Domina returns to his roots to campaign for U.S. Senate

May 7, 2014

COLERIDGE — Dave Domina was back in his hometown in Cedar County Sunday night to talk about “why he is running for the U.S. Senate and what it means.”

Domina, an attorney and founder of Domina Law Group, now lives in Omaha. He grew up on a farm south of Coleridge. He talked to a group of people at the Coleridge Community Building Sunday evening.

Domina shared a few memories about helping milk cows every morning and night and he talked about playing baseball in Coleridge. His interest in politics was sparked while he was still a student at Coleridge High School.

Domina told how one of his school teachers had made an impact on his life.

“Do any of you remember, Gloria Kunze? She was our speech teacher and debate coach at Coleridge. We had a pretty good team for a school our size,” Domina said. “Mrs. Kunze always wanted us to be informed. Some huge events happened around that time. President Kennedy had been assassinated and then Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy were killed.”

Domina became involved in politics when he spent time with a student from a liberal college on one of his summer jobs when he was still attending school.

He made a run for the Democratic nomination for governor in 1986 when Kay Orr was elected as the Governor of Nebraska.

“That is the only other elective race I have been in. I didn’t really like campaigning. It was kind of boring — it was the same questions over and over,” Domina said. “I got involved in politics in other ways.”