In election years, The NAPE/AFSCME Government Affairs Committee (GAC) invites all candidates for Nebraska Legislature to meet with the committee to discuss their positions on issues that affect our members.
The NAPE/AFSCME GAC is a bipartisan group of NAPE/AFSCME union members made up of Democrats, Republicans, and Non-Partisans that monitors legislation and political matters important to our union members.
In March 2024, dozens of candidates for Nebraska Legislature met with our committee. The NAPE/AFSCME GAC published summaries of the candidates’ interviews to our membership in late March.
The GAC made several endorsement recommendations to our Board of Directors based on the responses the candidates provided the committee regarding issues affecting state employees, our union, and working families.
The Board of Directors approved endorsements for the candidates listed below. It is important that union members be active voters as we work to strengthen wages and benefits for all state employees. Find your legislative district by clicking here. Not registered to vote? Click here.
NAPE/AFSCME Endorsed Candidates – May 2024 Primary – Nebraska Legislature
Legislative District 3 (co-endorsement)
Victor Rountree
Felix Ungerman
Legislative District 7
Dunixi Guereca
Legislative District 9
John Cavanaugh
Legislative District 13
Tracy Hightower-Henne
Legislative District 15
Dave “Woody” Wordekemper
Legislative District 21
Seth Derner
Legislative District 25
Nicki Behmer Popp
Legislative District 27
Jason Prokop
Legislative District 29
Eliot Bostar
Legislative District 31
Mary Ann Folchert
Legislative District 33
Michelle Smith
Legislative District 35
Dan Quick
Legislative District 45
Sarah Centineo
Legislative District 49
Jen Day
