
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District 7
Dunixi Guereca (D)
District 8
Megan Hunt (N)
District 9
John Cavanaugh (D)
District 10
Wendy DeBoer (D)
District 11
Terrell McKinney (D)
District 12
Merv Riepe (R)
District 13
Ashlei Spivey (D)
District 14
John Arch (R)
District 15
Dave Wordekemper (R)
District 16
Ben Hansen (R)
District 17
Glen Meyer (R)
District 18
District 19
Rob Dover (R)
District 20
John Fredrickson (D)
District 21
Beau Ballard (R)
District 22
Mike Moser (R)
District 23
Jared Storm (R)
District 24
Jana Hughes (R)
District 25
Carolyn Bosn (R)
District 26
George Dungan (D)
District 27
Jason Prokop (D)
District 28
Jane Raybould (D)
District 29
Eliot Bostar (D)
District 30
Myron Dorn (R)
District 31
Kathleen Kauth (R)
District 32
Tom Brandt (R)
District 33
Dan Lonowski (R)
District 34
Loren Lippincott (R)
District 35
Dan Quick (D)
District 36
Rick Holdcroft (R)
District 37
Stanley Clouse (R)
District 38
Dave Murman (R)
District 39
Tony Sorrentino (R)
District 40
Barry DeKay (R)
District 41
Daniel McKeon (R)
District 42
Michael Jacobson (R)
District 43
Tanya Storer (R)
District 44
Teresa Ibach (R)
District 45
Rita Sanders (R)
District 46
Danielle Conrad (D)
District 47
Paul Strommen (R)
District 48
Brian Hardin (R)
District 49
Bob Andersen (R)
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