Nebraska GOP Gains ‘Filibuster Proof’
Majority in Legislature After Democrat
Switches Parties
Posted By: Kate318, 4/3/2024 5:29:51 PM
Nebraska State Sen. Mike McDonnell (R-5) announced he is fleeing the Democrat party to become a Republican, giving the GOP what U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-NE) calls a “filibuster-proof majority” in Nebraska’s unicameral legislature. McDonnell’s party change bears major implications for local and national politics as the state is on the verge of moving to a winner-take-all electoral vote allocation system for presidential elections. The state currently has a split electoral vote awarding system that gives “two electoral votes to the state popular vote winner, and then one electoral vote to the popular vote winner in each congressional district,” as Newsweek’s Natalie Venegas pointed out.
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Nebraska GOP Gains ‘Filibuster Proof’
Majority in Legislature After Democrat
Switches Parties 10 replies
Majority in Legislature After Democrat
Switches Parties 10 replies
Nebraska State Sen. Mike McDonnell (R-5) announced he is fleeing the Democrat party to become a Republican, giving the GOP what U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-NE) calls a “filibuster-proof majority” in Nebraska’s unicameral legislature. McDonnell’s party change bears major implications for local and national politics as the state is on the verge of moving to a winner-take-all electoral vote allocation system for presidential elections.
The state currently has a split electoral vote awarding system that gives “two electoral votes to the state popular vote winner, and then one electoral vote to the popular vote winner in each congressional district,” as Newsweek’s Natalie Venegas pointed out.
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During Summit 4 replies
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Rolling Stone “reporter” locks down
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of Freedom”… 6 replies
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of Freedom”… 6 replies
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Hillary Clinton’s message to Americans
seeking better choices in Nov: ‘Get
over yourself!’ 35 replies
seeking better choices in Nov: ‘Get
over yourself!’ 35 replies
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Iran warns US must 'bear responsibility'
for Israel strike in Syria as Tehran vows revenge 22 replies
for Israel strike in Syria as Tehran vows revenge 22 replies
Iran has said that the US must bear "responsibility" after an airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria.
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Yesss!!! While we are not a huge electoral count state, getting back in line with The Contsitution is a good thing. And, you never know when that one extra electoral vote might matter. The NE GOP has worked very hard in this state and there is a lot of grassroots activism on the right, thanks to Covid restrictions.