Newly sworn in Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen announced Thursday that his predecessor, former Gov. Pete Ricketts, will fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Republican Sen. Ben Sasse, who retired last week.

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Former Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts will be sworn in Monday as the state’s junior senator, filling a vacancy left after Republican Ben Sasse resigned from Congress to serve as president of the ...

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) on Thursday tapped former Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts (R) to fill the Senate seat vacated by former Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) earlier this month. The move has been widely ...

U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., right, ran for the final two years of a U.S. Senate term against Democratic challenger Preston Love Jr. (Candidate photos courtesy of their campaigns. Capitol photo by ...

Republican Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen on Thursday appointed his predecessor, Pete Ricketts, to fill the Senate seat vacated by Ben Sasse when he stepped down to become president of the University of ...

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts delivers his 2018 State of the State address on Wednesday morning at the State Capitol. Gov. Pete Ricketts delivers his 2018 State of the State address at the State Capitol ...

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen announced Thursday that former Gov. Pete Ricketts will fill the Senate seat of Ben Sasse, who officially resigned from Congress this week to return to academia as president of ...

WASHINGTON – Former Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts was sworn in as the newest member of the U.S. Senate on Monday, replacing Republican Sen. Ben Sasse as the Senate returns from several weeks of recess ...