Mark Kolterman
| Mark Kolterman | |
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| Member of the Nebraska Legislature from the 24th district |
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Assumed office 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Greg Adams |
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| Born | March 16, 1951 |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence | Seward, Nebraska |
| Occupation | Insurance professional |
Mark Kolterman (born March 16, 1951) is a politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. In 2014, he was elected to the Nebraska Legislature, representing a district in the southeastern part of the state. Kolterman is a member of the Republican Party.
Kolterman was born March 16, 1951, in Seward, Nebraska. He graduated from Seward High School in 1969. From 1969 to 1971, he attended the University of Nebraska–Lincoln; in 1974, he received an associate's degree in building construction from Southeast Community College in Milford, Nebraska. He received a bachelor's degree in industrial technology from Peru State College in Peru, Nebraska, in 1994.
Kolterman began working as an insurance professional in 1976. In 1980, he founded Kolterman Agency, Inc., a financial-services firm specializing in employee and executive benefits, estate planning, and investments; as of 2015, he remained co-owner, with his wife, and president of the firm.
In 1971, Kolterman married Suzanne Geis; the couple eventually produced two children.
In June 2013, Kolterman announced that he would run in the 2014 election for the Nebraska legislature from the 24th District, comprising Polk, Seward, and York Counties. The incumbent, Greg Adams, then the Speaker of the Legislature and a member of the Republican Party, was barred by Nebraska's term-limits law from running for a third consecutive term.
At the time of his announcement of candidacy, Kolterman stated that he favored some sort of expansion of Medicaid, which funds medical expenses for low-income people, if it could be done cost-effectively. In subsequent campaign materials and interviews, he declared that he was entirely opposed to the 2010 Affordable Care Act, and that "I do not support expanding [M]edicaid or other social welfare programs"; his opposition, he stated, was based in part on his belief that the federal government would eventually renege on its pledge to reimburse states for the costs of Medicaid expansion.
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