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Trump Pushes 2028 Choice as Ricketts Wins Nebraska Primary

5/13/2026

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President Donald Trump asked White House Rose Garden dinner guests to choose JD Vance or Marco Rubio as the Republican 2028 presidential candidate.
Incumbent Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts won Nebraska’s GOP Senate primary with 81.8% of the vote.
Political scientists said the 2nd-district primary, where Democrat Denise Powell had 38.9% and Republican John Cavanaugh 36.8% on May 13, serves as a referendum on Nebraska’s split electoral-vote system.

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President Donald Trump asked White House Rose Garden dinner guests to choose JD Vance or Marco Rubio as the Republican 2028 presidential candidate.
Incumbent Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts won Nebraska’s GOP Senate primary with 81.8% of the vote.
Political scientists said the 2nd-district primary, where Democrat Denise Powell had 38.9% and Republican John Cavanaugh 36.8% on May 13, serves as a referendum on Nebraska’s split electoral-vote system.