Nebraska Republican Party

Party history

After 1860, Republicans dominated state elections in Nebraska for 30 years. The state has been strongly Republican during presidential elections.

As a result of a referendum in 1934, Nebraska has the United States' only unicameral legislature, known as the Nebraska Unicameral. All representatives are officially nonpartisan. Despite this, Republicans have held a majority in the state legislature for several decades.

Political campaigns

In December 2009, the party organized a nationwide effort to unseat Democratic Senator Ben Nelson in 2012 under the theme "Give Ben The Boot".

For the 2024 United States elections, the state party made the unorthodox decision to support none of Nebraska's five incumbents throughout the primary season. The party endorsed opponents to Don Bacon, Adrian Smith and Pete Ricketts and did not endorse Deb Fischer nor Mike Flood in their races. All incumbents prevailed by large margins in their primary races; the closest was Bacon with a 24-point difference.

Current elected officials

The Nebraska Republican Party currently controls all six statewide offices, both of the state's U.S. Senate seats, and all of the state's U.S. House seats.

Members of Congress

U.S. Senate

File:Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE), official portrait, 118th United States Congress (cropped).jpg|Senior U.S. Senator Deb Fischer File:Sen. Pete Ricketts official portrait, 118th Congress (cropped).jpg|Junior U.S. Senator

U.S. House of Representatives

• Mike Flood, 1st District
• Don Bacon, 2nd District
• Adrian Smith, 3rd District

Statewide offices

• Governor: Jim Pillen
• Lieutenant Governor: Joe Kelly
• Secretary of State: Bob Evnen
• Attorney General: Mike Hilgers
• Treasurer: John Murante
• Auditor: Mike Foley

Statewide Supreme Court Justices

• Jeffrey J. Funke, Chief Justice
• Stephanie F. Stacy, District 1
• Derek Vaughn, District 2
• William B. Cassel, District 3
• Jonathan Papik, District 4
• Jason Bergevin, District 5
• John Freudenberg, District 6

Executive Officers

The Nebraska Republican Party has 34 executive officers. They are each a part of the executive committee where they approve business policies, general affairs, the annual budget, legislative plan, and the political plan of the state party. There are 30 members that have voting power, and 4 members that are considered ex-officio who do not have voting power.

Electoral history

Gubernatorial

References

References

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