Layne Roth
NE
Layne Roth works for a local accounting firm and owns Happy Pet Home Care, a pet-sitting business in Norfolk. She holds a business degree from Bellevue University and has called for open, accountable local boards and no tax increases.
Where Layne Roth stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (1 record)
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (2 records)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 support
Said at a candidate meet and greet that clean drinking water was her top priority. She criticized NRD board members for voting to allow chemicals on weak soil that can leak into water.
September 22, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: norfolkdailynews.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 oppose
Urged Lower Elkhorn NRD directors at a board meeting to do more than the bare minimum. She backed repaying directors for trips to events outside the district as a way to improve policy.
October 10, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: norfolkdailynews.com
Published a letter in the Norfolk Daily News backing expense repayment for unpaid Lower Elkhorn NRD board members. She said the board's leaders unfairly denied repayment requests.
September 20, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: norfolkdailynews.com
Track record — General
General · 4 records
Lost the November 2024 race for the Lower Elkhorn NRD Subdistrict 3 board seat to incumbent Anthony Wisnieski, 1,700 votes (42.8%) to 2,259 (56.8%).
November 5, 2024
Source: countyelectionresults.nebraska.gov
Received the endorsement of three former Lower Elkhorn NRD directors in her 2024 race for the board's Subdistrict 3 seat.
October 29, 2024
Source: norfolkdailynews.com
Asked Lower Elkhorn NRD board members at a meeting to openly disclose their conflicts of interest. She named the farmers who make up most of the board.
October 24, 2024
Source: norfolkdailynews.com
Spoke twice at a Lower Elkhorn NRD board meeting, telling directors the public was tired of their hypocrisy. She also spoke before the board voted on director expense and daily pay rules.
September 26, 2024
Source: norfolkdailynews.com
Past race Layne Roth ran in:
- City Council Member Ward 4 · November 3, 2026 · Norfolk city, Nebraska