Nebraska Legislative District 2

Work

Retired Air Force officer and civilian employee, Offutt Air Force Base (Cass County)

Dean Helmick served 42 years with the Air Force, first as an enlisted member and officer and then as a civilian at Offutt Air Force Base until retiring in 2024. He holds degrees from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the University of Montana and Bellevue University, and chaired the Cass County Republican Party.

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Special education teacher (Lincoln)

Caitlin Knutson grew up in Lincoln, earned a history degree and a master's in education from Creighton and a second master's in learning disabilities from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She spent about fifteen years teaching special education in public schools and in schools attached to state Department of Health and Human Services programs, was named Benson High School Teacher of the Year in 2014, and served two terms as a representative on the Omaha Education Association.