Joni Craighead
Joni Craighead is a former Republican member of the Nebraska State Senate, representing District 6 from 2015 to 2017.[1] She resigned from the legislature on September 8, 2017, because of issues with her private sector job and family issues.[2]
Biography
Craighead earned her B.S. in medical technology from the University of Nebraska in 1976 and her M.S. in Public Administration from the University of Kansas in 1982.[3]
Committee assignments
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| Nebraska committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Banking, Commerce and Insurance |
| • Government, Military and Veterans Affairs |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Craighead served on the following committees:
| Nebraska committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Banking, Commerce and Insurance |
| • Government, Military and Veterans Affairs |
Campaign themes
2014
Craighead's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[4]
Controlling State Spending
- Excerpt: "As your next state senator, Joni Craighead will fight the liberal special interests and prioritize our needs, not the special interest wants."
Taxes
- Excerpt: "Nebraska is a high tax state. If we want to attract more businesses, quality jobs and employees we must work to reduce the tax burden on our families and businesses. By growing our tax base, we can work to reduce the tax burden."
Education
- Excerpt: "Joni Craighead opposes the Obama Common Core education movement. As your state senator she will do everything she can to fight this type of Federal Government overreach."
Jobs
- Excerpt: "We must reduce Nebraska’s tax burden in order to compete for business and the quality jobs that come with them. Reducing our taxes is priority #1 for Joni Craighead."
Healthcare
- Excerpt: "Joni Craighead opposes the Medicaid expansion Obamacare supporters are trying to force on Nebraskans. Expanding Medicaid will cost Nebraska taxpayers millions of dollars. In order to pay for this expansion the state would either have to make dramatic cuts to vital services like education and roads maintenance. It would also likely lead to higher taxes. Nebraska cannot afford this liberal experiment."
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. John Stalnaker and Joni Craighead defeated Justin Spooner, Paul Anderson, George Westphal and Patricia Hannan in the primary election. Craighead defeated Stalnaker in the general election.[5][6][7]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Independent |  Joni Craighead |
51.5% | 5,726 | |
| Independent | John Stalnaker | 48.5% | 5,401 | |
| Total Votes | 11,127 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Joni Craighead |
26.3% | 1,581 |
| John Stalnaker |
23.9% | 1,438 |
| Justin Spooner | 17.1% | 1,026 |
| Patricia Hannan | 14.8% | 892 |
| Paul Anderson | 11.5% | 694 |
| George Westphal | 6.3% | 380 |
| Total Votes | 6,011 | |
Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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2017
In 2017, the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature was in its 105th Legislature, 1st session from January 4 to May 23.
- Holland Children's Movement: 2016-2017 scorecard
- Legislators are scored on children's issues.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
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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Recent news
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See also
- Nebraska Unicameral
- Nebraska State Senate elections, 2014
- Legislature Committees
- Nebraska state legislative districts
External links
- Profile from Open States
- Official campaign website
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Joni Craighead on Facebook
- 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.
- ↑ Lincoln Journal Star, "Omaha state senator abruptly resigns seat," September 1, 2017
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Biography," accessed March 14, 2014
- ↑ Joni Craighead, "Issues," accessed August 27, 2014
- ↑ 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
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| Preceded by John Nelson |
Nebraska State Senate District 6 2015-2017 |
Succeeded by Theresa Thibodeau |
