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Charles W. Bryan is the only Governor of Nebraska to serve non-consecutive terms. Dave Heineman holds the record as Nebraska's longest-serving governor with 10 years. The governor's term, along with all other elected statewide officers, begins on the first Thursday after the first Tuesday in the month of January after an election. [2]
James Douglas Pillen (born December 31, 1955) [1] [2] [3] is an American politician, veterinarian, and livestock producer serving as the 41st and current governor of Nebraska since 2023. [4] A member of the Republican Party , Pillen served on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents from 2013 to 2023.
Governors of Nebraska must be at least 30 years old and have been citizens and residents of the state for five years before being elected. Before 1966, the governor was elected to a two-year term. In 1962, a constitutional amendment extended the gubernatorial term to four years, effective with the 1966 election .
The lieutenant governor of Nebraska is the highest-ranking executive official in the State of Nebraska after the governor. According to the Nebraska State Constitution , in the event a governor dies, becomes permanently incapacitated, resigns, or is removed from office, the lieutenant governor will become governor.
Governor Heineman announced in July, 2013 that he had chosen Brigadier General Daryl L. Bohac, Nebraska's Assistant Adjutant General for Air, to succeed Lyons as Adjutant General. [12] Lyons began his new duties as deputy director of the Army National Guard on July 13, 2013 and Bohac took over as Adjutant General on July 15.
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen said Tuesday that he has “no plans to call a special session” to change the way the state allocates electoral votes to a winner-take-all system, ending an effort led ...
Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen speaks during a statue dedication ceremony for US writer and novelist Willa Cather, in Statuary Hall of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on June 7, 2023.
In September 1967, he was appointed as the deputy secretary of state of Nebraska by Governor Norbert Tiemann. [3] On January 7, 1971, Beermann was sworn in as the 24th secretary of state of Nebraska. Serving under six governors, he held the position for 24 years until 1995, when he was succeeded by Scott Moore . [ 5 ]