The line at the @charliekirk11 winner-take-all rally in #Nebraska is already north of 130 people, about an hour before things kick off.

#NE02 GOP candidate @Frei4Nebraska is working the line. He’s running in the May primary against @DonJBacon.



Better look at line

The #Nebraska Legislature after dark tonight is discussing an unfriendly amendment to LB 1300 that opens the possibility of a test vote for the potential of changing the way the state awards its Electoral College votes. Most do not see the votes to clear a filibuster. (THREAD) For people just tuning in: Many of the Democrats and a progressive registered nonpartisan in the officially nonpartisan unicameral (one-house) Legislature are extolling the virtues of continuing to split up Nebraska's electoral votes by congressional district.

At the presser for the Support Our Schools group that says they have gathered nearly double the signatures they needed to get on the #Nebraska’s 2024 general election ballot. They’ve been delivering boxes to Sec of State. Will try to tweet a little of the presser.

Thread today @NEGOP’s State Central Committee meeting in Norfolk. They’re discussing typical party business. Some of the focus will be on a party constitutional amendment proposal to remove the voting power of four GOP-affiliated groups from state party’s Executive Committee. The proposal from a 3rd District member, would make advisory members instead of voting members out of the Federation of Republican Women, Young Republicans, College Republicans and High School Republicans. The GOP chair could then exclude any of them from certain exec meetings.

Big day. The folks handling Capitol Security and the redcoats are taking the step today of separating the supporters and opponents of Legislative Bill 626, a proposal to ban abortions in the state after an ultrasound detects embryonic cardiac activity.

#Lincoln Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird and former State Sen. Suzanne Geist are participating today in a noon forum at the @LincolnChamber. Will try to keep you posted on how things go. About 200 eating right now. Be about a half hour. Each candidate will have 2.5 mins for opening, 90 seconds for each Q&A answer. Candidates making their way to the podiums.

Big day around the corner. #NEleg Already some abortion-rights advocates gathering outside the Capitol. Several cheered as @JohnforNE walked in.

Here today at the #Omaha meeting of the @NDE_News board picking a new state commissioner of education. Will try to tweet a bit. Patti Gubbels, board chair: Thanks board, staff and McPherson and Jacobsen, former LPS Superintendent Steve Joel's consulting group. Brought to us outstanding candidates. Led us through those opportunities. (These are paraphrases unless direct quoted.)

Pillen: All Nebraskans agree on two things, that we don’t quit on our kids, and property taxes have gotten out of whack. Really excited about the package of bills everybody has been working on. Education reform funding, we are addressing the needs of kids and property tax. Pillen: Important to fund every student and impose spending controls. Three meetings during the transition time with ed leaders.

As expected, @jim_pillen today is naming Pete Ricketts the next U.S. senator from #Nebraska. Here they are walking into the press conference from the Governor’s Office now occupied by Pillen. Ricketts was one of Pillen’s top supporters in a tough GOP primary race. Pillen: Appointments are temporary, and then the people speak as quickly as possible. There will be a statewide race in 2024. This seat runs again in 2026. “There’s never been a Nebraskan who’s had to run for statewide election in two consecutive terms.”

Lot of people in line this morning for the @NEGOP state convention today. The registration line @NEGOP. Part expecting more than 600 delegates, alternates and family.

Hello from a @NebraskaFreedom rally across from where the @NEGOP is hosting its annual convention this weekend in Kearney.

Crowd of about 100 people here. Might be 125.

About to get started with the first hearing in dueling lawsuits about one of eight groping allegations that jostled the final month of #Nebraska’s GOP primary election for governor.

At the Gage County Courthouse for the hearing in Johnson County District Court. Will try & tweet. Johnson County District Court Judge Rick Schreiner is expected to hear five motions today, four from the legal team for former gubernatorial candidate Charles Herbster, who is not yet attending, and one from lawyers for Republican State Sen. Julie Slama, who is.

New updated results from @dcElections, including early voting ballots returned on Election Day.

votedouglascounty.com/meer/PR22Resul… Interesting to see the @dcsheriff race on the @NebraskaDems side that close. But Greg Gonzalez advances over Wayne Hudson. He’ll face Aaron Hanson in the general election.

Here today in Lincoln for the @NEGOP’s unity rally, I’ve already seen @GovRicketts. Didn’t take a photo in time. @CWHerbster is here.

Our @NE_Examiner team will have you covered tonight if you care about #Nebraska’s 2022 primary election.

@PaulHammelNE is headed to @CWHerbster’s shindig in Lincoln.

@cgonzalez_NE is headed to @votelindstrom’s party in Omaha.

I’m in Link and covering @jim_pillen’s deal here. If you’re new to following me, a word of warning, it might get busy with tweets tonight. I will try to live tweet what’s going on with results.

It can be a lot.

We’ve attended three stops with the top contenders for the @NEGOP gubernatorial primary.

Today, @jim_pillen hosted Tom Osborne, Kay Orr and @GovRicketts on a multi-stop tour. This is Omaha. Last week, we went to Wahoo to hear @CWHerbster make a closing pitch to voters. He also toured parts of Nebraska with Trump economist Stephen Moore.

Spending Sunday with @CWHerbster, former President Donald Trump and his fans. I'll try to live tweet. Just spoke with traveling minister Kathy Brueggemann of Beatrice. She says she travels with Herbster and that he is a good man, a better man than people say. She said she learned of him through his mother in law.

A thread on the Herbster stories (1/9):

On April 14, after months of reporting that pre-dated the @NE_Examiner, we published the first story on the allegations of eight women who said @CWHerbster groped them at political events or pageants.

nebraskaexaminer.com/2022/04/14/gop… The first round of rebuttals to the story attacked @SenatorSlama for coming forward, saying she was the only named person in the article, including witnesses. So we spoke with three people and they agreed to go on record with names. (2/9)

nebraskaexaminer.com/2022/04/19/thr…

Out at the #Trump rally in Greenwood, #Nebraska. Looks like a solid crowd of volunteers and fans. Weather and the former president are the talk in line. Hearing the rally has been postponed until Sunday, weather permitting. Still trying to verify with @CWHerbster.

Made it out to Holdrege for the #NEgov debate tonight between @CWHerbster, @votelindstrom and @TThibodeauNE.

The debate will be live on KFXL and KPTM at 7p. It will also stream live on @NTVNEWS. I’ll try to live tweet. Here they are on stage.