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GOVERNOR
PETERICKETTS
Governor Pete Ricketts was sworn in as Nebraska’s 40th Governor on January 8, 2015. Governor Ricketts was first elected to office upon winning the Nebraska gubernatorial election on November 4, 2014. Prior to his election as governor, he worked to support Nebraska entrepreneurs and startup companies.
SENATOR
DEB FISCHER
A lifelong Nebraskan, Deb Fischer is the senior senator from Nebraska, and was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2012. Fischer is committed to working with Republicans and Democrats alike to advance sensible policies that will promote strong Nebraska families and communities.
SENATOR
BEN SASSE
Ben Sasse was elected in a 2014 landslide, winning each of Nebraska’s 93 counties, and securing the second-largest margin for a new senator in the history of the state. A fifth-generation Nebraskan, Ben grew up walking beans and detasseling corn, experiences that taught him the value of hard work.
CONGRESSMAN
JEFF FORTENBERRY
First District
Jeff is a member of the House Appropriations Committee, which is responsible for the expenditures of government. Prior to serving in Congress, Jeff worked as a publishing industry executive in Lincoln, where he also served on the Lincoln City Council.
DON BACON
ADRIAN SMITH
LT. GOVERNOR
MIKEFOLEY
Lt. Governor Mike Foley was first elected to office as the running mate of Governor Pete Ricketts in 2014. Prior to his election as Lieutenant Governor, he served eight years as Nebraska State Auditor and served six years in the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature as the State Senator for District 29 in Lincoln.
STATE LEADERSHIP
Chairman Dan Welch (Left), National Committeewoman Lydia Brasch (Right), and National Committeeman J.L. Spray (Far Right) are devoted to electing strong conservative candidates who support the Party's principles of limited government, personal freedom, and fiscal responsibility.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
RYAN HAMILTON
Hamilton is a veteran of local and statewide races and was most recently the Vice President of j3 Strategies, a Nevada-based consulting firm. He is a graduate of the Catholic University of America.
POLITICAL DIRECTOR
CAITLIN HOLMAN
Caitlin was born and raised in Lincoln, Nebraska and graduated from the University of Nebraska - Lincoln in 2018.
She previously served as the State Chair of the Nebraska Federation of College Republicans for two years and now serves as the Midwest Regional Vice Chair for the CRNC. She is also the National Committee Woman for the Nebraska Young Republicans. She is an alumna of Gamma Phi Beta Sorority and has worked for the Nebraska Republican Party for
the past 6 years.