Bob Kerrey

Civic education is vital in preparing students for the responsibilities and obligations of democratic citizenship. But a third of native-born American citizens fail the history and civics exam administered to immigrants who are seeking U.S. citizenship.Read More...Read Full Story

An insurgent Republican lawmaker in Nebraska will square off against former Sen. Bob Kerrey this fall in the state’s U.S. Senate race, as Democrats look to hold onto the Senate seat and control of one part of Capitol Hill. See the article here: Nebraska sets stage for Kerrey, Fischer raceRead Full Story

Nebraska Republicans on Tuesday were choosing a candidate to square off against Democrat Bob Kerrey, a former senator seeking another turn on Capitol Hill in one of the year’s most hotly contested Senate races. Continue Reading: Nebraska GOP chooses Senate challenger for KerreyRead Full Story

A new political ad is on the air in Nebraska attacking the state's former Democratic Sen. Bob Kerrey, who is running for his old seat again this year.Crossroads GPS, a right-leaning group backed by Karl Rove, will spend $260,000 on the statewide ad campaign knocking Kerrey for supporting a $700 billion bank bailout in 2008.The ad campaign comes days after the Nebraska primary. Democrats had recruited Kerrey to help keep the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Ben Nelson. Kerrey coasted to an...Read Full Story

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WASHINGTON -- An insurgent Republican lawmaker in Nebraska will square off against former Sen. Bob Kerrey this fall in the state's U.S. Senate race, as Democrats look to hold onto the Senate seat and control of one part of Capitol Hill.In Tuesday's Republican primary, state Sen. Deb Fischer rode a wave of discontent with the GOP establishment to best Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning, the preferred candidate of Washington, D.C.-based Republicans, and Treasurer Don Stenberg in a race that...Read Full Story

Nebraska GOP pushes forward with Kerrey residency challengeThe Nebraska Republican Party will push forward in court with a challenge to the residency of Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Bob Kerrey, the group confirmed Tuesday.Kerrey, who served as a Nebraska senator from 1989-2001, later moved out of the state to serve as president of The New School in New York City.Last week Nebraska Secretary of State John Gale determined Kerrey moved back to Nebraska "with some urgency" to file the...Read Full Story

OMAHA, Nebraska--The Nebraska Supreme Court on Monday rejected the state Republican Party's attempt to keep former Governor Bob Kerrey's name off the ballot, allowing him to run as a Democratic candidate for Senate and bolstering the Democrats' chances of keeping control of the chamber this election year.The Republicans had challenged Kerrey's candidacy in the May 15 primary, saying he was not properly registered to vote in the state. Kerrey, who served as governor and was a senator from...Read Full Story

Boston.com Nebraska sets stage for Kerrey, Fischer raceBoston.comWASHINGTON—An insurgent Republican lawmaker in Nebraska will square off against former Sen. Bob Kerrey this fall in the state's US Senate race, as Democrats look to hold onto the Senate seat and control of one part of Capitol Hill.In upset victory, Fischer wins Nebraska Senate primaryCBS News Nebraska [...]Read Full Story

WASHINGTON (AP) — An insurgent Republican lawmaker in Nebraska will square off against former Sen. Bob Kerrey this fall in the state's U.S. Senate race, as Democrats look to hold onto the Senate seat and control of one part of Capitol Hill.Read Full Story