The Nebraska Republican Party headquarters in downtown Lincoln on Oct. 31, 2023. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner)
LINCOLN — For the first time in their elected runs, none of Nebraska’s five-member, all-GOP congressional delegation received an endorsement from the Nebraska Republican Party.
And none of them sought the state party’s endorsements, which were made Saturday.
Nebraska Republican Party Chairman Eric Underwood poses with GOP-endorsed candidate John Glen Weaver on Saturday in Bellevue. (Courtesy of Weaver campaign)
Instead, the party’s State Central Committee endorsed Republican challengers to three GOP incumbents: former Air Force Lt. Col. John Glen Weaver, who is running against U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts; Omaha businessman Dan Frei, running against 2nd District Rep. Don Bacon; and Hastings engineer John Walz, running against 3rd District Rep. Adrian Smith.
The central committee did not endorse candidates in the other two top federal races involving Sen. Deb Fischer and Rep. Mike Flood, who haven’t drawn a Republican challenger.