Matthew V "Matt" Hansen was born on February 11,1988 and is a politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States.
10 Facts About Matt Hansen
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Matt Hansen was raised in Lincoln, and graduated from Lincoln Southwest High School in 2006.
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Matt Hansen sat on the board of the University Place Community Organization and on Lincoln's Cable Advisory Board.
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In November 2013, Matt Hansen announced that he would run in the 2014 election for a seat in the Nebraska state legislature, representing the 26th District in northeastern Lincoln.
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Matt Hansen led the Democratic candidates, with $11,300 raised and $1,150 on hand.
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Matt Hansen supported the proposed expansion of Medicaid in Nebraska under the terms of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, declaring, "Ensuring that all Nebraskans have access to quality health care should remain a top priority of the Legislature"; Smoyer opposed it, expressing concern lest the federal government renege on its promise to reimburse states for the costs of the Medicaid expansion.
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Matt Hansen favored the abolition of capital punishment in Nebraska; Smoyer favored keeping the death penalty, though using it rarely.
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Matt Hansen was described as supporting a woman's right to an abortion; Smoyer, as "anti-abortion".
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Matt Hansen wanted to repeal Nebraska's policy of denying driver's licenses to persons who were residing illegally in the United States after being brought to the country as children, and who were granted an exemption from deportation under the Barack Obama administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy; Smoyer believed that such licenses should continue to be denied.
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Matt Hansen believed that Nebraska's law requiring motorcyclists to wear helmets should be kept; Smoyer favored its repeal.