Nebraska Republican Party

Nebraska affiliate of the Republican Party

"NEGOP" redirects here. For the group sometimes known as New England Republicans, see Rockefeller Republican.

Nebraska Republican Party

Chairman| Mary Jane Truemper[1]
Governor| Jim Pillen
Lt. Governor| Joe Kelly
Senate leader
(Lt. Governor)| Joe Kelly
Speaker of the Legislature| John Arch
Headquarters| 1610 N Street
Lincoln, NE 68508
Membership (2024)| 623,229[2]
Ideology|

* Majority:
* Conservatism

Factions:

* Centrism
* Christian right
* Libertarianism
* Right-wing populism
* Trumpism

Political position| Center-right[3] to right-wing[4]
National affiliation| Republican Party
Colors|   Ruby Red
Seats in the U.S. Senate|

2 / 2

Seats in the U.S. House|

3 / 3

Statewide Executive Offices|

6 / 6

Nebraska Supreme Court seats|

5 / 6

Seats in the Nebraska Legislature (officially nonpartisan)|

33 / 49

Nebraska State Board of Education seats (officially nonpartisan)|

4 / 8

Election symbol
Website
www.ne.gop

* Politics of Nebraska
* Elections

The Nebraska Republican Party (NEGOP) is the affiliate of the Republican Party in Nebraska. The party is led by chair Mary Jane Truemper.[1] Its headquarters is located in Lincoln. It is currently the dominant party in the state, controlling all of Nebraska's three U.S. House seats, both U.S. Senate seats, the state legislature, and the governorship.

## Party history

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After 1860, Republicans dominated state elections in Nebraska for 30 years. The state has been strongly Republican during presidential elections.[5]

As a result of a referendum in 1934, Nebraska has the United States' only unicameral legislature, known as the Nebraska Unicameral.[6] All representatives are officially nonpartisan.[7][5] Despite this, Republicans have held a majority in the state legislature for several decades.

## Political campaigns

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In December 2009, the party organized a nationwide effort to unseat Democratic Senator Ben Nelson in 2012 under the theme "Give Ben The Boot".[8]

For the 2024 United States elections, the state party made the unorthodox decision to support none of Nebraska's five incumbents throughout the primary season. The party endorsed opponents to Don Bacon, Adrian Smith and Pete Ricketts and did not endorse Deb Fischer nor Mike Flood in their races.[9] All incumbents prevailed by large margins in their primary races; the closest was Bacon with a 24-point difference.

## Current elected officials

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The Nebraska Republican Party currently controls all six statewide offices, both of the state's U.S. Senate seats, and all of the state's U.S. House seats.

### Members of Congress

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#### U.S. Senate

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* Senior U.S. Senator Deb Fischer

* Junior U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts

#### U.S. House of Representatives

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* Mike Flood, 1st District
* Don Bacon, 2nd District
* Adrian Smith, 3rd District

### Statewide offices

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* Governor: Jim Pillen
* Lieutenant Governor: Joe Kelly
* Secretary of State: Bob Evnen
* Attorney General: Mike Hilgers
* Treasurer: John Murante
* Auditor: Mike Foley

### Statewide Supreme Court Justices

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* Michael Heavican, Chief Justice
* Stephanie F. Stacy, District 1
* William B. Cassel, District 3
* Jonathan Papik, District 4
* Jeffrey J. Funke, District 5
* John Freudenberg, District 6

## Executive Officers

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The Nebraska Republican Party has 34 executive officers. They are each a part of the executive committee where they approve business policies, general affairs, the annual budget, legislative plan, and the political plan of the state party. There are 30 members that have voting power, and 4 members that are considered ex-officio who do not have voting power.[10]

