Flynn joins Jon Bruning in the Nebraska race for U.S. Senate

Pat Flynn, 48, founder of the investment firm Flynn and Associates in downtown Schuyler will announce his U.S. Senate candidacy on Tuesday. In our humble opinion, this appears to be more of a public relations and business development move than a serious political effort.

Meanwhile, current Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel remains open to:

a). running for a third term as senator
b). running for the president of the United States of America
c). running for vice president with Democrat Joe Biden
d). voluntary retirement
e). forced retirement
f). some of the above
g). all of the above

J.A.R. comments about the US Senate races

J.A.R. comments about the situation in Nebraska:

Because Hagel looks unlikely to seek reelection, even if he does, there's a credible Republican challenger in Jon Bruning (who also raised credible sums last quarter), and it's a very red state in a presidential year.

More competition? Hal Daub is testing the waters in Nebraska

Sensing that something is happening in Nebraska politics, former City of Omaha Mayor Hal Daub continues to travel the state and "listen to the people."


read::: Daub Says Folks Tell Him U.S. Should "Stick with it" In Iraq

The Hal Daub running for Senate record -

1. failed to gain the GOP nomination for Senate in 1988.

2. won the party's Senate nomination in 1990. He lost the general election to Democratic incumbent J. James Exon by a 59%-41% margin.

The Senate 2008 Guru blog reports ...

Nebraska: Republican Hal Daub is making the rounds as he considers a Senate race. I don't know how well it's going. He stopped in Columbus, Nebraska's tenth most populous city (between 21,000 and 22,000 residents), for a two-hour issue discussion (we're not talking a 20-minute grip-and-grin) and only got "about 35" people to come. It's not quite so early in the process anymore. Perhaps his crowds should be bigger than three dozen at this point.

Leavenworth Street - the talk of Nebraska politics: Hagel: I'm not a flake

The Leavenworth Street blog examines some comments Nebraskan Senator Chuck Hagel made to the New York Times recently.


Leavenworth Street - the talk of Nebraska politics: Hagel: I'm not a flake

Hagel in a Hell of a Battle

“Cut & Run” Senator Chuck Hagel, who is still considered a possible GOP candidate for president next year, should probably be focusing a little more on his Senate re-election campaign.

read::: Michael Illions at the CWA-NJ blog

Nebraskans Receive $1.9 Million in Ameriquest Restitution

July 12, 2007 -- (Lincoln, Neb.) Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning and the Nebraska Department of Banking and Finance announced today that 2,403 Nebraska consumers are eligible for $1.88 million in restitution from Ameriquest Mortgage Company and its related companies. The payments result from a $325 million national predatory lending settlement reached in 2006.

THOMPSON SENTENCE TO BE APPEALED TO STATE SUPREME COURT

Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning asks for a review of the sentence of a child molester.

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