Bill Kintner
Bill Kintner is a former Republican member of the Nebraska State Senate, representing District 2 from 2013 to 2017.[1] Kintner resigned at the end of January 2017 in light of a cybersex scandal and controversial tweets that appeared to make light of sexual assault.[2]
Committee assignments
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Kintner served on the following committees:
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| • Appropriations |
2013-2014
In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Kintner served on the following committees:
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| • Appropriations |
Issues
UN Agenda 21
On January 22, 2013, Kintner introduced LB482, which would prevent the state from "adopting policy recommendations that infringe on private property rights without due process as prescribed." The bill comes in response to Agenda 21, a non-binding United Nations environmental land-use treaty which conservatives argue diminishes national and state sovereignty, as well as property rights. Kintner also expressed practical opposition to Agenda 21, saying that plans for urban "green space" were not optimal, and that the program would be "catastrophic to the state" by converting farmland to wilderness. Fellow legislator Ernie Chambers decried the bill as being "in the category of those people who wear tin-foil hats for protection from I don't know what," as well as "monkey-see, monkey do legislation," noting similar legislation in other states. Another legislator, Danielle Conrad, said: "Those concerned about these issues demonstrate a fundamental misunderstanding of our system of government and a clear disregard for well-established constitutional protections for private property rights."[3]
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2014
- See also: Nebraska State Senate elections, 2014
Elections for the Nebraska State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 13, 2014. The general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for challengers wishing to run in this election was March 3, 2014, two days after the statutory deadline, which fell on a Saturday. Incumbents were required to file for election by February 18, 2014, three days after the statutory deadline, which fell on the Saturday prior to Presidents Day. Incumbent Bill Kintner and Ron Nolte defeated Mel Luetchens in the primary election. Kintner defeated Nolte in the general election.[4][5][6]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Independent |  Bill Kintner Incumbent |
61.8% | 7,244 | |
| Independent | Ron Nolte | 38.2% | 4,487 | |
| Total Votes | 11,731 | |||
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Bill Kintner Incumbent |
44.4% | 3,043 |
| Ron Nolte |
29% | 1,989 |
| Mel Luetchens | 26.6% | 1,823 |
| Total Votes | 6,855 | |
2012
- See also: Nebraska State Senate elections, 2012
Kintner won election in the 2012 election for District 2 of the Nebraska State Senate. He advanced past the May 15 primary election and defeated Paul Lambert in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[7][8]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Nonpartisan | Bill Kintner |
51.2% | 8,171 | |
| Nonpartisan | Paul Lambert Incumbent | 48.8% | 7,798 | |
| Total Votes | 15,969 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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R. Paul Lambert Incumbent |
28.4% | 1,624 |
| Bill Kintner |
22.1% | 1,266 |
| Ron Nolte | 18.6% | 1,064 |
| Mel Luetchens | 16.5% | 943 |
| Robyn Larson | 12.8% | 733 |
| Robert Howard | 1.7% | 98 |
| Total Votes | 5,728 | |
Campaign themes
2014
Kintner's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[9]
Economic Growth
- Excerpt: "I am committed to continuing the effort to keep our state’s economy diverse and vibrant. We need to provide opportunities to maintain and expand high quality jobs for our citizens with a tax and regulatory structure that encourages investment. "
Taxes
- Excerpt: "I believe one part of the problem with our high property taxes involves the property tax assessment practices. I am absolutely opposed to how the Sarpy County Assessor is valuing the farm site/first acre and I will introduce a state law change to limit assessors’ authority in that area."
Education
- Excerpt: " I will work to sustain the dynamic public, private and home school educational opportunities for our children. I want to make sure our families and educators have all the tools they need to provide a high quality education."
Balanced Budget Amendment
- Excerpt: "I support a Balanced Budget Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. If Congress passes one, it will then be sent to the states for ratification. I will immediately introduce it in the Legislature and work diligently to make sure it is ratified. "
Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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2020
In 2020, the Nebraska State Legislature was in session from January 8 to August 13.
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2019
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In 2019, the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature was in its 107th Legislature, 1st session from January 9 through May 31.
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2018
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In 2018, the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature was in its 106th Legislature, 2nd session from January 3 to April 18.
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2017
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In 2017, the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature was in its 105th Legislature, 1st session from January 4 to May 23.
