Karl Elmshaeuser
Karl Elmshaeuser was a 2016 candidate for District 47 of the Nebraska State Senate.
Biography
Elmshaeuser's professional experience includes owning and operating an aviation company in Ogallala, Nebraska.[1]
Campaign themes
2016
Elmshaeuser's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[2]
Tax Relief For Nebraska Families, Farms, And Businesses
- Excerpt: "Karl understands that high taxes - especially property taxes – hurt our families and businesses and he will fight to reduce your tax burden."
Control Government Spending
- Excerpt: "Our state government can and should be more efficient with your hard earned tax dollars. Karl will work to eliminate inefficiencies, duplication and waste so that you can keep more of your own money."
Eliminate Burdensome Government Regulations
- Excerpt: "Burdensome government regulations hurt our farms, ranches and businesses. Karl will fight to eliminate government overreach to make Nebraska a better place to do business."
Fair Funding For Local Education
- Excerpt: "Karl will work to make sure state aid to education is fairly distributed to our local school districts so they can provide the top notch education our children deserve."
Pro-Life
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 Ken Schilz did not seek re-election because of term-limits.
Steve Erdman defeated Karl Elmshaeuser in the Nebraska State Senate District 47 general election.[4][5]
| Nebraska State Senate, District 47 General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Steve Erdman |
67.25% | 10,739 |
| Karl Elmshaeuser | 32.75% | 5,230 |
| Total Votes | 15,969 | |
| Source: Nebraska Secretary of State | ||
Karl Elmshaeuser and Steve Erdman defeated Peggy Popps and Wendall Gaston in the Nebraska State Senate District 47 primary.[6][7]
| Nebraska State Senate, District 47 Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Karl Elmshaeuser |
28.33% | 2,063 |
| Steve Erdman |
27.04% | 1,969 |
| Peggy Popps | 24.97% | 1,818 |
| Wendall Gaston | 19.66% | 1,432 |
| Total Votes | 7,282 | |
Recent news
The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms Karl Elmshaeuser Nebraska. These results are automatically generated from Google. Ballotpedia does not curate or endorse these articles.
See also
- Nebraska State Senate
- Nebraska State Senate District 47
- Nebraska State Senate elections, 2016
- Nebraska State Legislature
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ karl4ne.com, "Bio," accessed April 20, 2016
- ↑ karl4ne.com, "Issues," accessed April 20, 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
