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Brochures blanket the town, and business signs bear messages about the largest bond election in the history of the Glenwood Community School District. On Tuesday, voters will decide whether property taxes will be increased to fund a $19.7 million project that includes a new high school and renovates the current high school into a middle school.

The three Republican candidates for Nebraska governor differed Sunday over the education of illegal immigrants in a debate that was more spirited than last week's low-key affair. They traded more than a few jabs - many of them directed at Heineman - as they discussed abortion, taxes and state spending in the second of six debates planned in the battle for the GOP nomination for governor. The primary is May 9.

Though he remains an asterisk in national opinion polls, U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel is hardly discounting his chances as a possible 2008 presidential candidate. He toured New Hampshire last week. And he's planning more trips to New Hampshire, Iowa and other states to campaign for Republican candidates and test the waters for a possible run.

David Kramer, a 41-year-old Omaha attorney, is seeking office for the first time after more than two decades of activity in Republican politics. There's no doubt his longtime work as a party leader is one of Kramer's biggest assets. While not widely known by state voters, his past efforts made him a familiar and trusted face among hard-core GOP activists - good people to have on your side.

• Second in a series of candidate profiles