{"id":332483,"date":"2026-05-13T05:24:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T05:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/political\/nebraskas-pillen-wins-republican-renomination-in-bid-for-second-term-as-governor.html"},"modified":"2026-05-13T05:24:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T05:24:54","slug":"nebraskas-pillen-wins-republican-renomination-in-bid-for-second-term-as-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/political\/nebraskas-pillen-wins-republican-renomination-in-bid-for-second-term-as-governor.html","title":{"rendered":"Nebraska&#8217;s Pillen wins Republican renomination in bid for second term as governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/timesofnews.b-cdn.net\/timesofnewscdn\/usa\/ec79b373_image.jpg\" alt=\"Nebraska partners with Trump admin to open new migrant detention facility\" width=\"896\" height=\"500\" data-v-324c3b57=\"\" \/> <span class=\"overlay\" data-v-324c3b57=\"\">Video<\/span><\/a> <!--&gt; \n\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-324c3b57=\"\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Nebraska partners with Trump admin to open new migrant detention facility<\/a><\/h4>\n\n \n\n<p data-v-324c3b57=\"\">Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen joins 'America's Newsroom' to discuss how his state is working with the Trump administration to crack down on illegal immigration.<\/p>\n\n \n\n<p class=\"speakable\">Republican Gov.<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"> Jim Pillen<\/a> of Nebraska is a big step closer to winning re-election as governor of the red-leaning Great Plains state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"speakable\">Pillen easily topped five challengers in Nebraska's <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">GOP gubernatorial primary<\/a> to win his party's 2026 nomination, the Associated Press reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><strong><u>DEMOCRACY \u201926: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/timesofnews.b-cdn.net\/timesofnewscdn\/usa\/8f1ce871_pillen.png\" alt=\"Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen standing inside Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/> \n\n<p><span>Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen is seen inside the Fiserv Forum on the last night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on July 18, 2024.<\/span> <span>(Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">The governor<\/a>, a practicing veterinarian and chair of Pillen Family Farms who also played defensive back for the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers football team five decades ago, was first elected in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The backing of the outgoing Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts helped Pillen top a crowded field of GOP rivals in the primary before going on to easily win the <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">general election<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><strong><u>SIX MONTHS TILL MIDTERMS: THE TEN RACES THAT WILL DETERMINE THE SENATE'S MAJORITY<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/timesofnews.b-cdn.net\/timesofnewscdn\/usa\/55077a50_GettyImages-1252622922.jpg\" alt=\"Senator Pete Ricketts speaking during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in Washington\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/> \n\n<p><span>Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts is running this year to serve a full six-year term in the U.S. Senate.<\/span> <span>(Celal Gunes\/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One week after being sworn in as governor, Pillen appointed Ricketts to fill the <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">U.S. Senate<\/a> seat left vacant when Republican Sen. Ben Sasse stepped down to become University of Florida president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pillen will be considered the clear favorite in the general election in a state President <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Donald Trump<\/a> carried by 20 points as he won back the White House in 2024.<\/p>\n\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/timesofnews.b-cdn.net\/timesofnewscdn\/usa\/34b4f7e8_Nebraska-statehouse.jpeg\" alt=\"Nebraska statehouse\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/> \n\n<p><span>The Nebraska state capitol building in Lincoln, Nebraska<\/span> <span>(Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The governor will face off against former state Sen. Lynne Walz, who won the Democratic nomination, the Associated Press reports.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Walz crushed perennial candidate Larry Marvin in the Democratic primary.<\/p>\n\n --> <!--&gt; \n\n<p>Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast.\"<\/p>\n\n--><\/p>\n<p>Article source: https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/nebraskas-pillen-wins-republican-renomination-bid-second-term-governor<\/a>\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video Article source: https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/nebraskas-pillen-wins-republican-renomination-bid-second-term-governor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[84],"class_list":["post-332483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-political","tag-political"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332483\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}