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- Cindy Lange-Kubick
- Oct 27, 2013
- Oct 27, 2013 Updated Nov 10, 2015
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Martin Steele (from left); his partner, Kurt Smith; Steele's sister Annette Dubas and their mother, AnnaBelle Steele, on a visit the two women made to see the couple in San Francisco two years ago.
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Nebraska State Senator and gubernatorial candidate Annette Dubas burps her two-month-old granddaughter Penny while babysitting at her home in Lincoln on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013.
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Annette Dubas speaks in Omaha on Sept. 23, 2013, as she continues her campaign kick-off appearances throughout the state.
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Martin Steele (from left); his partner, Kurt Smith; Steele's sister Annette Dubas and their mother, AnnaBelle Steele, on a visit the two women made to see the couple in San Francisco two years ago.
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Nebraska State Senator and gubernatorial candidate Annette Dubas burps her two-month-old granddaughter Penny while babysitting at her home in Lincoln on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013.
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