{"id":17144,"date":"2015-04-16T16:42:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T22:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/?p=17144"},"modified":"2017-04-06T13:00:51","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T19:00:51","slug":"lindstrom-propelled-by-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/?p=17144","title":{"rendered":"Lindstrom propelled by history"},"content":{"rendered":"

Above: Sen. Brett Lindstrom and his wife, Leigh, have a “super” Halloween with daughter Colette and son Barron.<\/em><\/p>\n

As a history major, Sen. Brett Lindstrom\u2019s favorite era to study was the Industrial Revolution.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt really laid the groundwork for us as a country to build power and economic prosperity,\u201d he said. \u201cMuch of what we enjoy today in the United States stems from that moment in time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The era\u2019s optimism and value of hard work seems to have propelled Lindstrom\u2019s determination like a steam engine.<\/p>\n

A quarterback on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln\u2019s football team from 1999 to 2003, he said football helped him be more assertive and overcome a lot of his natural shyness.<\/p>\n

\u201cComing up in that competitive environment really helped when I decided to run for office. It gave me confidence in my abilities and taught me about perseverance and facing adversity.\u201d<\/p>\n

He accepted early on that his future was not that of a professional athlete and became a financial advisor in Omaha where he lives with wife, Leigh, and their two children: three-year-old daughter Colette and one-year-old son Barron.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had accepted that I wasn\u2019t going to turn pro pretty early on,\u201d he says good-naturedly, pointing to the metal screws in his foot.<\/p>\n

Lindstrom aimed high for his first foray into public service. In 2012 he ran for Congress, looking to unseat incumbent Rep. Lee Terry in the 2nd Congressional District.<\/p>\n

He came in second place, earning 23 percent of the vote. The experience might have made others leery of immediately running for another public office, but Lindstrom looked at his defeat differently.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like to go big\u2014I don\u2019t have any regrets,\u201d he says with a grin. \u201cI hate to lose, but it\u2019s not the worst thing in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Undeterred, Lindstrom made the decision to run for the Nebraska Legislature\u2019s District 18 days later. He won with 55 percent of the vote.<\/p>\n

On his first day as a freshman state senator, he took another bold step by running for chairperson of the Legislature\u2019s Retirement Committee, narrowly losing by one vote. Lindstrom said at the time that with 18 new senators, the new members needed to be willing to take on leadership roles early.<\/p>\n

Lindstrom intends to focus his attention on working with his colleagues to ensure Nebraska\u2019s economic stability. He\u2019s learning that nothing can happen without cooperation and compromise, he said, adding that he has been impressed with his colleagues from across the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, the people I thought I\u2019d butt heads with are the people I find myself working with the most,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s amazing when you can find that commonality with such a diverse group of people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lindstrom is mindful that he has only a limited amount of time to push his goals forward in this office. Until the steam runs out on his term, he has a single goal in mind.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I leave the Legislature, I hope that I leave it a better place than when I came.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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