Nebraska Governor Appoints Pete Ricketts to Fill Sasse’s Senate Seat

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Nebraska Governor Appoints Pete Ricketts to Fill Sasse’s Senate Seat

Jacob Bliss 12 Jan 2023 Washington, DC

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) appointed his predecessor, former Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts (R), to fill the state’s U.S. Senate seat, vacated by former Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) in January. 

Term limits rendered Ricketts unable to run for reelection. Being appointed to the position was widely expected after he said he intended to seek an application for consideration for the appointment following Pillen’s announcement that he would  “seek qualified applicants” to fill the upcoming vacancy.

Sasse, a two-term senator, left his U.S. Senate seat to become the president of the University of Florida. He officially resigned from the Senate on Sunday.

Ricketts will now serve as Nebraska’s U.S. senator until January 2025. Under the Cornhusker State’s law, he will have to run in a special election during the 2024 cycle to serve the last two years of Sasse’s term before running again in 2026 if he wants to be elected for a full six-year term. 

According to the Hill, Pillen said there were 11 applicants for the Senate seat, and his office interviewed nine of them, ultimately choosing Ricketts for his ability to win a statewide election.

“My job in this process is really, really simple: to find the best person to represent us Nebraskans,” Pillen said, adding that Ricketts has committed to running in the special election in 2024 and in 2026 for a full term, in addition to not accepting a Cabinet position from a future Republican president if asked.

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/01/12/nebraska-governor-appoints-pete-ricketts-fill-sasses-senate-seat/

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     Jan 13, 2023
THE CORNHUSKER KICKBACK: How the Ricketts dynasty purchased a US Senate seat in Nebraska 
Ricketts gave $100,000 to Pillen's campaign in the lead-up to the May 2022 primary, and gave $1.28 million to Conservative Nebraska, a PAC in the state. His largest single donation to the PAC was $775,000 just before the primary.
Jack Posobiec and Hannah Nightingale
The Post Millennial

Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen announced on Thursday the appointment of his predecessor, Pete Ricketts, to the US Senate, filling a vacant seat left by former Senator Ben Sasse. Pillen was Ricketts’ hand-picked successor as governor and spent lavishly to support his campaign in the primary against Trump-endorsed candidate Charles Herbser. 

Pillen would go on to win the Nebraska primary, but then months later in October, Sasse abruptly announced his resignation from his Senate seat to accept the role across the country as the University of Florida’s next president. Sasse was first elected to the seat in 2014, and won his reelection in 2020. Ricketts will serve until a special election in 2024, and the seat will then be on Nebraska’s ballot in 2026 for a full term. 

The shadow campaign for Ricketts for Senate began almost as immediately as Sasse announced he would leave the seat. Prominent Senator Lindsey Graham publicly boosted Ricketts for Senate in October when he made a stop at a steak fry, first reported by The Post Millennial, in Nebraska just days after Sasse announced his resignation. Graham endorsed Ricketts to take the seat in the Senate before Ricketts had even announced he had an interest in the seat. ...

According to the Nebraska Examiner, Ricketts donated more than $1.3 million during the 2022 election to assist in getting Pillen elected. This includes contributions to outside groups that bashed the opponents of Pillen during the primary.

One such opponent was Trump-backed Charlie Herbster, who received 80,771 votes to Pillen’s 91,555, according to NBC News data.  ...

Entire article at Post Millennial

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THE CORNHUSKER KICKBACK: How the Ricketts dynasty purchased a US Senate seat in Nebraska
Ricketts gave $100,000 to Pillen's campaign in the lead-up to the May 2022 primary, and gave $1.28 million to Conservative Nebraska, a PAC in the state. His largest single donation to the PAC was $775,000 just before the primary.
The Post Millennial, Jan 13, 2022

Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen announced on Thursday the appointment of his predecessor, Pete Ricketts, to the US Senate, filling a vacant seat left by former Senator Ben Sasse. Pillen was Ricketts’ hand-picked successor as governor and spent lavishly to support his campaign in the primary against Trump-endorsed candidate Charles Herbser.

Pillen would go on to win the Nebraska primary, but then months later in October, Sasse abruptly announced his resignation from his Senate seat to accept the role across the country as the University of Florida’s next president. Sasse was first elected to the seat in 2014, and won his reelection in 2020. Ricketts will serve until a special election in 2024, and the seat will then be on Nebraska’s ballot in 2026 for a full term.

The shadow campaign for Ricketts for Senate began almost as immediately as Sasse announced he would leave the seat. Prominent Senator Lindsey Graham publicly boosted Ricketts for Senate in October when he made a stop at a steak fry, first reported by The Post Millennial, in Nebraska just days after Sasse announced his resignation. Graham endorsed Ricketts to take the seat in the Senate before Ricketts had even announced he had an interest in the seat.

The Ricketts family’s net worth is $5.3 billion according to a recent Forbes report. Joe Ricketts, 81, Pete’s father, is the founder of TD Ameritrade and the owner of the Chicago Cubs.

Ricketts gave $100,000 to Pillen's campaign in the lead-up to the May 2022 primary, and gave $1.28 million to Conservative Nebraska, a PAC in the state. His largest single donation to the PAC was $775,000 just before the primary.


More. https://thepostmillennial.com/the-cornhusker-kickback-how-the-ricketts-dynasty-purchased-a-us-senate-seat-in-nebraska?utm_campaign=64483

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Jack Posobiec
@JackPosobiec

Pillen was Ricketts’ hand-picked successor as governor and spent lavishly to support his campaign in the primary against Trump-endorsed candidate Charles Herbster

9:23 AM · Jan 13, 2023

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Jack Posobiec
@JackPosobiec

I said I was going to expose this story and didn't care if it was Republicans doing it

Rod Blagojevich went to jail for selling Obama's Senate seat

Ricketts sold Sasse's Senate seat to himself

9:22 AM · Jan 13, 2023