CQ Risk Rating: Safe Republican 
| GENERAL ELECTION: NOVEMBER 7, 2000 |
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| Tom Osborne (R) | 182,117 | 82% |
| Rollie Reynolds (D) | 34,944 | 16% |
| Jerry Hickman (LIBERT) | 4,909 | 2% |
| write-in | 123 | 0% |
| PRIMARY ELECTION: MAY 9, 2000 |
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| | Votes | Percentage | | Democratic |
| Rollie Reynolds | 23,364 | 99% |
| write-ins | 218 | 1% |
| | Libertarian |
| Jerry Hickman | 37 | 88% |
| write-ins | 5 | 12% |
| | Natural Law |
| write-ins | 4 | 100% |
| | Republican |
| Tom Osborne | 52,438 | 71% |
| John Gale | 12,553 | 17% |
| Kathy Wilmot | 9,127 | 12% |
| write-ins | 26 | 0% |
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Major Industry | Population | Cities | People | Race | Median Household Income | Unusual Features
NEBRASKA 3
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Rural West - Grand Island, North Platte
Scouting what became the Oregon Trail in the 1820s, Maj. Stephen F. Long
was the first to describe this section of the country as the "Great American
Desert." Most of the 3rd's land is arid, and more than half the district's
population lives along the meager Platte River.
Grand Island, Scottsbluff and North Platte each serve as regional
centers, providing for the retail and health care needs of the surrounding
counties. Industry and manufacturing also locate around these populated
areas, as well as in Columbus, Hastings and Kearney. The rest of the
district's 66 counties are left to cattle ranchers and sugar beet and wheat
farmers.
The 3rd is fiercely independent politically - it gave more votes to Ross
Perot than Clinton in 1992 - but the majority is strongly Republican.
Reflecting the area's isolation, most voters are against government
intervention. The 1st and 2nd districts dominate state politics, leaving the
3rd resentful that despite its massive land size, its interests, such as
farm subsidies and property taxes, are not top priorities.
Major Industry
Agriculture, tourism, food processing
Population
525,521 (1990)
Cities
Grand Island, 41,177; Kearney, 27,314; Hastings, 22,837 (1996)
People
56% rural; 18% age 65+ (ranks first of three in state; top third
nationally); 62% married couples, 29% married couples with children; 14%
college educated (ranks third of three in state; bottom third nationally);
44% white collar (ranks third of three in state; bottom third nationally),
26% blue collar (ranks second of three in state; middle third nationally)
(1990)
Race
98% white, 0% black, 0% Asian; 3% Hispanic origin (1990)
Median Household Income
$22,344 (ranks third of three in state; bottom third nationally) (1990)
Unusual Features
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Willa Cather grew up in Red Cloud and based
many of her novels in the central-southern region of the state; Alliance is
the home to Carhenge, a full-sized replica of Britain's Stonehenge made of
cars; Fort Robinson served as a German prisoner-of-war camp during World War
II.
Source: Congressional Quarterly (Updated April 1999)
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