Becky Stille

Becky Stille's first job was detasseling corn at 12 on a seed farm in Shelton, Nebraska.¹ Today, she is a mother of four and grandmother of five, married for nearly 30 years to a registered Republican.¹ A lifelong resident of the Third District, she describes herself as a moderate Democrat interested in working across party lines.¹

Stille became a mother as a teenager and later earned a degree in accounting.² Her career included 20 years in agriculture, with jobs as an accounting clerk, laboratory technician, quality manager and production supervisor.² She helped develop products made from soy and obtained certifications in rail operations, maintenance and training.²

She has also owned a small business and says healthcare, farm markets and livable wages are the concerns she hears most from people in the district.¹ Her platform calls for funding rural hospitals, protecting Affordable Care Act coverage and expanding mental healthcare.³ She supports prevailing wage requirements, job training for younger workers and veterans, and reproductive decisions made by patients and their doctors.³

Stille is challenging Republican incumbent Adrian Smith in a five candidate field.⁴ She supports raising the federal minimum wage and exempting the first $45,000 of working families' earned income from tax.¹ She also favors protecting Social Security, Medicare and food assistance while directing tax benefits toward working households.³