This role is a great opportunity to gain experience in Leadership, Public Speaking & Persuasion, Grassroots Organizing, Voter & Community Engagement, Team Management, and Data Collection, all skills that carry over to careers in politics, nonprofits, and sales. He's a Navy veteran and a union mechanic, and he's running as an independent because he believes Nebraskans deserve a senator who answers to them, not to party bosses or big donors.