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2016
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In 2016, the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature was in its 104th Legislature, 2nd session from January 6 to April 20.
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2015
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In 2015, the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature was in its 104th Legislature, 1st session from January 7 to May 29.
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2014
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In 2014, the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature was in its 103rd Legislature, 2nd session from January 8 to April 17.[10]
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2013
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In 2013, the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature was in its 103rd Legislature, 1st session from January 9 to June 5.
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2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Kintner was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Nebraska. All 36 delegates from Nebraska were bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[11] As of July 13, 2016, Trump had approximately 1,542 delegates. The winner of the Republican nomination needed the support of 1,237 delegates. Trump formally won the nomination on July 19, 2016.
Delegate rules
Delegates from Nebraska to the Republican National Convention were elected at a state convention in May 2016. Donald Trump won all 36 Nebraska delegates in the state primary election on May 10, 2016. Delegates from Nebraska were bound for the first two ballots at the national convention unless the candidate to whom they were pledged released them or received less than 35 percent of the vote on the first ballot.
Nebraska primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Nebraska, 2016
| Nebraska Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
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Donald Trump |
61.5% | 122,327 | 36 | |
| Ted Cruz | 18.4% | 36,703 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 11.4% | 22,709 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 3.6% | 7,233 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 5% | 10,016 | 0 | |
| Totals | 198,988 | 36 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and Nebraska Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
Nebraska had 36 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, nine were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's three congressional districts). Nebraska's district delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the plurality winner of the statewide primary vote received all of the state's district delegates.[12][13]
Of the remaining 27 delegates, 24 served at large. Nebraska's at-large delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the plurality winner of the statewide primary vote received all of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.[12][13]
Noteworthy events
Cybersex investigation
On August 5, 2016, Senator Kintner agreed to pay a $1,000 fine for misusing his state issued computer to engage in cybersex. The Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission released a report on the investigation which detailed emails and messages between Kintner and a woman from July 2015. After engaging in cybersex, the women tried to extort $4,500 from him by threatening to release video evidence of the event. Kintner contacted the Nebraska State Patrol about the extortion and confessed to his wife about the incident. Gov. Pete Ricketts (R), Senate President Galen Hadley (R), and Executive Board Chair Bob Krist (R) all called for Kintner’s resignation. Kintner refused to resign until January 30, 2017.[14]
Recent news
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See also
- Nebraska Unicameral
- Nebraska State Senate elections, 2014
- Legislature Committees
- Nebraska state legislative districts
External links
- Official campaign website
- Profile from the Nebraska Legislature
- Profile from Open States
- Campaign Facebook page
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
- Campaign contributions via OpenSecrets
Footnotes
- ↑ Note: Although the Nebraska State Senate elects its members in nonpartisan elections, members of the chamber generally function along party lines when it comes to voting and caucusing. Please see Nebraska State Senate partisan affiliation for more information.
- ↑ Omaha World-Herald, "State Sen. Bill Kintner to resign after months of criticism, saying you won't have me 'to kick around anymore,'" accessed February 2, 2017
- ↑ Lincoln Journal Star, "Nebraska lawmaker says United Nations environmental plan is threat to state," accessed February 13, 2013
- ↑ Nebraska Secretary of State, "Official Results of Nebraska Primary Election," accessed July 7, 2014
- ↑ Nebraska Secretary of State, "Statewide Candidate List," accessed March 21, 2014
- ↑ Nebraska Secretary of State, "Official Results: General Election - November 4, 2014," accessed December 14, 2014
- ↑ Nebraska Secretary of State, "Statewide Candidate List," accessed February 14, 2014
- ↑ Nebraska Secretary of State, "Official Report of The Board of State Canvassers of the State of Nebraska - Primary Election, May 15, 2012," accessed May 13, 2014
- ↑ kintnercutstaxes.com, "Priorities," accessed February 21, 2014
- ↑ Nebraska Legislature, "2014 Legislative Session," accessed June 27, 2014
- ↑ Lincoln Journal Star, "Nebraska GOP selects convention delegates," May 19, 2016
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
- ↑ Omaha World-Herald, "Kintner should resign his office immediately. Period,' Ricketts says after senator used state computer for cybersex," accessed August 5, 2016
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| Preceded by Paul Lambert |
Nebraska State Senate District 2 2013–2017 |
Succeeded by Robert Clements |
