Republican members of Congress from Nebraska in a Wednesday letter known as on their state to apportion all of its 5 electoral votes to the favored vote winner of the presidential election within the state.
Nebraska, not like most states, splits its 5 votes. Two of the votes go to the winner of the favored vote within the state. The opposite three are linked to the three congressional districts within the state and are given to who wins the favored vote in these districts.
It is a vital consider his yr’s presidential race as a result of a victory by Vice President Harris within the district that covers the Omaha space may assist her win the presidency.
If Harris loses Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina and Nevada, she may nonetheless win the presidency by successful the opposite states received by President Biden in 2020 — so long as she additionally wins the only electoral vote from Nebraska’s 2nd District. This could give her precisely 270 electoral votes.
Biden received the district and its electoral vote in 2020.
A survey performed in mid-August discovered Harris was forward of former President Trump within the Cornhusker State’s 2nd Congressional District by 8 factors. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), Harris’s operating mate, is initially from Nebraska.
“As members of Nebraska’s federal delegation in Congress, we are united in our support for apportioning all five of the Nebraska’s electoral votes in presidential elections according to the winner of the whole state,” the letter, addressed to Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) and Nebraska Speaker of the Legislature John Arch. “It is past time that Nebraska join 48 other states in embracing winner-take-all in presidential elections.”
The letter options the signatures of Nebraska Reps. Mike Flood (R), Don Bacon (R), Adrian Smith (R) and Sens. Deb Fischer (R) and Pete Ricketts (R). Flood posted the letter to his account on the social platform X on Wednesday.
“We need a President that will represent all of us, from Omaha to Scottsbluff and everywhere in-between,” the Wednesday letter from the Nebraska Republicans learn. “Senators and Governors are elected by the state as a whole because they represent all of the people of Nebraska equally, and the state should speak with a united voice in presidential elections as well. After all, we are Nebraskans first, not members of Nebraska’s three congressional districts. Our identity as Nebraskans is what unites us in a common bond.”
Earlier this yr, an try to modify the Cornhusker State to a “winner-take-all” Electoral School system failed a procedural vote in Nebraska’s unicameral Legislature.
An effort to hyperlink the invoice to a distinct measure as an modification fell via, as state Sen. Julie Slama headed up the modification push. Solely eight of the required 23 legislators supported the vote.
“Speaker Arch is not available for comment,” Mandy Mizerski, an Arch assistant, mentioned in an electronic mail to The Hill.
The Hill has reached out to Pillen’s workplace.
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