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John Glen Weaver (Nebraska)

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John Glen Weaver
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Republican Party

Elections and appointments
Last election

May 14, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

University of Wyoming, 1999

Graduate

Air University, 2013

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Air Force

Years of service

1999 - 2022

Personal
Birthplace
Macomb, Ill.
Religion
Christian
Profession
Pilot
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John Glen Weaver (Republican Party) ran in a special election to the U.S. Senate to represent Nebraska. He lost in the special Republican primary on May 14, 2024.

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Biography

John Glen Weaver was born in Macomb, Illinois. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1999 to 2022. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Wyoming in 1999, a graduate degree from the University of Oklahoma in 2003, and a graduate degree from Air University in 2013. His career experience includes working as a pilot. Weaver has been affiliated with the AFA, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), and Disabled American Vets (DAV) organizations.[1][2]

Elections

2024

See also: United States Senate special election in Nebraska, 2024

General election

Special general election for U.S. Senate Nebraska

Incumbent Pete Ricketts defeated Preston Love Jr. in the special general election for U.S. Senate Nebraska on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Pete Ricketts
Pete Ricketts (R)
 
62.6
 
585,103
Image of Preston Love Jr.
Preston Love Jr. (D)
 
37.4
 
349,902

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 935,005
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Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Nebraska

Preston Love Jr. advanced from the special Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Nebraska on May 14, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Preston Love Jr.
Preston Love Jr.
 
100.0
 
85,114

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 85,114
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Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for U.S. Senate Nebraska

Incumbent Pete Ricketts defeated John Glen Weaver and Mac Stevens in the special Republican primary for U.S. Senate Nebraska on May 14, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Pete Ricketts
Pete Ricketts
 
78.9
 
173,118
Image of John Glen Weaver
John Glen Weaver Candidate Connection
 
14.8
 
32,529
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Mac Stevens
 
6.2
 
13,669

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 219,316
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Nebraska's 1st Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Nebraska District 1

Incumbent Mike Flood defeated Patty Pansing Brooks in the general election for U.S. House Nebraska District 1 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mike Flood
Mike Flood (R)
 
57.9
 
129,236
Image of Patty Pansing Brooks
Patty Pansing Brooks (D)
 
42.1
 
93,929

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 223,165
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 1

Patty Pansing Brooks defeated Jazari Kual Zakaria in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 1 on May 10, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Patty Pansing Brooks
Patty Pansing Brooks
 
86.5
 
31,808
Image of Jazari Kual Zakaria
Jazari Kual Zakaria Candidate Connection
 
13.5
 
4,944

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 36,752
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 1

Incumbent Mike Flood defeated Jeffrey Fortenberry (Unofficially withdrew), John Glen Weaver, Thireena Yuki Connely, and Curtis Huffman in the Republican primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 1 on May 10, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mike Flood
Mike Flood
 
73.9
 
61,265
Image of Jeffrey Fortenberry
Jeffrey Fortenberry (Unofficially withdrew)
 
11.8
 
9,807
Image of John Glen Weaver
John Glen Weaver Candidate Connection
 
6.6
 
5,470
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Thireena Yuki Connely Candidate Connection
 
4.0
 
3,353
Image of Curtis Huffman
Curtis Huffman Candidate Connection
 
3.7
 
3,062

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 82,957
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

John Glen Weaver completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Weaver's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Lt Col (ret) Weaver is midwesterner raised on a grain and livestock farm, at an early age he learned the importance of hard work, discipline, and personal responsibility. He turned his strong Christian values, deep love for America, and passion for helping others into a career of distinguished service. Raised a born-again Christian and homeschooled on a farmstead he still owns today, John Glen learned the value of hard work and the importance of our God-given freedoms. Wanting to serve his country, chart new horizons, experience flight, and earn his silver wings, he joined the Air Force in 1999 and served for 22.5 years. Beyond flying multimillion-dollar airplanes, he also served in intelligence, strategic nuclear command and control, reconnaissance, and maintenance officer career fields. Altogether, he had 6 assignments all over the US and he deployed 11 times around the world: including multiple stints in combat to Iraq and Afghanistan flying combat missions over both. Most notably he was awarded an Air Medal for heroism for flying combat missions on the Offutt-based RC-135 over Iraq. Lt Col Weaver may have retired the uniform, but his oath to this country hasn’t ended. He wasn’t ready to stop serving his country. His tactical mission now is to keep fighting for this country as a candidate for the United States Senate in Nebraska as a strong defender of the Constitution, conservative values, and national security. He is beholden to no one except the people of Nebraska.
  • SOLVE SOUTHERN BORDER CRISIS Unchecked, illegal immigrants are entering our country at record rates. Joe Biden’s do-nothing policies give millions of aliens a free pass to break our laws, traffic drugs into our communities, contribute to rising crime and take jobs away from hardworking Americans. Biden’s policies have created a crisis out of thin air, after four years of President Trump’s successful efforts to get our border under control. As Nebraska’s next senator, I will oppose every attempt by the Democrats to grant amnesty, so that our communities are safe places to live and work and raise a family. I’ll also work to finish the construction of a border wall and double the number of border agents in our country.
  • ELECTION INTEGRITY Nebraska has great elections, and we should all be grateful for that. But even in August 2022, we saw multiple states hold primaries where they hadn’t counted ballots nearly a week after the elections. This is unacceptable even in the world’s oldest Republic. It’s time to end the COVID-era changes to our elections–we need to go back to having an election day in this country, not an election season, and we need other common-sense measures too: Voter ID, signature verification on absentee ballots, and end mail-in voting. Taking steps like these will ensure that we conduct our elections with integrity in the future.
  • SPENDING AND INFLATION The Biden administration has spent billions and billions of dollars on things we don’t need. Why do we need a “transportation equity” agency to ensure that we don’t have too many male truck drivers? Why are we spending billions on battery technologies that are controlled by the Chinese Communist Party and built by Chinese workers? The result of needless spending is runaway inflation, which has made it harder for normal Americans to afford necessities. Inflation has hit our seniors especially hard, many of whom live on a fixed income. It’s time to get this inflation under control.
Supporting out veterans and military and law enforcement!
God and Jesus.
Integrity, Service Before Self, and excellence in all we do.
I have integrity and I am a hard worker.
To serve:

