{"id":2215810,"date":"2024-04-08T17:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T21:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nebraska-gop-official-resigns-after-trump-allies-failed-push-to-change-electoral-rules\/"},"modified":"2024-04-08T17:13:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T21:13:49","slug":"nebraska-gop-official-resigns-after-trump-allies-failed-push-to-change-electoral-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nebraska-gop-official-resigns-after-trump-allies-failed-push-to-change-electoral-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Nebraska GOP official steps down following unsuccessful attempt by Trump allies to alter electoral regulations"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fnebraska-gop-official-resigns-after-trump-allies-failed-push-to-change-electoral-rules%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=2215810&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>A Nebraska GOP official resigned post a failed legislative attempt to alter Electoral College vote rules favoring President Joe Biden. Doug \u200dPetersen, 2nd Congressional District chairman, stepped down amid internal GOP turmoil regarding electoral regulations and endorsements. The state&#8217;s unique allocation of electoral \u200dvotes \u200badds complexity to the political landscape, influencing future elections and potential outcomes between Biden and Trump.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE \u2014<\/strong> A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nebraska\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Nebraska<\/a> Republican Party official resigned over the weekend, days after the failure of a legislative effort to change Electoral College vote rules that helped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>President Joe Biden<\/a> in 2020 and could again this year in one of the nation\u2019s otherwise reddest states. <\/p>\n<p>Doug Petersen stepped down as 2nd Congressional District chairman after heading the Republican operation in a Greater Omaha area district that has been at the center of an intraparty GOP political firestorm of late. Nebraska\u2019s unicameral legislature, where Republicans hold a majority, on April 3 rejected a proposal to change how\u00a0the state allocates its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-real-clear-politics-say-they-never-called-pennsylvania\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Real Clear Politics -- SAY THEY NEVER CALLED PENNSYLVANIA\">electoral votes<\/a> in presidential elections, a move that would help former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> if enacted.<\/p>\n<p>Peterson expressed frustration with the Nebraska GOP as it fought over the electoral rule change and more broadly has been at war with itself over congressional endorsements. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the advice of my legal counsel, I resigned from the CD 2 Chair on Saturday. I cannot comment on much other than the NEGOP is in shambles and I can no longer be associated with them,\u201d Petersen, president at Omaha-based HR Systems Inc., said in an email to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Nebraska is one of two states, alongside Maine, that allocates its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nebraska-dems-look-to-turn-local-wins-into-split-electoral-college-vote-in-2024\/\" title=\"Nebraska Democrats aim to secure a split Electoral College vote in 2024 through local victories.\">electoral votes based<\/a> on popular vote in each <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">congressional district<\/a> with two at-large electors who mirror the popular vote of the entire state. Some state GOP lawmakers, with the backing of Gov. Jim Pillen (R-NE), want the state to be a \u201cwinner-take-all,\u201d meaning all five electoral votes would go to the overall winner of the state.<\/p>\n<p>The matter has special resonance in the 2024 campaign, with polls showing a close fight between Biden and Trump. The president, in his 2020 victory, won 306 electoral votes to 232 for Trump. But population increases in red areas mean that since the 2020 census, some states Trump won last time around have more electoral votes. Either candidate needs a total of 270 to win the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>The practical political outcome for Biden is that even if he won the three \u201cBlue Wall\u201d states Democrats recaptured from Trump in 2020 \u2014 Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin \u2014 that would only amount to a 269-269 tie. The White House contest would then be thrown into the House of Representatives for a contingent election. Though it would be decided by members of the next Congress, elected in November, the House\u2019s current GOP-leaning composition would mean almost certainly victory for Trump. <\/p>\n<p>Nebraska\u2019s 2nd District is an outlier in the otherwise strongly Republican state. Biden in 2020 beat Trump there 52.8% to 45.8%. While Nebraska as a whole favored Trump over Biden by about 59% to 39%. That marked the second time the district differed from the statewide vote since the electoral allocation system was changed ahead of the 1992 election. Barack Obama won the Omaha-area district in 2008 and its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-worry-third-party-candidate-will-hand-2024-election-to-republicans\/\" title=\"Dems fear third-party candidate may give 2024 win to GOP.\">single electoral vote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>State Republicans have previously tried to change Nebraska\u2019s electoral allocation system but haven\u2019t had enough support. The issue received little attention until last week when pro-Trump personality Charlie Kirk raised the issue on his podcast.<\/p>\n<p>Nebraska Republicans have been divided for much of this year. In January, the Nebraska Republican Party didn\u2019t endorse any of the state\u2019s five-member, all-GOP congressional delegation. One of the candidates they did endorse is Omaha businessman Dan Frei, who is running against 2nd District Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) in the May 14 primary. Bacon is a top target for Democrats in the fall, assuming he makes it to the general election. The 2nd District is among 18 held by a Republican that Biden would have won in 2020.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That move also contributed to the resignation from Petersen as chairman of the 2nd District GOP.<\/p>\n<p>The state party \u201cdid endorse Don\u2019s GOP competitor who has no chance at the primary in May and they have also not endorsed any of our current Federal incumbents; what\u2019s that tell you?\u201d Petersen wrote by email.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an exclusive development, a Nebraska GOP official resigned after a recent legislative setback in altering Electoral College vote rules. This move comes amidst concerns over potential impacts on future elections, given President Joe Biden&#8217;s 2020 victory and the state&#8217;s predominantly Republican landscape. 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