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Pete Ricketts sworn in as Nebraska senator, replacing Sasse

Former Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts was sworn into the U.S. Senate on Monday, replacing Republican Sen. Ben Sasse as the Senate returns from several weeks of recess and begins a new session of closely-divided government

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Senate swears in newest member Pete Ricketts

WASHINGTON — Pete Ricketts had less than three weeks between his old job and his new one a thousand miles away. The former governor of Nebraska was sworn in to the Senate on Monday, raising his right hand as the chamber returned to start the year’s work in earnest.

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Senate swears in newest member Pete Ricketts - Roll Call

Ricketts had less than three weeks between his old job and his new one. The former Nebraska governor was sworn in as a senator on Monday.

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Once all newly elected officials take office, 41.7% of Americans will live in a state with a Democratic trifecta, 39.6% in a state with a Republican trifecta, and 18.8% in a state with divided government.

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At the Races: Cooking with gas - Roll Call

The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter.

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Former Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts appointed to Senate

WASHINGTON — New Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen has followed through on appointing his predecessor, Pete Ricketts, to the Senate following the resignation of Sen. Ben Sasse.

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Former Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts appointed to Senate - Roll Call

Former Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts was named by his successor to fill the vacant seat left by the resignation of Sen. Ben Sasse.

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Partisan control of all state legislative seats nationwide changed by less than 0.5% in 2022

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Ben Sasse resigns from U.S. Senate

Ben Sasse (R) resigned from the U.S. Senate on Jan. 8 to become the University of Florida’s 13th president.

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Goodbye, Ben Sasse

The outgoing Nebraska senator thinks America's true divide is between pluralists and zealots.

Reason

At the Races: Under new management? - Roll Call

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Senator Sasse on Pluralists v. Zealots

Outgoing Senator Ben Sasse on what divides Americans.

Reason

Sasse's exit from Senate prompts GOP unease over replacement

Outgoing Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts is expected to be appointed to the state's U.S. Senate seat being vacated by fellow Republican Ben Sasse

The Independent UK

Ketanji Brown Jackson and the Future of Progressive Originalism

The liberal justice seems ready to fight legal conservatives on their own ground.

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At the Races: What pushing for voting rights accomplished - Roll Call

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Gov. Pete Ricketts to seek Nebraska Senate appointment

WASHINGTON — Outgoing Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts confirmed Tuesday that he is applying for appointment to the Senate seat being vacated by follow Republican Ben Sasse on Jan. 8.

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Ricketts to seek Nebraska Senate appointment - Roll Call

With Sen. Ben Sasse resigning to become president of the University of Florida on Jan. 8, outgoing Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts wants his seat.

Orlando Sentinel

Wealthy donors finance DeSantis’ sojourns across US, Florida

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A group of super-wealthy people helped foot the bill as Gov. Ron DeSantis barnstormed Florida and the rest of the country campaigning for his reelection and stumping for political allies running up to the midterm elections this month.

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Ben Sasse confirmed as University of Florida president, will start in February with $1 million salary

TAMPA, Fla. — The state Board of Governors confirmed U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse as the University of Florida’s next president Wednesday, approving a five-year contract that will start in February with the possibility of a one-year extension.

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Ben Sasse faces ‘huge hill to climb’ as University of Florida president. How will he do it?

The 19-year-old Florida college student wanted to make sure the 50-year-old Nebraska politician knew the stakes.

The Independent UK

University of Florida approves outgoing GOP Senator Ben Sasse as new president despite protests

‘We want the best faculty to stay at this place and to be recruited to this place, and that requires academic freedom,’ Republican says

Tribune News Service

Sen. Ben Sasse chosen as University of Florida president in unanimous vote of trustees

The University of Florida’s board of trustees voted unanimously Tuesday to name U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse as the flagship school’s 13th president after weeks of growing criticism over his views on LGBTQ issues and a national search conducted largely in secret.

The Independent UK

Florida faculty vote no-confidence in process to pick Sasse

University of Florida faculty members have expressed their displeasure with Nebraska U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse being named as the lone finalist for the school’s presidency

The Independent UK

Protest ban at Florida university after anti-Sasse rally

The University of Florida is going to start enforcing a decades-old prohibition against indoor protests following a raucous demonstration earlier this month against the selection of U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse as a finalist for the school president’s job

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Blame bad state law for University of Florida fiasco, not Sasse

Florida’s secretive new university presidential search law is a colossal failure, and a greater insult to the public than expected.

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