Jill Brown (Nebraska)
Jill Brown was a 2016 candidate for District 13 of the Nebraska State Senate.
Biography
Brown's professional experience includes working as an Associate Professor of Psychology at Creighton University.[1]
Campaign themes
2016
Brown's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[2]
Defend women’s rights
- Excerpt: "Jill will ensure wage and workplace equity and access to health care for women."
Protect critical social services
- Excerpt: "Jill Brown plans to work for reformed management and programming to remedy the issues that continue to plague the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services. “I have real concerns regarding the tragic mismanagement within the Department of Health and Human Services that has hurt so many of our most vulnerable children, while costing taxpayers millions.” "
Strengthen Economic Development
- Excerpt: "Jill will help sustain and increase a strong living wage and fight for working families."
Expand Medicaid and continue to fight for affordable health care
- Excerpt: "Jill will help ensure that our friends and neighbors have the health coverage that they need, while also bringing back around $2 billion in Nebraskans’ tax dollars between now and 2020 to invest in our economy."
Invest in and reform Education
- Excerpt: "As an educator, Brown places an emphasis on helping her students to encounter and understand the importance of considering the larger world outside of themselves."
Elections
2016
- See also: Nebraska State Senate elections, 2016
Elections for the Nebraska State Senate were held in 2016. The primary election took place on May 10, 2016. The general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was February 16, 2016, for incumbents. Challengers were required to file by March 1, 2016.[3] Incumbent Tanya Cook did not seek re-election because of term-limits.
Justin Wayne defeated Jill Brown in the Nebraska State Senate District 13 general election.[4][5]
| Nebraska State Senate, District 13 General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Justin Wayne |
51.16% | 6,920 |
| Jill Brown | 48.84% | 6,605 |
| Total Votes | 13,525 | |
| Source: Nebraska Secretary of State | ||
Justin Wayne and Jill Brown defeated Jake Seeman and Mark Elworth in the Nebraska State Senate District 13 primary.[6][7]
| Nebraska State Senate, District 13 Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Justin Wayne |
44.38% | 1,929 |
| Jill Brown |
42.19% | 1,834 |
| Jake Seeman | 7.57% | 329 |
| Mark Elworth | 5.87% | 255 |
| Total Votes | 4,347 | |
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See also
- Nebraska State Senate
- Nebraska State Senate District 13
- Nebraska State Senate elections, 2016
- Nebraska State Legislature
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Facebook, "Jill Brown for Legislature," accessed April 19, 2016
- ↑ votejillbrown.com, "Issues," accessed April 19, 2016
- ↑ Nebraska Secretary of State, "Official Election Calendar," accessed December 7, 2015
- ↑ Nebraska Secretary of State, "Statewide Candidate List for general election," accessed August 19, 2016
- ↑ Nebraska Secetary of State, "General election results, 2016," accessed December 21, 2016
- ↑ Nebraska Secretary of State, "Statewide Candidate List," accessed May 16, 2016
- ↑ Nebraska Secretary of State, "Primary Election May 10, 2016," accessed October 14, 2016
