Watson blasts both parties during Sidney campaign visit

Independent candidate for U.S. Senate, Todd Watson promises to answer to no one but the citizens of Nebraska.

“We need a new voice not tied to the party power,” he said, during a campaign stop in Sidney on Monday.

Watson was born and raised in Lincoln and received his masters degree in accounting at the University of Texas at Austin. He’s been an entrepreneur for most of his life. He currently owns two businesses and that employ 60 people.

“In a day when we need jobs, I’ve created them,” Watson said.

The two party system doesn’t work, in his opinion. Democrats’ and Republicans’ refusal to work...