Carol Blood (née Vacek, born March 5, 1961)[1] is an American politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska.
Blood has been a member of the Bellevue Public Safety Foundation Board since 2005, serving as chair for seven years.
[2] In 2014, Blood was defeated by Tommy Garrett in a race to fill the two years remaining of a four-year legislative term vacated by state senator Scott Price, who resigned in November 2013.
[11] She introduced LB85, which called to make people ineligible to run for elected office if they held any outstanding penalties from the Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission.
The bill, which passed on a vote of 48-0-1, also prohibits anyone from being appointed to an elective office until any civil penalties and interest are paid.
[12] Blood said LB88 was a priority to make Nebraska a more “military-friendly state,” which directly affects her district—home those who are employed at Offutt Air Force Base.
[14][15] Blood introduced legislation to increase the handgun permit fee from $5 to $25, failed to pass on a 16–26 vote.
[16] Blood's LB692, which called to require the state department of corrections to conduct a regular staffing analysis report, became a part of the Judiciary Committee's LB841, which passed on a 42-1-6 vote.
[10] Blood was appointed to the decennial Redistricting Committee, which utilizes census data to draw all political district maps.
[24] Her running-mate and nominee for lieutenant governor was former state senator and Nebraskan rancher Al Davis.