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Keith Kube
Keith Kube ran for election to the Nebraska State Senate to represent District 40. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Biography
Kube earned his B.S. in civil engineering with a minor in economics from the University of Nebraska.[1] His professional experience includes working as a process engineer and as an international management consultant.[1] He has also authored two books.[2][3]
Elections
2022
See also: Nebraska State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Nebraska State Senate District 40
Barry DeKay defeated Keith Kube in the general election for Nebraska State Senate District 40 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Barry DeKay (Nonpartisan) | 59.4 | 9,486 |
 | Keith Kube (Nonpartisan) | 40.6 | 6,494 | |
| Total votes: 15,980 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Nebraska State Senate District 40
Barry DeKay and Keith Kube defeated Mark Patefield and Robert Johnston in the primary for Nebraska State Senate District 40 on May 10, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Barry DeKay (Nonpartisan) | 36.1 | 4,443 |
| ✔ | | Keith Kube (Nonpartisan) | 25.8 | 3,180 |
| Mark Patefield (Nonpartisan) | 24.9 | 3,064 | ||
| Robert Johnston (Nonpartisan) | 13.2 | 1,621 | ||
| Total votes: 12,308 | |||
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2018
- See also: Nebraska State Senate elections, 2018
General election
General election for Nebraska State Senate District 40
Timothy J. Gragert defeated Keith Kube in the general election for Nebraska State Senate District 40 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Timothy J. Gragert (Nonpartisan) | 51.6 | 7,222 | |
| Keith Kube (Nonpartisan) | 48.4 | 6,767 | |
| Total votes: 13,989 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Nebraska State Senate District 40
The following candidates ran in the primary for Nebraska State Senate District 40 on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Timothy J. Gragert (Nonpartisan) | 20.4 | 1,666 | |
| ✔ | | Keith Kube (Nonpartisan) | 19.4 | 1,590 |
| Shane Greckel (Nonpartisan) | 18.2 | 1,487 | ||
| Thomas E. Ferry (Nonpartisan) | 16.3 | 1,331 | ||
| Michael A. Sobotka (Nonpartisan) | 14.1 | 1,151 | ||
| Julie Thomsen (Nonpartisan) | 11.6 | 951 | ||
| Total votes: 8,176 | |||
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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 Tyson Larson defeated Keith Kube in the general election. Both candidates were unopposed in the primary election.[4] Bruce Boettcher was removed from the ballot before the primary.[5][6]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent |  Tyson Larson Incumbent |
67.1% | 8,511 | |
| Independent | Keith Kube | 32.9% | 4,179 | |
| Total Votes | 12,690 | |||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Keith Kube did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Keith Kube participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on April 14, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Keith Kube's responses follow below.[7]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) Property Taxes |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | tax law, respect for the constitution, infrastructure repair and maintenance, and educationCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[9]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Keith Kube answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?
| “ | Ronald Regan, Donald Trump and John Paul II, all of whom I met.[9] | ” |
| “ | The Grand Unification Theory of Business and Success, Integrity Starts with "I".[9] | ” |
| “ | All laws must be fair, truthful, sustainable and have integrity.[9] | ” |
| “ | Problem solving skills with extensive experience in tax law, business, engineering and agriculture[9] | ” |
| “ | To run government like a business and make sure all laws are truthful, fair, sustainable and have integrity[9] | ” |
| “ | To establish problem solving procedures needed in managing government and resist the tendency for government to address only the symptom, never solving the problem[9] | ” |
| “ | the consideration of John Kennedy for president in 1959[9] | ” |
| “ | farm work for my grandfather, father and uncle from age 6 until leaving for college[9] | ” |
| “ | Dating the prettiest senior in high school when I was a freshman with the other senior boys trying to bully me because they were jealous and made her uncomfortable.[9] | ” |
| “ | Christmas: because of the traditions we had being from a large family[9] | ” |
| “ | Technical, mechanical and survival books because they give answers to solving all the problems necessary to becoming self sufficient.[9] | ” |
| “ | Someone living at the time of Christ or during the founding of the country.[9] | ” |
| “ | My Guitars because they provide a right brain activity to contrast my analytical problem solving work[9] | ” |
| “ | That's All[9] | ” |
| “ | to enjoy doing nothing[9] | ” |
| “ | Having skills in tax law, engineering, business and agriculture that are lacking there now. These are vital and necessary skill needed to solve problems in education, property taxes, environment and infrastructure.[9] | ” |
| “ | benefits: lower cost. drawback: unequal representation of the largest business in the state.[9] | ” |
| “ | NO[9] | ” |
| “ | Tax structure that restores fairness to the citizens regardless of occupation and have the state provide a more favorable tax climate.[9] | ” |
| “ | An agreement that a business like structure is used that has the sole objective of managing the revenue by investing taxes to reduce future expenses and not spend tax dollars to get more votes[9] | ” |
| “ | Yes, in order to make sure that integrity, fairness, truthfulness and sustainability is never compromised in those relationships.[9] | ” |
| “ | Draw a grid on the state map with each committee member representing the same geographical area[9] | ” |
| “ | I feel most qualified to be on the revenue committee to control spending.[9] | ” |
| “ | Yes, by helping establish problem solving procedures that are fair, truthful, sustainable and have integrity[9] | ” |
Statement
Kube submitted the following statement to Ballotpedia:[2]
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He was born and raised on a farm/ranch operation in northeast Nebraska. A fiscally Conservative, Pro Life, NRA member. He believes that government must be managed like a business. All taxes must be invested to reduce future expenses that occur in providing infrastructure, security and laws. Tax can not be spent to buy more votes that do not reduce future expense. Government must work on the supply side where they invest only the tax that is collected, not on the demand side where all pet projects and bureaucracies are funded regardless of the amount of the money available. The property tax situation in Nebraska is fundamentally unfair and must be change before a "cold civil war" starts between the unban and rural citizens. All laws must be fair, honest, sustainable and have integrity with the ultimate objective to make the world a better place.[9] |
” |
2014
Kube submitted the following statement to Ballotpedia:[1]
| “ | As a fiscally Conservative, Pro Life, Republican I believe that government must be managed like a business. Even a nonprofit entity like our government must function with longevity for the future.[9] | ” |
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Information submitted through Ballotpedia's biographical submission form on April 19, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Information submitted through Ballotpedia's biographical submission form on November 15, 2017
- ↑ Keith Kube, "About Keith F. Kube," accessed November 16, 2017
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Keith Kube's responses," April 14, 2018
- ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 9.14 9.15 9.16 9.17 9.18 9.19 9.20 9.21 9.22 9.23 9.24 9.25 9.26 9.27 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
