- limits ▁law ▁from ▁running ▁for ▁a ▁third ▁consecutive ▁term . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁his ▁announ cement ▁of ▁candid acy , ▁Kol ter man ▁stated ▁that ▁he ▁fav ored ▁some ▁sort ▁of ▁expansion ▁of ▁Med ica id , ▁which ▁funds ▁medical ▁exp enses ▁for ▁low - in come ▁people , ▁if ▁it ▁could ▁be ▁done ▁cost - effect ively . ▁ ▁In ▁subsequent ▁campaign ▁materials ▁and ▁inter views , ▁he ▁declared ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁entirely ▁opposed ▁to ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁Aff ord able ▁Care ▁Act , ▁and ▁that ▁" I ▁do ▁not ▁support ▁expand ing ▁[ M ] ed ica id ▁or ▁other ▁social ▁w elf are ▁programs "; ▁his ▁opposition , ▁he ▁stated , ▁was ▁based ▁in ▁part ▁on ▁his ▁belief ▁that ▁the ▁federal ▁government ▁would ▁eventually ▁ren ege ▁on ▁its ▁p ledge ▁to ▁re im bur se ▁states ▁for ▁the ▁costs ▁of ▁Med ica id ▁expansion . ▁ ▁Kol ter man ▁described ▁himself ▁as ▁" sol id ly ▁pro - life ". ▁ ▁Bes ide ▁defining ▁his ▁position ▁on ▁abort ion , ▁he ▁said , ▁this ▁affected ▁his ▁views ▁on ▁capital ▁pun ishment ; ▁although ▁he ▁regarded ▁the ▁death ▁penalty ▁as ▁" an ▁important ▁tool ▁for ▁pro sec utors ", ▁it ▁should ▁only ▁be ▁used ▁in ▁extreme ▁cases . ▁ ▁Kol ter man ▁stated ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁opposed ▁to ▁a ▁proposed ▁increase ▁in ▁Neb r aska ' s ▁minimum ▁w age . ▁ ▁He ▁stated ▁that ▁the ▁nation ▁was ▁suffering ▁from ▁an ▁excess ▁of ▁government ▁reg