State Senator Tom Carlson of Holdrege sponsored the constitutional amendment extending terms limits from two consecutive four-year terms to three.
Senator Tom Carlson: 
The legislature approved Carlson's measure and sent it to the voters.
Carlson reasons it just doesn't make sense to cut off the service of a state senator just as he is becoming effective.
Senator Tom Carlson:
Under Nebraska's legislative term limits, a state senator can run again, once the senator sits out a term.
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