A single Republican state senator appears to be holding back a push by Donald J. Trump to net a potentially pivotal electoral vote even before ballots are cast.
Trump's allies want the state to move to a winner-take-all system for its Electoral College votes to make it harder for Harris to win.
Nebraska is one of two states that award some of its electoral votes by congressional district. A vote from the Omaha area is part of Harris’s easiest path to victory.
As the Trump campaign pressures Nebraska Republicans for a change that would net him an electoral vote, state law in Maine would block Democrats from making a counter-move.
Republicans in Nebraska are trying to change a critical part of the state’s electoral process, which could have significant effects on the presidential election. The change, a switch from a system that awards electoral votes by congressional districts to a more traditional winner-take-all system,
Former President Donald Trump spoke by phone Wednesday with at least one of the two dozen Republican state senators who attended Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen’s winner-take-all meeting at the Governor’s Mansion.
Nebraska could deliver a critical electoral vote to Vice President Kamala Harris under its hybrid system of splitting votes in an otherwise red state.
Republicans are stepping up their efforts to change Nebraska's electoral vote process to winner-take-all -- a move that would benefit former President Donald Trump in an expected close November election in which a single vote could make a key difference in the Electoral College.
A Lancaster County District Court judge said Friday she intends to issue “narrowly” at the end of next week whether to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to invalidate Nebraska’s medical cannabis petitions. Judge Susan Strong made the announcement during a 20-minute initial briefing on the lawsuit filed by John Kuehn,
Nebraska Republicans are scrambling to make the state winner-take-all for the 2024 presidential election, to hand a potentially key Electoral College vote to Trump.
Too late for Maine Democrats to retaliate, Nebraska Republicans may implement a winner-take-all system, swiping an electoral vote from Harris.