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Speaker Jim Scheer (right) speaks with Sen. Mike Moser on the floor of the Legislature on March 23, the first day members of the Legislature convened for an emergency three-day session.
Sen. Mike Moser of Columbus has been hospitalized in Omaha with a coronavirus infection, a fellow state senator confirmed to the Journal Star on Monday evening.
Moser, 68, served as mayor of Columbus before winning election to the District 22 seat in the Nebraska Legislature in 2018, where he represents Platte County and parts of Colfax and Stanton counties.
District 22
Mike Moser
Columbus
Elected 2018
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A music store owner, Moser is hospitalized at Nebraska Medicine, according to a source.
No further information on Moser’s condition was immediately available. Attempts to reach his family and members of his staff were unsuccessful.
Colfax and Platte counties in east-central Nebraska have emerged as coronavirus hot spots in recent weeks, with many cases tied to food-production plants in the area.
As of Monday, there were 602 confirmed cases in Colfax County and 530 in Platte County, according to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services.
In an April 8 letter to his constituents, Moser described the March 16 decision to postpone the remainder of the legislative session as “a tough, but necessary, decision.”
“The health and well-being of all Nebraskans is and should continue to be at the forefront of decision-making for leaders in Nebraska,” he wrote.
