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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Don Bacon's official announcement that he will not seek re
election for a sixth term, opening the seat wide open
for both parties. One of the people who will be
buying to replace Don Bacon is former Nebraska state Senator
Brett Linstrom, former candidate for governor, and Bret joins us
(00:20):
for a few minutes this morning.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Read good morning, Good morning, gentlemen.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
How are you well. It's good to have you on.
So this is not a surprise. I don't believe everybody
had been speculating for a while about Don Bacon and
making another run, and he's now decided not to. So
what's your battle plan here? I mean, the primary is
what ten months away, and then you got the general
election next year, so there's lots of time. But what's
(00:46):
your plan going forward? Here?
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Yeah? And I do want to make sure this is
not official quite yet. You know, we're going to take
a few days the family and I to discuss that.
And before we do all of that, I do want
to thank Congressman Bacon for his dedication and service to
UH the United States through both the Air Force and
(01:09):
serving in Congress. You know, he's been an advocate for families, veterans,
and really meeting the needs of district too, for for like,
like you said, five terms. And so I just want
to thank Bacon, you know, Comson Bacon, his family, Angie.
It's no small feed, and the course is the sacrifice
for the family as well. So I just want to
thank him.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
But you're close, right, it's fair to say that you're
very close.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Well, we you know, after it's hard to believe that
the governor's race was three years ago, and so you
step step back and assess, and you think, well, I
want to still serve in some role and and uh,
I was always on Congressman Bacon's timeline in a sense.
I would support him if you could run again, and
if you decide to step beside, then you know, I
(01:54):
feel that we need strong leadership here. And so I was,
you know, just kind of waiting, waiting, waiting, And as
you probably all saw on Friday, I was driving out
to a baseball tournament in Des Moines, and all of
a sudden some articles popped up and my phone started
to get a little busy. And so yeah, I mean,
I think that there's been speculation for some time, and
(02:15):
looking at what we did in the governor's race, as
it pertains to Douglas County and Starby County and Saunders
County objectively, it made sense that if commerce from Bacon
would have decide to not seek another term, that I
would most likely run for that. And so nothing official today,
but I think you could expect something from us here
(02:37):
the next week or so, week or two, so.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
That's safe to say that nothing would There's nothing in
the road that would block you from doing it, right.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
No, I mean there's there's always a reason not to run, right.
I mean, it goes back through all the campaigns over
a decade of doing it, So you just could control
yourself and the opportunities, and if the door opens, you
walk through. And this is one of those cases. There'll
be people that get in. I mean I know several, well,
(03:09):
one at least on the Republican side, and then you're
seeing that on the Democrat side several and there's more
probably to come. But I don't think about it in
those terms. It's more about what I can do for
the district, looking back at how I've served in the
legislature and passing tax reform and what I can take
to Washington. So I don't get caught up in the names.
(03:29):
There's always speculation that's been going on for years anyway,
So I just focus on what I can control and
do what I can do well.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
What is the message for you, Brad? You saw Don
Bacon take friendly fire for ten years. Republicans love to
crap on other Republicans in this district. It's really quite remarkable.
But what's your message? Why are you different? What's going
to be different for you?
Speaker 2 (03:52):
Well, I've already had conversation through the years of working
the legislature. I try to put which everything on a
personal level, understanding where people are coming from and the
outreach will be there. I've had conversations with people on
the all over the political spectrum, and I feel like
(04:14):
I have a good relationship with a lot of these people,
you know, going back to the governor's race, I came
through that, in my opinion, relatively unscathed. I can walk
into any Republican group room and nobody has an axe
to grind because I try to be respectful of all
different thoughts and I in Republicans, especially in this district,
it needs to be a big tents. As you know,
(04:37):
Connerson Bacon, It's it's a thin margin of victory one
to two percent. It's going to continue to be that way.
There are a lot of independence in the district and
so my approach is just the outreach and talking and saying, hey,
we all got to come together. I feel like I've
done that in the past and will continue to do
that going forward. And that's just taking the time to
understand the needs and what people are thinking. And we're
(05:01):
not always going to agree, of course, nobody will, but
there is a level of respect that I feel like
I show all individuals and we'll continue to do that
and we'll coalesce around getting the victory. And so I
feel good about where I sit now. When the prospects moving.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
Forward, yeah uh yeah, Well the Blue Daughters forget about him.
We all know that. So and you've got to hope
for a big turnout and Saunders and part of SARPI
and and get some of those independence. And the big
one of the big questions Brad is going to be
where are you relative to Donald Trump? How would you
answer that today?
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Well, I'm my own man. I've always been my own
man in every role that I've done. I look at
the policy more than say the messenger. But I support
a lot of what Donald Trump's what he's done the
last several months. Taken over in January, and so if
the policy makes sense for the people of district too
(05:59):
and the United States, and I'll support it, but I'll
take it as it comes. And that's how I've done
it in the past as a state senator. And that's
all do in the future.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
We look forward to the official announcement. Yeah, Brett, thanks
for your time this morning.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
We appreciate you coming on all right, Thanks, gentlemen,
Don Bacon's official announcement that he will not seek re
election for a sixth term, opening the seat wide open
for both parties. One of the people who will be
buying to replace Don Bacon is former Nebraska state Senator
Brett Linstrom, former candidate for governor, and Bret joins us
(00:20):
for a few minutes this morning.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Read good morning, Good morning, gentlemen.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
How are you well. It's good to have you on.