Executive Officers[11][12][13][14] Officer Role | Officeholder

|

State Chairman | Mary Jane Truemper
National Committeeman | William Feely
National Committeewoman | Fanchon Blythe
Treasurer | Dave Plond
Vice Chairman | Not Listed
Assistant State Chairman I | Not Listed
Assistant State Chairman II | Not Listed
Assistant State Chairman III | Not Listed
Assistant State Chairman IV | Not Listed
Secretary | Not Listed
Finance Chairman | Ty Betka
General Counsel | Not Listed
CD1 Chairman | Loreen Reynante
CD1 Vice-chairman | Stacy Parroquin
CD1 Member-at-large | Jeanne Griesen
CD2 Chairman | Susie Bliss
CD2 Vice-chairman | Scott Petersen
CD2 Member-at-large | Jacob Wolff
CD3 Chairman | Chris Vail
CD3 Vice-chairman | Morissa Benson
CD3 Member-at-large | John McHargue
CD1 County Chairman Representative I (from Lancaster County) | Jack Riggins
CD1 County Chairman Representative II | Not Listed
CD2 County Chairman Representative I | Not Listed
CD2 County Chairman Representative II | Not Listed
CD3 County Chairman Representative I | Not Listed
CD3 County Chairman Representative II | Not Listed
CD3 County Chairman Representative III | Not Listed
CD3 County Chairman Representative IV | Not Listed
State Federation of Republican Women President (ex-officio) | Not Listed
State Young Republican Chairman (ex-officio) | Patrick Roy
State College Republicans of America Chairman (ex-officio) | Not Listed
State High School Republican Chairman (ex-officio) | Not Listed
Immediate Past State Chairman |

Eric Underwood

## Electoral history

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### Gubernatorial

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Nebraska Republican Party gubernatorial election results  Election  | Gubernatorial candidate  | Votes  | Vote %  | Result

|
|
|
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1994 | Gene Spence  | 148,230  | 25.6%  | Lost N
1998 | Mike Johanns | 293,910  | 53.90%  | Won Y
2002 | Mike Johanns | 330,349  | 68.68%  | Won Y
2006 | Dave Heineman | 434,802  | 73.4%  | Won Y
2010 | Dave Heineman | 360,645  | 73.90%  | Won Y
2014 | Pete Ricketts | 308,751  | 57.15%  | Won Y
2018 | Pete Ricketts | 411,812  | 59.00%  | Won Y
2022 | Jim Pillen | 398,334  | 59.22%  | Won Y

