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Pillen won the Republican nomination, while state senator Carol Blood won the Democratic nomination. The race took on increased importance in October 2022, when U.S. senator Ben Sasse announced he would resign and Ricketts said he would allow the winner of the 2022 gubernatorial election to appoint Sasse's replacement. [ 28 ]
On January 12, 2023, Governor Jim Pillen appointed Republican former governor Pete Ricketts to fill the seat until the election. [2] Ricketts won the special election, defeating Democratic nominee Preston Love Jr. with about 63% of the vote. This was the first time since 1954 where both of Nebraska's U.S. Senate seats were concurrently up for ...
Ricketts was appointed to the Senate by his successor, fellow Republican Gov. Jim Pillen, early last year to fill a vacancy left when former Sen. Ben Sasse resigned to take a job as president of ...
State delegation to the U.S. Senate; State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives (including non-voting delegate) For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
Donald Trump and Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen are calling on the state’s legislature to change the way Nebraska doles out Electoral College votes. ... Democratic presidential candidates a shot at ...
In this Republican stronghold, Pillen will be a favorite in November’s general election against his Democratic opponent, state Sen. Carol Blood. Nebraska hasn’t elected a Democrat as governor ...
In the general election, Republican Jim Pillen won the gubernatorial election by a 23-point margin. Nebraska's primary elections were held on May 10. Pillen, the former University of Nebraska Board of Regents chair, won the Republican nomination, while state senator Carol Blood won the Democratic nomination.
Pillen, the state’s Republican governor, had said he was prepared to convene a special session of the Nebraska Legislature before the November election to change the law, but only if there was ...