LINCOLN — The candidates in a special election to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry differed on the need for “red-flag” laws, arming school teachers, and what’s wrong with Washington, D.C., in a televised debate Sunday, June 12.

State Sen. Mike Flood, the Republican candidate in the June 28 special election, said he supports better fortification of public schools and would support arming teachers, if a local school board agreed.

Flood said he supports the Second Amendment and is seeking "common sense" solutions in the wake of mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas and Buffalo, New York.

His Democratic opponent, State Sen. Patty Pansing Brooks, said more needs to be done. She instead supports "red-flag" laws that allow judges, after a court hearing, to confiscate the guns of a person having a mental breakdown or making threatening statements.

Pansing Brooks opposes arming teachers, saying "good guys with guns" failed to stop the carnage at the elementary school in Uvalde "for whatever reason."

The debate is the only debate scheduled prior to the June 28 special election in easter Nebraska's 1st Congressional District. The winner will fill out the remainder of Fortneberry's term, which ends in January.

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