Nebraska Republican Party

Nebraska Republican Party
Chairperson Dan Welch
Headquarters 1610 N Street
Lincoln, NE 68508
Ideology Conservatism
Fiscal conservatism
Social conservatism
National affiliation Republican Party
Colors Red
Website
www.negop.org/

The Nebraska Republican Party (NEGOP) is the affiliate of the Republican Party in Nebraska. The party is headed by Chairperson Dan Welch. Its headquarters are in Lincoln.

Party history

After 1860, the Republicans dominated the state for 30 years. Senator George W. Norris played a major role in the Tennessee Valley Authority.The state has been strongly Republican in presidential elections.

Nebraska passed a referendum in 1937 and it is the country's only unicameral legislature known as the Nebraska Unicameral. It is a nonpartisan single-house system.[1]

Political plans

In December 2009 the Party organized a nationwide effort to unseat Democratic Senator Ben Nelson in 2012 under the theme "Give Ben The Boot".

Current elected officials

The Nebraska Republican Party controls five out of six statewide offices, both of the state's U.S. Senate seats and two of the state's three U.S. House seats. While the Nebraska state legislature is officially non-partisan (and unicameral), Republicans hold a supermajority in its chamber when taking into account legislators' political affiliations.

Members of Congress

U.S. Senate

U.S. House of Representatives

Statewide offices

Party officers

Leadership:[2]

References

  1. ↑ Nebraska, History.com, http://www.history.com/topics/nebraska/page3, retrieved 14 December 2011
  2. ↑ Leadership, Nebraska Republican Party. Retrieved 3 March, 2016
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