So this is not a surprise. I don't believe everybody
had been speculating for a while about Don Bacon and
making another run, and he's now decided not to. So
what's your battle plan here? I mean, the primary is
what ten months away, and then you got the general
election next year, so there's lots of time. But what's
(00:46):
your plan going forward? Here?
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Yeah? And I do want to make sure this is
not official quite yet. You know, we're going to take
a few days the family and I to discuss that.
And before we do all of that, I do want
to thank Congressman Bacon for his dedication and service to
UH the United States through both the Air Force and
(01:09):
serving in Congress. You know, he's been an advocate for families, veterans,
and really meeting the needs of district too, for for like,
like you said, five terms. And so I just want
to thank Bacon, you know, Comson Bacon, his family, Angie.
It's no small feed, and the course is the sacrifice
for the family as well. So I just want to
thank him.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
But you're close, right, it's fair to say that you're
very close.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Well, we you know, after it's hard to believe that
the governor's race was three years ago, and so you
step step back and assess, and you think, well, I
want to still serve in some role and and uh,
I was always on Congressman Bacon's timeline in a sense.
I would support him if you could run again, and
if you decide to step beside, then you know, I
(01:54):
feel that we need strong leadership here. And so I was,
you know, just kind of waiting, waiting, waiting, And as
you probably all saw on Friday, I was driving out
to a baseball tournament in Des Moines, and all of
a sudden some articles popped up and my phone started
to get a little busy. And so yeah, I mean,
I think that there's been speculation for some time, and
(02:15):
looking at what we did in the governor's race, as
it pertains to Douglas County and Starby County and Saunders
County objectively, it made sense that if commerce from Bacon
would have decide to not seek another term, that I
would most likely run for that. And so nothing official today,
but I think you could expect something from us here
(02:37):
the next week or so, week or two, so.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
That's safe to say that nothing would There's nothing in
the road that would block you from doing it, right.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
No, I mean there's there's always a reason not to run, right.
I mean, it goes back through all the campaigns over
a decade of doing it, So you just could control
yourself and the opportunities, and if the door opens, you
walk through. And this is one of those cases. There'll
be people that get in. I mean I know several, well,
(03:09):
one at least on the Republican side, and then you're
seeing that on the Democrat side several and there's more
probably to come. But I don't think about it in
those terms. It's more about what I can do for
the district, looking back at how I've served in the
legislature and passing tax reform and what I can take
to Washington. So I don't get caught up in the names.
(03:29):
There's always speculation that's been going on for years anyway,
So I just focus on what I can control and
do what I can do well.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
What is the message for you, Brad? You saw Don
Bacon take friendly fire for ten years. Republicans love to
crap on other Republicans in this district. It's really quite remarkable.
But what's your message? Why are you different? What's going
to be different for you?
Speaker 2 (03:52):
Well, I've already had conversation through the years of working
the legislature. I try to put which everything on a
personal level, understanding where people are coming from and the
outreach will be there. I've had conversations with people on
the all over the political spectrum, and I feel like
(04:14):
I have a good relationship with a lot of these people,
you know, going back to the governor's race, I came
through that, in my opinion, relatively unscathed. I can walk
into any Republican group room and nobody has an axe
to grind because I try to be respectful of all
different thoughts and I in Republicans, especially in this district,
it needs to be a big tents. As you know,
(04:37):
Connerson Bacon, It's it's a thin margin of victory one
to two percent. It's going to continue to be that way.
There are a lot of independence in the district and
so my approach is just the outreach and talking and saying, hey,
we all got to come together. I feel like I've
done that in the past and will continue to do
that going forward. And that's just taking the time to
understand the needs and what people are thinking. And we're
(05:01):
not always going to agree, of course, nobody will, but
there is a level of respect that I feel like
I show all individuals and we'll continue to do that
and we'll coalesce around getting the victory. And so I
feel good about where I sit now. When the prospects moving.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
Forward, yeah uh yeah, Well the Blue Daughters forget about him.
We all know that. So and you've got to hope
for a big turnout and Saunders and part of SARPI
and and get some of those independence. And the big
one of the big questions Brad is going to be
where are you relative to Donald Trump? How would you
answer that today?
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Well, I'm my own man. I've always been my own
man in every role that I've done. I look at
the policy more than say the messenger. But I support
a lot of what Donald Trump's what he's done the
last several months. Taken over in January, and so if
the policy makes sense for the people of district too
(05:59):
and the United States, and I'll support it, but I'll
take it as it comes. And that's how I've done
it in the past as a state senator. And that's
all do in the future.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
We look forward to the official announcement. Yeah, Brett, thanks
for your time this morning.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
We appreciate you coming on all right, Thanks, gentlemen,
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