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Matt Lathrop
Matt Lathrop was a 2014 candidate for District 20 of the Nebraska State Senate.
Campaign themes
2014
Lathrop's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[1]
Real Property Tax Relief
- Excerpt: "Matt will fight to help homeowners with property tax relief. Prioritizing the state budget with the goal of sensible and responsible spending and elimination of waste will help all tax payers. When we focus on important and essential state spending, we can reduce spending and get relief to property owners in the form of tax credits."
Holding the Line on Spending
- Excerpt: "The state budget is a statement of our priorities. Matt will look closely at the budget to ensure that it reflects Nebraska’s priorities and the business of important and essential state government. He will fight to eliminate wasteful spending and inefficiencies in government."
Preparing Our Children to Succeed
- Excerpt: "Education of the next generation of workers and job-creators is essential to Nebraska’s long-term economic strength. We need to support the teachers in the classroom who are developing tomorrow’s workforce, and the principals and school board members who are solving the education challenges. Strong local control with the flexibility to adapt to specific challenges is the best way to effectively and efficiently teach our children."
Ending the Social Security Tax
- Excerpt: "Matt will fight hard to correct Nebraska’s burdensome tax on Social Security retirement benefits. Retired Nebraskans worked a lifetime and kept their end of the bargain to contribute to the economy and give up part of their paycheck to provide for retirement. Nebraska’s tax on these benefits changes that bargain. It needs to be fixed."
Standing for Our Veterans
- Excerpt: "Matt believes that Nebraska has a solemn duty to support all of our veterans. Support of programs which help those returning from active duty return to civilian life, find work and obtain the necessary care is the least we can do. Many veterans of earlier conflicts also need our support with housing and healthcare. Matt will work to honor their sacrifices."
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 McCollister and Matt Lathrop defeated Laura Baumgartner in the primary election. McCollister defeated Lathrop in the general election.[2][3][4]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent |  John McCollister |
52.1% | 6,409 | |
| Independent | Matt Lathrop | 47.9% | 5,898 | |
| Total Votes | 12,307 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
John McCollister |
49.5% | 3,389 |
| Matt Lathrop |
32.5% | 2,227 |
| Laura Baumgartner | 18% | 1,232 |
| Total Votes | 6,848 | |
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Lathrop for Legislature, "Matt's Priorities," 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
