CUSTER COUNTY- Custer County rancher, entrepreneur and restaurant owner Jim Jenkins of Callaway announced that he will be a candidate for the District 36 legislative seat in 2022. Sen. Matt Williams of Gothenburg will be term-limited out of the nonpartisan Legislature at the end of next year after serving two terms.Jenkins, who was an independent candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2014, currently manages his family ranching and cattle feeding business near Callaway and is one of the owners of the Skeeter Barnes restaurant in Kearney. "Since agriculture is literally the foundation on which our state economy is built, urban and rural senators must work together for the benefit of all Nebraskans," Jenkins said. Jenkins recently was nominated to chair the Blueprint Nebraska entrepreneurship council and is a member of the board of directors of the Platte Institute. He is past chairman of the Nebraska Ethanol Board.

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