“For the first time in their elected runs, none of Nebraska’s five-member, all-GOP congressional delegation received an endorsement from the Nebraska Republican Party,” the Nebraska Examiner reports.
“Instead, the party’s State Central Committee endorsed Republican challengers to three GOP incumbents… The central committee did not endorse candidates in the other two top federal races…”
“Tension has existed between the state party and its top elected officials since Nebraska GOP leadership changed hands in the summer of 2022, from party workers loyal to Ricketts to populists loyal to former President Donald Trump and some former insiders who wanted to diminish Ricketts’ influence over the party.”
