No: 54
Date: 9/1/1993
Name: John Breslow
At the time John Breslow had been Nebraska State Auditor for three years. In the Face drawing, the money guy is shown with an abacus at one hand, an adding machine at the other hand and has his shoes off so he also can count on his fingers and toes. Beans below indicate his role as a "bean counter." The senators shown talking on telephones in the background symbolize the time Breslow challenged senators' use of phones for personal calls. In 1997, Breslow, a former Democrat, caused controversy while a Republican gubernatorial hopeful in the primary by airing television commercials attacking same-sex marriages. He had been a businessman for more than two decades. Breslow lost the primary for governor in 1998 against U.S. Rep. Jon Christensen, who would lose the race to Mike Johanns. Breslow surprised the audience at the 1998 Omaha Press Club Show as he appeared suddenly while performer Doug Parrott, who physically resembles Breslow, was doing a spoof about him. Back to Top