Blair Horner
NE · Fremont City Council Member, Ward 2
Fremont City Council member for Ward 2, appointed in 2023, and a licensed realtor who has served as a Fremont Housing Authority commissioner. He has pushed for faster street repairs and new ways to make housing affordable.
Where Blair Horner stands, based on their records
Supports
Housing Affordability (1 record), Social Programs and Welfare (1 record), Public Infrastructure (2 records)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (3 support · 4 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 3 support · 4 oppose
Cast the only vote against a $273,405.80 contract with Hawkins Construction to repave 19th Street. It passed 6-1.
March 31, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: fremontne.gov
Voted for a one-time $10,000 city donation to the LifeHouse food pantry during the federal shutdown delay in SNAP food aid. It passed 7-0; he asked where the city draws the line on such requests.
November 25, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: fremonttribune.com
Voted for the city's 2025-2027 two-year budget, which passed 8-0. Before that, he voted against adding money for the South Railroad and Clarmar Street project; that change failed 2-6.
September 16, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: fremontne.gov
Moved to cut a $98,000 engineering contract change for traffic signals to $56,500, covering only the 23rd Street and Somers Avenue signal. His change passed 5-3.
April 29, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: fremontne.gov
Cast the only vote against a special tax on property owners to pay for street paving in Paving District 553. It passed 7-1.
January 14, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: fremontne.gov
Voted against setting aside an ordinance that raised pay for the mayor and council. The council tabled it with no set return date, 6-2.
October 8, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: fremontne.gov
Voted to adopt the city's 2024-2039 local option economic development plan, funded by a half-cent sales tax, 8-0. He voted against a rival version of the ballot wording.
January 9, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: fremontne.gov
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 support
Moved to start an ordinance letting the council waive minimum lot sizes on lots mapped before 1971. This allows new single homes or duplexes there. It passed first reading 7-1.
November 12, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: fremontne.gov
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
Voted for a one-time $10,000 city donation to the LifeHouse food pantry during the federal shutdown delay in SNAP food aid. It passed 7-0; he asked where the city draws the line on such requests.
November 25, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: fremonttribune.com
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 2 support
Voted against removing the broken traffic signals at 23rd Street and Somers Avenue and replacing them with stop signs. The plan failed 3-5.
April 8, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: fremontne.gov
Voted for a sewer rate increase ordinance (Ordinance 5666). It passed 7-1.
February 13, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: fremontne.gov
Track record — General
General · 8 records
Voted for an ordinance changing the open public comment period at council meetings to follow the state Open Meetings Act. It passed 7-0.
September 8, 2026
Source: fremontne.gov
Moved to start an ordinance raising the city's food and beverage tax on restaurants, bars and food trucks from 1% to 2% of gross income. It passed 8-0.
August 11, 2026
Source: fremonttribune.com
Moved to make Fremont the lead applicant for a federal rail safety grant on behalf of the company Rail Modal Group. The proposal failed 3-5.
June 23, 2026
Source: fremontne.gov
Proposed an amendment letting the city revoke the permit for a new group home for girls if its rules are broken. The council then approved the group home.
June 9, 2026
Source: fremonttribune.com
Moved to declare the 23rd and North Cedar Street area blighted and substandard, a step toward redevelopment. It passed 5-1.
April 28, 2026
Source: fremontne.gov
Voted to recommend that the Inland Port area be declared blighted and substandard, a step toward redevelopment. It passed 6-1.
August 12, 2025
Source: fremontne.gov
Voted against a proposal by two council members to change the city code section on benefit plans for the mayor and council. It failed 2-6.
September 24, 2024
Source: fremontne.gov
Was appointed to the vacant Ward 2 seat on the Fremont City Council by Mayor Joey Spellerberg. The council consented 6-0, and he took the oath of office.
November 28, 2023
Source: fremontne.gov
Past race Blair Horner ran in:
- City Council Member Ward 2 · November 3, 2026 · Fremont city, Nebraska · incumbent