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Jim Pillen. James Douglas Pillen (born December 31, 1955) [1][2][3] is an American politician, veterinarian and livestock producer serving as the 41st and current governor of Nebraska since 2023. [4] A member of the Republican Party, Pillen served on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents from 2013 to 2023.
On January 12, 2023, Governor Jim Pillen appointed Republican former governor Pete Ricketts to fill the seat until the election. [2] Ricketts won the special election, defeating Democratic nominee Preston Love Jr. with about 63% of the vote. This was the first time since 1954 where both of Nebraska's U.S. Senate seats were concurrently up for ...
Elections in Nebraska. The 2022 Nebraska gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the next governor of Nebraska. Incumbent Republican governor Pete Ricketts was term-limited and unable to seek a third term. [2] In the general election, Republican Jim Pillen won the gubernatorial election by a 23-point margin.
Pillen is proposing a 40% reduction in property taxes that would slash $2 billion from the high of $5 billion collected across the state in 2022. Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen backs anti-LGBTQ bill and ...
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Charles W. Bryan is the only Governor of Nebraska to serve non-consecutive terms. Dave Heineman holds the record as Nebraska's longest-serving governor with 10 years. The governor's term, along with all other elected statewide officers, begins on the first Thursday after the first Tuesday in the month of January after an election. [2]
The Government of the U.S. State of Nebraska, established by the Nebraska Constitution, is a republican democracy modeled after the Federal Government of the United States. The state government has three branches: the executive, the legislative, and the judicial. Through a system of separation of powers, or "checks and balances," each of these ...
The average age of governors at the time of their inauguration was about 59 years old. Alabama governor Kay Ivey (born 1944) is the oldest current governor, and Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (born 1982) is the youngest. [16] As of the 2022 elections, there are 12 female state governors currently serving.