## References

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1. ^ a b "Populist right favorite Mary Jane Truemper elected to lead Nebraska GOP". Nebraska Examiner. March 22, 2025. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
2. ^ "2024 Eligible Voter Statistics". sos.nebraska.gov.
3. ^ Sources for center-right:
* Gidron, Norm; Zilbatt, Daniel (2019). "Center-Right Political Parties in Advanced Democracies" (PDF). Annual Review of Political Science. 22: 18–19, 27–28\. doi:10.1146/annurev-polisci-090717-092750. ISSN 1094-2939. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 23, 2023. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
* Keckler, Charles; Rozell, Mark J. (April 3, 2015). "The Libertarian Right and the Religious Right". Perspectives on Political Science. 44 (2): 92–99\. doi:10.1080/10457097.2015.1011476. "To better understand the structure of cooperation and competition between these groups, we construct an anatomy of the American center-right, which identifies them as incipient factions within the conservative movement and its political instrument, the Republican Party."
* Donovan, Todd (October 2, 2019). "Authoritarian attitudes and support for radical right populists". Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties. 29 (4): 448–464\. doi:10.1080/17457289.2019.1666270. "A strict two-party system, such as the United States, does not fit the tripolar logic. If authoritarian attitudes exist in an electorate that effectively has no potential for anything but a choice between one centre-left and one centre-right party, people with such attitudes may find a place in one of the two dominant parties."
* Carter, Neil; Keith, Daniel; Vasilopoulou, Sofia; Sindre, Gyda M. (March 8, 2023). The Routledge Handbook of Political Parties (PDF). p. 140\. doi:10.4324/9780429263859. ISBN 978-0-429-26385-9. "By comparison, the U.S. Republican Party (Gould 2014) is something of an outlier. This is principally a product of the uniqueness of the U.S. party system. Indeed, major shifts in the party's ideological focus can only in part be explained by its longevity (founded in 1854). Unlike its Liberal/Conservative counterparts in the Anglosphere and Europe, the Republican party machine is considerably weaker than any of its counterparts and the frequency of elections has profoundly shaped the way political elites relate to their party and develop policy ideas. Historically, the electoral system has buttressed a true two-party system, which meant building broad coalitions. Today that instinct is countermanded by growing electoral boundary manipu- lation which sees the party aim to disenfranchise ideological opponents, while narrowcasting to its own ideological base. These features are either unique or extreme by comparison to other centre-right parties discussed here. Given this, it is not surprising that where comparisons between parties have occurred, they have focused on ideological dimensions, policy ideas and the exchange of campaign techniques (see Wineinger and Nugent 2020). A primary driver of comparisons between the USA and other Anglosphere centre-right parties appears to be cultural and language affinities, and if anything, this highlights the relative lack of comparison between centre-right parties in the Anglosphere (such as Australia, the UK, New Zealand, Canada and Ireland) which share greater institutional similarities."[failed verification]
4. ^ Sources for right-wing:
* McKay, David (2020), Crewe, Ivor; Sanders, David (eds.), "Facilitating Donald Trump: Populism, the Republican Party and Media Manipulation", Authoritarian Populism and Liberal Democracy, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 107–121, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-17997-7_7, ISBN 978-3-030-17997-7, retrieved June 13, 2024, "the Republicans changed from being a right of centre coalition of moderates and conservatives to an unambiguously right-wing party that was hostile not only to liberal views but also to any perspective that clashed with the core views of an ideologically cohesive conservative cadre of party faithfuls"
* Greenberg, David (January 27, 2021). "An Intellectual History of Trumpism". Politico Magazine. Archived from the original on April 11, 2024. Retrieved June 13, 2024. "The larger ideology that the president-elect represents is a post-Iraq War, post-crash, post-Barack Obama update of what used to be called paleoconservatism: On race and immigration, where the alt-right affinities are most pronounced, its populist ideas are carrying an already right-wing party even further right."
* Wineinger, Catherine; Nugent, Mary K. (January 2, 2020). "Framing Identity Politics: Right-Wing Women as Strategic Party Actors in the UK and US". Journal of Women, Politics & Policy. 41 (1): 5. doi:10.1080/1554477X.2020.1698214. ISSN 1554-477X.
* Jessoula, Matteo; Natili, Marcello; Pavolini, Emmanuele (August 8, 2022). "'Exclusionary welfarism': a new programmatic agenda for populist right-wing parties?". Contemporary Politics. 28 (4): 447–449\. doi:10.1080/13569775.2021.2011644. ISSN 1356-9775.
5. ^ a b "Nebraska Results". New York Times. August 9, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
6. ^ Williams, Beth (October 2013). Exploring Initiative and Referendum Law. Google Books: Routledge. p. 207\. ISBN 9781317965268. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
7. ^ Nebraska, History.com, http://www.history.com/topics/nebraska/page3, retrieved 14 December 2011
8. ^ Jordon, Steve (July 21, 2017). "Ex-Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson, whose Obamacare vote caused controversy, says odds are against GOP on health care". Live Well Nebraska. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
9. ^ Beck, Margery (May 14, 2024). "The Nebraska GOP is rejecting all Republican congressional incumbents in Tuesday's primary election". AP News.
10. ^ "NEGOP Constitution". NEGOP. NEGOP. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
11. ^ "About - NEGOP". ne.gop. March 13, 2020. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
12. ^ II, Juan Salinas (March 22, 2025). "Populist right favorite Mary Jane Truemper elected to lead Nebraska GOP • Nebraska Examiner". Nebraska Examiner. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
13. ^ Reist, Margaret. "Lancaster County Republican Party chairman resigns, former Drive-Time host elected". Lincoln Journal Star. Lincoln Journal Star. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
14. ^ "About Us". Nebraska Young Republicans. Nebraska Young Republicans. Retrieved April 4, 2025.

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