Nebraska US Senate GOP Candidate Spencer Zimmerman

Post author:Stubborn_Facts
Post published:July 7, 2011
Post category:Nebraska / Network Archives / Wisconsin

As noted in a couple of prior articles (for a list, scroll to the bottom), we’ll be looking into all of the candidates for Nebraska’s U.S. Senate seat currently held by Ben Nelson. In our first round looking at each candidate, we’re sharing some basic preliminary information and links we’ve discovered.

This article focuses on Spencer Zimmerman, who the Lincoln Journal Star reported on June 18, along with other Nebraska news outlets, has officially declared his candidacy for the GOP Senate primary. The North Platte Bulletin story noted that Zimmerman officially filed on June 16. Zimmerman is an Air Force veteran who was stationed at Offutt, 2000 – 2004. According to information included in the June 18th LJS article and Zimmerman’s Facebook profile, he currently lives in Omaha and is working as a truck driver for a Wisconsin based company.

Mr. Zimmerman has apparently maintained close ties to his home state, as he has run for office numerous times there, including a second run earlier this year in the primary for County Executive in Dane County. From the available information, Zimmerman ran mostly on a platform to eliminate the office for which he was running.

In addition to having run for County Executive, Zimmerman has run twice for a position in the Wisconsin State Assembly, primarily on a platform to change the body from a bicameral to a unicameral system.

Previous Campaigns for Public Office:

Wisconsin

Our Campaigns: Lists several offices for which Zimmerman has run, but according to all of the information we’ve obtained, not all. This is not an official government site, it is apparently maintained by users. Zimmerman’s candidacy for the US Senate Primary in Nebraska is listed.

Ballotpedia (lists only the Wisconsin Assembly race in 2010)

Financial Disclosure Statement filed in Wisconsin Assembly Race, filing date July 13, 2010

Campaign Contributions in Wisconsin Assembly Race formerly/http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=110344, 2008

News Articles About Zimmerman:

Isthmus The Daily Page, January 9, 2011:

Dane County Executive Candidate Introduction: Spencer Zimmerman formerly http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=31821

Isthmus The Daily Page, January 27, 2011:

Executive Decision: Spencer Zimmerman, the Fringe Candidate formerly http://www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/article.php?article=32035

Wisconsin State Journal, February 9, 2011:

Dane County Executive Candidate Profile: Spencer Zimmerman

Wisconsin State Journal, February 9, 2011:

Q & A with Dane County Executive Candidate Spencer Zimmerman

Publications:

His novel: The Epoch Point, at Amazon.

Facebook listings:

(for those who cannot access Facebook pages, I’ve included a couple of them here, below)

Zimmerman’s profile page

Page: Spencer Zimmerman for Senate 2012

Page: Abolish the County Executive Vote Zimmerman

Page: Zimmerman for Dane County Supervisor formerly/http://www.facebook.com/pages/ZIMMERMAN-for-DANE-COUNTY-SUPERVISOR/200302574890

: Zimmerman for US Senate – click to view

: Zimmerman's "Abolish the County Executive" page on Facebook from WI race – click to view

Stubborn_Facts

Shelli Dawdy is first and foremost the mother of three children whom she has taught at home via the classical method since removing her children from school in 2001. During her early years as a homeschool mother, she worked part-time as a freelance writer. Born and raised in the Iowa, Shelli and her husband moved to the state of South Dakota in 1997, attracted to its more limited government and friendly tax environment. In 2006, Shelli and her family relocated to Lincoln, Nebraska, when her husband’s employer offered a new position. She took a break from work and politics for a time, recognizing the need to focus solely on her childrens’ schooling with two now of high school age. Distressed by many things she was witnessing on the national political scene and disillusioned about the Republican Party, she decided to start writing again, this time online. Motivated to get involved with others at the grassroots level, she networked with activists on the social media tool, Twitter. She was involved in organizing the first tea party rallies inspired by Rick Santelli’s “rant” on CNBC in February 2009. Recognizing that activism should generate on the local level, she founded Grassroots in Nebraska in March of 2009. The group’s mission is a return to Constitutional, limited government, according to its original meaning. While the group has held several tea party rallies, it’s focus is to take effective action. Among its many projects, GiN successfully coordinated testimony for the hearing of the Nebraska Sovereignty Resolution, networked with other groups to ensure a large show of public support at the hearing, and coordinated follow up support to ensure its passage in April 2010. While working to build up GiN throughout 2009, she was asked to work as writer and producer of the documentary film, A New America, which lays out how Progressivism is responsible for how America has moved away from its Constitutional roots. You can see more of her work on Grassroots in Nebraska (GiN) and StubbornFacts

Previous Campaigns for Public Office:

News Articles About Zimmerman:

Publications:

Facebook listings:

Other GiN Articles and Information About the Nebraska Senate Seat race:

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