{"id":1765303,"date":"2022-12-06T18:03:01","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T23:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1765303"},"modified":"2022-12-06T18:03:09","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T23:03:09","slug":"outgoing-nebraska-governor-ricketts-looking-to-fill-ben-sasses-senate-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/outgoing-nebraska-governor-ricketts-looking-to-fill-ben-sasses-senate-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Outgoing Nebraska Governor Ricketts Looking To Fill Ben Sasse\u2019s Senate Seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foutgoing-nebraska-governor-ricketts-looking-to-fill-ben-sasses-senate-seat%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1765303&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/nebraska\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nebraska<\/a> Governor Pete Ricketts announced he is seeking to fill the seat left by outgoing Senator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ben-sasse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben Sasse<\/a> (R-NE).<\/p>\n<p>In an announcement Tuesday, Ricketts said he would seek the office after Sasse left to become the next president of the University of Florida. Ricketts was term-limited as governor and will be replaced by Governor-elect Jim Pillen. Pillen, who will be sworn in on January 5, previously stated he is accepting applications for individuals to fill the seat until a special election is held in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, it came down to a single question: How can I best serve the people of Nebraska and advance our conservative values?\u201d Ricketts said in a statement, via <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/3763647-nebraska-governor-running-for-sasses-senate-seat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>. \u201cIn Congress, we\u2019re in a fight for the future of our nation, and it\u2019s a fight we have to win. We must cut taxes, strengthen public safety and our national security, and protect our most sacred freedoms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the last eight years, we\u2019ve shown the world the real impact conservative leadership can have,\u201d he added. \u201cI want to continue delivering results for our state, fighting to reduce taxes, grow our economy, defend our liberties, and run government more like a business. I\u2019ll never stop working to get the job done, and that\u2019s why I\u2019m asking for Governor-elect Pillen\u2019s consideration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a class=\"c-link\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/get.dailywire.com\/subscribe\/plus?utm_campaign=dwplus&#038;utm_medium=editorial&#038;utm_source=dwsite&#038;cid=dwplus&#038;mid=z&#038;xid=0&#038;_gl=1*cbbarq*_ga*MTE3MDIyNDM4Ni4xNjU4MzQzNjQx*_ga_CZKR9ZYKJP*MTY3MDM1ODM3My40NjIuMS4xNjcwMzU5NDA1LjU5LjAuMA..\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/get.dailywire.com\/subscribe\/plus?utm_campaign=dwplus&#038;utm_medium=editorial&#038;utm_source=dwsite&#038;cid=dwplus&#038;mid=z&#038;xid=0\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-26946\">TIRED OF THE LEGACY MEDIA\u2019S BIAS CONTROLLING THE NARRATIVE AND OBSCURING THE TRUTH? JOIN US AND SAVE 30%.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pillen announced on Monday that he was accepting applications to fill Sasse\u2019s seat. Applications must be submitted by December 23, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wowt.com\/2022\/12\/05\/pillen-taking-applications-sen-sasse-seat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WOWT<\/a> reported. A special election to fill the remainder of Sasse\u2019s term will be held in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to Ricketts on Monday, Sasse, who was just re-elected in 2020, confirmed that his resignation will take effect on January 8. \u201cIt has been a great honor to serve the people of Nebraska in the U.S. Senate these last eight years,\u201d Sasse wrote. \u201cI am confident that Governor-Elect Pillen will appoint someone who will serve Nebraskans well in Washington.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sasse originally announced his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-gop-senator-ben-sasse-to-be-next-president-of-the-university-of-florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resignation<\/a> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/nebraska\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate<\/a> in October, in order to become the next president of the University of Florida.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe University of Florida is uniquely positioned to lead this country through an era of disruption,\u201d Sasse said in a statement at the time. \u201cThe single biggest challenge our nation faces is the radical disruption of work. Technology is changing everything about where, when, why, what, and how Americans work and so it\u2019s changing our homes, neighborhoods, and communities too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sasse said that he has been courted by top universities over the last couple of years, but that he and his wife had resisted attempts to lure him out of the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Sasse said this time was different though because he views the University of Florida as \u201cthe most interesting university in America right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMelissa and I have been pursued by wonderful institutions the past two years, but we\u2019ve resisted being named a finalist,\u201d Sasse said. \u201cThis time is different because the University of Florida is very different: I think Florida is the most interesting university in America right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The University of Florida said in a statement that they spent months carefully vetting hundreds of applicants for the role and that the school\u2019s\u00a015-member presidential search committee \u201cunanimously recommended United States Senator Dr. Ben Sasse as the sole finalist to become the University of Florida\u2019s 13th president.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Ryan Saavedra contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts announced he is seeking to fill the seat left by outgoing Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE). In an announcement Tuesday, Ricketts said he would seek the office after Sasse left to become the next president of the University of Florida. Ricketts was term-limited as governor and will be replaced by Governor-elect &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":189,"featured_media":1765306,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1765303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1765303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/189"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1765303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1765303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1765306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1765303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1765303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1765303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}