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rolled on.
Police^said the suspects were wanted for dealing drugs including marijua
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Tbelirrests Thursday were the result of a two-year undercover investiga
tion by the three law enforcement agencies and the Lancaster County
Attorney’s office.
“We’ve got a real drug problem right now and we’ll use every deterrent
' that we can to try and bring it to a closure,” Lincoln Police Capt. Duaine
Bullock said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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mary elections. He said Steve Kupka,
chief of staff for Omaha Mayor Hal
Daub; Clarke Stevens, an Omaha
orthodontist; and Kyle Hutchings,
Douglas County commissioner, have
expressed interest in running.
Sigerson said Omaha voters are
still attracted by the conservative
reforms proposed in the GOP’s
Contract With America, which the
party introduced while sweeping to
control both houses of Congress in
the 1994 elections. He predicted
Omaha voters would do their part to
continue the “Republican revolu
tion.”
“I think people generally under
stand that the Republican reforms
aren’t done yet,” Sigerson said. “The
Republicans have been the only ones
to at least make steps to reduce gov
ernment and give people their money
back.”
Christensen, who was first elect
ed to Congress in the 1994 GOP vic
tories, will leave after four years in
office. He served on the powerful
House Ways and Means Committee
during both terms.
Kerry Winterer, chairman of the
Douglas County/Republican Party,
said Christensen’s decisive re-elec
tion in 1996 indicates voters are like
ly to elect a conservative candidate in
1998.
“I think it’s safe to say the district
has liked what Jon has done since
1994,” he said. “The candidates in
next year’s race can take a lesson
from that.”
Terry, who has served on the
Omaha City Council since 1991, said
he favors a balanced budget and the
return of power to state and local
governments.
“Coming from local government,
I have a lot of trust in local govern
ment,” Terry said. “That’s an attitude
that Washington lacks.”
Terry said he, like many voters,
was skeptical about the recent con
gressional resolution to balance the
federal budget deficit by 2002. If
elected, he said, he would push to.
make the balanced budget a reality.
Winterer said Meredith
Christensen will bring a conservative
message of tax cuts and a balanced
budget to the race.
Also, he said, the Washington
connections and fUnd-raising ability
she developed while working for her
then-husband’s 1994 campaign will
be beneficial in her congressional
bid.
Democrat officials excited
about possible candidates
By Brian Carlson
Assignment Reporter
Republican Jon Christensen’s
decision to run for governor has
provided the Democratic Party
with what it views as a goldep
opportunity in the 2nd District
congressional race.
Christensen’s gubernatorial
bid means he will be leaving his
seat in the U.S. House of
Representatives, and the stage is
set for a battle for the open seat in
the November 1998 election.
Democratic Party officials said
they like their chances of winning
the race and are eager to place
some candidates in the mix. f
“We were delighted when Jon
Christensen decided to run for
governor,” said Gary Randall, 2nd
District chairman of the Nebraska
Democratic Party. - \
ine makeup ot tne
Democratic field in the May pri
mary election, party officials
said, will be largely dependent on
the intentions of a man familiar to
the Omaha district: former U.S.
Rep. Peter Hoagland.
Hoagland, a Democrat who
represented the district in
Congress from 1989-95, has
expressed interest in regaining his
old seat. Defeated by Christensen
in the 1994 election, he is now
working as an attorney in
' Washington, D.C.
Randall said he expeets
Hoagland to announce in the next
seven to 10 days if he will run.
Other possible candidates will
probably wait until after
Hoagland’s decision before
deciding whether they will run,
Randall said.
Tricia Bruning, executive
director of the^ Nebraska
Democratic Party, said four to
five Democratic candidates
besides Hoagland are considering
bids, although none has entered
the race yet. *.
She said Chris McClean, who
has worked in Washington for 15
years as a staff worker for U.S.
Sens. James Exon and Bob
Kerrey, is pondering a bid. She
w
The voters want
someone who will
represent them, not
t further their own
political ambitions,”
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would not name the three to four
other possible candidates.
Two Republicans have
announced their candidacies in
the Znu District race. Omaha City
Councilman Lee Terry and
Meredith Christensen, Jon
Christensen’s ex-wife, will appear
on the May primary ballot.
Randall said the party would
like to field a candidate with a
“broad-based appeal” to Omaha
voters and a concern with issues
such as minimum wage, health
care and family issues.
“These are basically the tradi
tional issues that the Democratic
Party has worried about, because
we’re worried about our fellow
man,” he said. .
Bruning said the candidates .
would address such Omaha issues
as city expansion, infrastructure
and bridge construction across
the Missouri River.
In addition, Bruning said,
national issues like campaign
finance reform and re-engaging
voters in the democratic process
will be important to voters.
“The message for voters is |
that our candidates are going to
do what’s best for Omaha,” she
said. “The voters want someone
who will represent them, not fur
ther their own political ambi
tions.”
Randall said he expects poten
tial candidates will make their
decisions in the next 30 days.
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