OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Republicans worked through a crowded primary for governor on Tuesday in a race upended in recent weeks by groping allegations lodged against a candidate endorsed by former President Donald Trump.
The winner of the race will emerge as a strong favorite against state Sen. Carol Blood, who won the Democratic nomination for governor. The incumbent, Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts, is prohibited by term limit laws from running again.
The nine-way Republican primary for governor includes Charles Herbster, a businessman and cattle breeder backed by Trump; Jim Pillen, a veterinarian and hog farm owner endorsed by Ricketts; and Brett Lindstrom, a state senator and Omaha financial adviser who gained traction recently with a surge of money and support from the city’s Republican mayor.
The state hasn’t elected a Democrat to be governor since 1994, when then-Gov. Ben Nelson won a second term in office. Blood is the only Democrat running for statewide office this year.
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