The Nebraska Republican Party has refused to endorse all five Republican congressional incumbents in Tuesday's primary election. And it has endorsed the Republican challengers of U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts and Reps. Don Bacon and Adrian Smith. The state GOP says it withheld endorsements from the incumbents because they didn't formally ask.
FILE - U.S. Rep. Don Bacon , R-Neb., a Republican moderate, speaks following a closed-door GOP meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. In one of the most closely watched congressional races of the year, Bacon is looking to defeat a fellow Republican in the primary election, Tuesday, May 14, 2024, in his quest to hold on to his House seat. He’ll have to do it without the support of the state Republican Party, which has endorsed his primary challenger. OMAHA , Neb.
It’s an oddity that lays bare the bitter divide between Trump loyalists who control the Nebraska GOP, as well as several county Republican parties, and the more establishment-type Republicans who were previously at the helm, said John Hibbing, a longtime University of Nebraska-Lincoln political science professor.Wisconsin Senate plans to vote on overriding Evers veto of PFAS funding, other bills“It’s not a good look,” Hibbing said.
After the state GOP endorsed Frei, Bacon defended his record as “a common-sense conservative who is able to reach across the aisle and find areas of consensus.”
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