# Michael Connely

Michael Connely is a businessman and Marine Corps veteran who is running for the US House of Representatives in Nebraska's 1st Congressional District, challenging incumbent Congressman Mike Flood. In 2022, Connely an unknown political newcomer, ran in the Nebraska gubernatorial election in a field of 9 candidates.
Connely, known as a strong conservative who emphasizes individual rights and freedoms shook up the Congressional races in Nebraska by dropping out of the race in District 2 to leave only one challenger, Dan Frei, to challenge the current incumbent Congressman Don Bacon. Then Connely entered the Congressional race in District 1 to challenge the previously unchallenged Congressman Mike Flood.

## Early life and education

Born in Broken Bow, Nebraska, Connely lived in Custer County until the age of 7 when he moved to York where he completed high school, receiving various academic honors including the Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award. While in high school, Connely also spent several years training in law enforcement techniques as a member of a Law Enforcement Explorer Post at the York police station.
After high school, rather than accept college scholarships offered to him, Connely chose to enlist in the US Marine Corps where he completed military training courses in avionics, military intelligence and nuclear biological chemical warfare defense. After the military, Connely attended colleges in California, Oklahoma, Nebraska, New York, and various overseas locations primarily Japan, receiving associates, bachelors and master's degrees in multiple areas of study.

## Career

Connely began working at the age 7 selling garden seeds door to door. While still in school Connely worked in Nebraska cornfields detasseling in the summers and working in family businesses during the other seasons. In high school Connely also worked as a farm and ranch hand, worked in the hay fields of Nebraska, and as a concrete stacker.
After high school Connely joined the Marines working primarily in Aviation Electronics for military UH-1N Helicopters, and in Classified Material Control, a section of Military Intelligence. After the Marines came a few years of industrial work and professional driving while finishing various civilian degrees.
In 1988, Connely was hired by the Japanese Ministry of Education as an International Cultural Advisor. From 1990 to 1996 Connely worked as both a college instructor and student affairs director for a new startup college in Fukuoka Japan. From 1996 - 2000 Connely returned to Nebraska and worked as an Educational Coordinator for Japanese students in special Creighton University Exchange program. After the program ended he worked for the US Census Bureau being promoted 5 times in 2 years from a Field Worker to the State Quality Assurance Director. While working in the Census, Connely also enlisted in the Air National Guard receiving training in both Medical Laboratory and as Military Police.
From 2000 to 2016 Connely resided in Japan and worked as both a Business Development Director and Educational Director for private Japanese schools. In late 2016, Connely, concerned about the rapid pace of Chinese military buildup in the South China Sea returned to Nebraska to bring awareness of that international problem to Nebraskans.

## Political positions

* Immediate deportation of any immigrants entering the USA illegally.
* Simplification of processes to bring legal immigrants to the USA.
* Notification to all who entered the USA illegally to leave within 30 days or be deported.
* Revocation of student visas for foreign students who call for the extermination of Israel.
* Immediately cease funding to UN departments that finance illegal entry into the USA.
* Limit the FBI powers to investigation only, eliminating their ability to make arrests.
* Immediate release of J6 Political Prisoners on bail.
* Impeachment of judges who stripped Constitutional rights from J6 Political Prisoners.
* Immediate elimination of 30% of the Federal government to create a budget surplus.
* End any Federal Funding to any organizations that promote abortion.