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  GOP Governor Jim Pillen has been reelected in Nebraska’s gubernatorial race, defeating Democrat opponent Lynne Walz.   On Tuesday, Pillen (R-Neb.) received 373,465 votes or 50%, while Walz (D-Neb.) gathered 311,363 votes or 42%, according to the Associated Press when 91% of the total votes were counted. Sworn in as Nebraska’s 41 st governor in January 2023, Pillen is also an accomplished agribusiness leader. Outside of public office, he owns and operates Pillen Family Farms and acquired DNA Genetics, a firm specializing in swine breeding lines for commercial pork producers. The GOP governor has made historic property tax relief and income tax cuts central to his administrative mission. He restructured the state’s public education funding formula to better support rural school districts while advancing school choice initiatives. Drawing on his background as a livestock producer, Pillen has also actively promoted Nebraska’s agricultural sector through international trad...

  Democrat incumbent Governor Josh Green has emerged victorious over Republican challenger Gary Cordery in the gubernatorial race for the Aloha State. On Tuesday, Green (D-Hawaii.) secured Hawaii’s governor’s seat, receiving 237,747 votes or 74%, while Cordery (R-Hawaii.) earned 81,947 votes or 25%, according to the Associated Press when 79% of the total votes were counted. Green is a physician who took office as the Governor of Hawaii in December 2022. Prior to his governorship, the Democrat served as Hawaii’s lieutenant governor from 2018 to 2022 and represented districts in both the state House and Senate. As Chair of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, he authored “Luke’s Law” to secure coverage for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and spearheaded legislation raising the legal age to purchase tobacco and e-cigarettes to 21. Beyond healthcare reform, he remains dedicated to expanding affordable housing, according to his campaign site.   Cordery is a busin...

  Katie Hobbs has won the Arizona gubernatorial race, defeating Republican Andy Biggs. On Tuesday, Hobbs was re-elected to Arizona’s gubernatorial seat, receiving 1,193,939 votes or 55%, while Biggs garnered 916,236 votes or 42%, according to the Associated Press when 82% of the total votes were counted. Hobbs, the Democrat candidate, currently serves as the 24 th Governor of Arizona. Previously serving as Arizona Secretary of State from 2019 to 2023, she also served in the Arizona Senate and Arizona House of Representatives. Raised in Tempe, Hobbs began her career as a social worker focused on youth homelessness and domestic violence prevention.  During her time in public office, Hobbs has focused on reproductive rights, public education funding and economic development across Arizona. She advanced to the general election as the Democrat nominee running for her second term alongside running mate John Giles. Conservatives oppose Hobbs due to her record-setting reliance on th...

  Republican Tommy Tuberville has won the Alabama gubernatorial race, defeating Democrat opponent Doug Jones. Tuberville (R-Ala.) secured the Alabama’s governor’s seat on Tuesday, receiving 872,445 votes or 52%, while Jones (D-Ala.) garnered 803,468 votes or 47%, according to the Associated Press when 98% of the total votes were counted. Tuberville is a former collegiate football head coach, educator and sports analyst serving as a United States Senator representing Alabama. Across a 40-year career in college athletics, he led major programs at the University of Mississippi, Texas Tech University, the University of Cincinnati, and most notably Auburn University — where he guided the 2004 Tigers to an undefeated 13–0 season and earned national Coach of the Year honors — before transitioning to sports broadcasting with ESPN. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 2020 after defeating Democrat incumbent Jones, Tuberville’s legislative platform focuses on stronger border security and imm...

  Senator John Peter “Pete” Ricketts has won reelection to serve his first full term in the upper chamber of Congress representing the Cornhusker State. With 91% of the total votes counted, the Associated Press called the race for Ricketts (R-Neb.), who received 50.3% of the vote (370,411 votes), while independent challenger Dan Osborn trailed behind, receiving 43.7% (321,218 votes). All other candidates fell below 10% of the vote. There were no Democrats competing in the general election, though the Nebraska Working People Party, Legal Marijuana Now Party and the America First Party were represented on the ballot. Ricketts is an American businessman and politician serving as a United States Senator from Nebraska. Born in Nebraska City and raised in Omaha, Ricketts attended the University of Chicago, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in biology and an MBA in marketing and finance.  Before entering full-time politics, he built a career in the private sector, notably holding ...

  President Donald Trump endorsed Republican Kurt Alme has won the Senate seat for Montana, defeating Democrat candidate Alani Bankhead. On Tuesday, Alme won the race, earning 48.2% of the vote. Independent challenger Seth Bodnar ended with 38.1%, while Bankhead received only 11.9%, according to the Associated Press. The race was called when 83% of the total votes were counted. “I’m running to protect our Montana way of life with common-sense policies. That means taking care of our veterans, defending the Second Amendment, keeping boys out of girls’ sports, supporting farmers and ranchers, protecting public lands, and securing our election,” Alme stated. A Montana native, Alme centered his campaign on affordability, community safety and protecting Montanans’ way of life, according to his campaign site.  In July, President Trump expressed his “complete and total endorsement” for Alme, referring to him as one of the “strongest and most conservative Republican candidates in the ...