GRAND ISLAND- The Grand Island area’s legislative race will give voters a choice between two widely known local names: Democratic incumbent State Sen. Dan Quick and Republican Ray Aguilar, a former state senator.

Quick was elected in 2016 over Republican Gregg Neuhaus by a margin of fewer than 100 votes to represent District 35, which includes the city of Grand Island. Aguilar, 73, served in the Legislature from 1999 to 2008. He is the latest lawmaker trying to return after being term-limited.

Quick, a 63-year-old retired welder for the Platte Generating Station and former president of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers chapter 1597, said he got into politics through his union background because he saw it as a way to improve the lives of those in his community. While in the Legislature, he said, he has worked to improve education and juvenile detention programs in Nebraska.

Quick has a fundraising advantage over Aguilar. According to the most recent campaign finance filings from mid-June, Quick had spent almost $100,000 and had about $64,000 in cash on hand. Aguilar had spent almost $50,000, with $4,700 remaining.

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