1) God
2) The Constitution

3) We the people.
That I worked to keep our constitutional republic going while I was on earth.
Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster. I was 9
US Air Force Officer. 22.5 years.
The bible
James Bond
The Best - Tina Turner
The invasion at our southern border, election integrity, China, and the debt.
I support and have signed the term limits pledge. I will only serve 2 terms in the US Senate.
It is supposed to be focusing on serving the people but we've gotten away from that. I'll serve the people.
No. We don't need career politicians. The people that are there have caused the problem. They won't be the ones to fix it.
We need a senate majority leader that knows how to use the filibuster to support the constitution, conservative, and fiscal responsibility.
Will they adhere to the constitution and do they fear God and the supreme judge?
I will start the Senate Freedom Caucus. I will not join the democrats to put America further into debt.
No.
Aggressively. I'll go after the weaponization of the DOJ.
Nebraska Republican Party

Veterans for Donald Trump
Nebraskans Against Government Overreach (NAGO)
Nebraska Freedom Coalition (NFC)
The Following Nebraska County GOPs
Seward
Lancaster
Sarpy
Antelope
Cherry
Cass
Buffalo
Sheridan
Hayes
Hitchcock
Hamilton
York
Dixon

...and the list continues to grow
Will they adhere to the Constitution and are they fearful of God.
Intel and Judicial.
Complete and total transparency. No trading stocks. period! I'll make it a law to make trading stocks as a senator illegal.

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2022

Candidate Connection

John Glen Weaver completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Weaver's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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22 yrs Air Force (1999 - 2022) Lt Col, 11 deployments, combat veteran of Iraq & Afghanistan, farmer, Real Estate businessman, married with wife and daughter. No political experience and not beholden to anyone but the people of the 1st Congressional District. The desire to continue my service to my country and community is why I am running.
  • Border security. We must secure our borders and stop the flow of illegal immigrants. I support a wall, national ID card, and legal immigration policies.
  • Pro-life, True Conservative. All lives are precious. We must stop drug overdoses from the flow of drugs across the border. We must overturn Roe v. Wade.
  • National Security. America is exceptional and we must provide the world leadership. I would expand Offutt AFB / USSTRATCOM missions by adding the B21 & NC3 systems
National Security, Foreign Policy, and Defense: America is the leader of the free world and we are exceptional and we won't back down from this responsibility. I flew combat missions over Iraq and Afghanistan and I will never forget the atrocities of September 11th, and what occurs when you allow terrorists to operate freely in ungoverned areas like Afghanistan. We must continue to take the fight to terrorists around the world. We must also shift our focus to deterring Russian aggression. I believe we should expand our missions (B-21 Bomber and NC3) at Offutt AFB to deter Russia and China. I have spent my life defending and fighting for this nation.

Pro-Life. As a country, we must place more value on LIFE. I believe that each life (born and unborn) is created by God for a special, unique purpose, and that every life has inherent value. Being pro-life goes beyond politics. It is a foundational, moral position on the side of humanity. I will fight for LIFE.

Immigration and Border security. Border security must come first, before we have any other conversation about immigration policies. Enough is enough, let’s enforce our laws and build a wall and establish a national ID card system. We should not only build the wall but also ramp up tech-savvy ways to secure our border, like drones and sensors. My 22+ years serving in national security makes me uniquely qualified to assess different proposals and find the right solution.

I look up to great military leaders like Eisenhower, Grant, and George Washington.
"On the House" by John Boehner and "It Doesn't Hurt to Ask" by Trey Goudy.
Honesty, Integrity, and Service before self
I have a desire to continue my service to my community and country. I am honest and have integrity.
To selflessly serve the people 100% of the time.
To help raise up all the people in Nebraska and to take care of our military and veterans.
The first historical event that happened in my lifetime was September 11, 2001. I was 25 years old.
My very first job was the second lieutenant in the Air Force and I had that job for 22 1/2 years.
"Once an Eagle" by Anton Myrer because it is about values, compromise, struggles with conflicting values and loyalty.
James Bond
I tend to over extend myself.
That they can hold the executive branch accountable.
No, but having a sold background in service and government policies is necessary.
Government spending, Jobs/Education, Russia, China, and Iran
1. House Agriculture Committee

2. House Armed Services
3. House Committee on Veterans Affairs

4. House Foreign Affairs Committee
Yes
I plan to serve 10 years in the House. I've asked people around my district what their thoughts are and they also agree to term limits. I realize there are plus and minuses but my plan is to serve 10 years unless I am speaker of the house where I can advocate for my people at a higher level.
Bob Dole
Brian Mast and Dan Crenshaw.
Yes, absolutely there needs to be compromise to achieve desirable policy making. Not one party can have it their way all the time. But I think in the middle we can find an area for compromise that benefits everyone in America.
I wouldn't spend more than we make.

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John Glen Weaver campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* U.S. Senate NebraskaLost primary$56,974 $56,974
2022U.S. House Nebraska District 1Lost primary$0 N/A**
Grand total$56,974 $56,974
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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    1. ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 24, 2022
    2. ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 6, 2024.


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