Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen, a Republican, has tapped former Gov. Pete Ricketts to fill the seat recently vacated by Ben Sasse, who resigned well before the end of his term as a U.S. senator.
Sasse, a Republican who would not have come up for reelection until 2026, stepped down earlier this month with plans to become president of the University of Florida. He had served as a senator since early 2015, and had won another term in the 2020 election. He tweeted in November that he was "thrilled to join Gator Nation in February."
Sasse was one of the seven Republican senators who voted to convict former President Donald Trump in 2021 after the House voted to impeach the president in the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot — the senate vote took place after Trump had already departed from office, and the number of votes to convict fell short of the threshold necessary for conviction.
Nebraska's new governor taps predecessor to replace Sasse in US Senate
- by: Alex Nitzberg
- 01.12.23
- Source:
Conservative Review
- 01/13/2023
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