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  Hassebrook out of U.S. Senate race
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Last EditedCOSDem  Mar 08, 2012 09:02pm
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MediaNewspaper - Omaha World Herald
News DateFriday, March 9, 2012 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionUniversity of Nebraska regent Chuck Hassebrook dropped out of the race for the U.S. Senate Thursday and endorsed former Nebraska Gov. Bob Kerrey, a fellow Democrat.

Hassebrook, who heads the Center for Rural Affairs in Lyons, Neb., jumped into the race when Kerrey initially said he would not run, citing family considerations.

But Kerrey reversed himself last week and filed for the Senate.

Hassebrook said after getting word of Kerrey's reconsideration that he would remain in the race no matter what, and he suggested Kerrey's “integrity” was at stake.

“Bob Kerrey is a man of integrity,” Hassebrook said at the time. “He told me as recently as a few days ago that he would assist my campaign. I gave up my seat on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents based on his word. I do not believe he would go back on it.”

But on Thursday, Hassebrook ceded the nomination to Kerrey, a former two-term senator who is considered the Democrats' best chance to hold the Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Ben Nelson.
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