US EditionGOP Sen. Ricketts backs his wife, a Democrat, in Nebraska election
Sen. Pete Ricketts supports his Democrat wife Susanne Shore for the University of Nebraska Board seat amid a crowded special election after a regent's resignation.
- This month, Sen. Pete Ricketts , a Republican and ally of President Donald Trump, endorsed his wife Susanne Shore, a Democrat, in the Omaha-based University of Nebraska Board of Regents special election.
- The seat was vacated after Regent Elizabeth O'Connor resigned following a public DUI scandal, prompting the special election to fill the Omaha-based regents district.
- Shore is campaigning to use data across NU campuses and calls herself a `Regent-ready` candidate with university administration experience, facing five other Democrats in the officially nonpartisan race.
- Ricketts is endorsing Shore while he runs a Senate campaign against independent Dan Osborn, with Shore noting he has his own campaign to worry about and the Board of Regents seat's institutional importance.
- Despite routine disagreements, Ricketts called Shore his `one Democrat exception`, highlighting the longstanding political split and cross-party support in the household.
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In a triumph of family over politics, Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-NE), a loyal ally of President Donald Trump in the Senate, is endorsing his wife for a key state education special election — even though she's a Democrat.Susanne Shore, the former first lady of Nebraska when Ricketts served as governor, is running for the Omaha-based district of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents, which oversees the largest public university system in the stat…
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Columbus TelegramFormer Nebraska first lady Susanne Shore runs for NU regent in Omaha
Susanne Shore, a candidate for the University of Nebraska Board of Regents and a former Nebraska first lady. (Courtesy of Shore campaign)OMAHA — The political divide between Nebraska’s Democratic former first lady, Susanne Shore, and her husband, Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, a former two-term governor, has drawn attention for more than a decade. Shore has said she and Ricketts regularly disagree on politics at the dinner table and come t…
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