Johanns, Raimondo are Strong Choices for Senate Contest
Nebraskans would be well-served this fall if the state’s U.S. Senate contest matches Republican Mike Johanns against Democrat Tony Raimondo.
These two candidates have the weightiest records. A general-election matchup between them would offer voters two contenders with impressive experience and compelling cases to make for themselves.
Johanns and Raimondo deserve approval in their parties’ respective primaries on May 13.
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On the Democratic side, Raimondo stands out for his long record of accomplishment and civic dedication. He is a business leader who grew an international business in a small Nebraska city where skeptics told him it could not easily be done.
He has extensive firsthand experience in dealing with companies and governments around the globe. His
decades of practical experience in the world of international business have given him important insight into economics, work force training and education.
In Columbus, Raimondo has earned respect as a civic leader. On a statewide level, he has been a dedicated promoter of efforts to inform young people about the employment opportunities in Nebraska’s manufacturing sector.
Raimondo is an economic conservative and a political centrist – a position on the ideological spectrum quite similar to that of his close friend, Sen. Ben Nelson. Partisans who paint Raimondo as a pure Republican who switched parties opportunistically would have a hard time explaining his long support for Nelson as his previous support for centrist candidates.
Raimondo is a competitor of unusual determination and strength. Those qualities would serve him well if he is given the opportunity to go up against Johanns in the general election...
