Carol Blood is an American politician from the US state of Nebraska.
20 Facts About Carol Blood
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Carol Blood was the Democratic nominee in the 2022 Nebraska gubernatorial election.
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Carol Blood graduated in 1979 from Adams Central High School in nearby Hastings, Nebraska.
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In 2008, Carol Blood was elected to the Bellevue, Nebraska, City Council as the at-large representative.
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Carol Blood was re-elected to the city council in 2012.
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Carol Blood previously served as executive director of the La Vista Chamber of Commerce.
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Carol Blood has been a member of the Bellevue Public Safety Foundation Board since 2005, serving as chair for seven years.
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In 2014, Carol Blood was defeated by Tommy Garrett in a race to fill the two years remaining of a four-year legislative term vacated by state senator Scott Price, who resigned in November 2013.
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Carol Blood's campaign focused on "common sense tax relief" and eliminating taxes on social security and military retirement once Nebraska lawmakers address a $1 billion budget shortfall.
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Carol Blood said her history of "evidence-based budgeting" would help with tax reform.
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Carol Blood said education and public safety were among her top priorities.
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Carol Blood served on the Agriculture, General Affairs, and Government, Military, and Veterans Affairs committees.
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Carol Blood introduced LB85, which called to make people ineligible to run for elected office if they held any outstanding penalties from the Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission.
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Carol Blood said the proposed increased cost would have helped mitigate increased labor costs to process the permits.
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Carol Blood said that the number of gun permit applications in Nebraska have quadrupled in the last decade.
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From 2019 to 2020, Carol Blood served on the agriculture committee, general affairs committee, and the government, military and veterans affairs committee.
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From 2021 to 2022 Carol Blood served on the business and labor, government, military and veterans affairs, and urban affairs committee.
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Carol Blood was appointed to the decennial Redistricting Committee, which utilizes census data to draw all political district maps.
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Carol Blood currently serves on the business and labor, urban affairs, and judiciary committees.
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Carol Blood has introduced legislation to ratify the "Child Labor Amendment", which is a federal constitutional amendment that gives Congress the power to regulate child labor.