Doug Petersen, the chairman of Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District, has resigned amidst a political firestorm within the Republican Party. The party has been divided over a proposal to change how the state allocates its electoral votes in presidential elections. Petersen expressed frustration with the party's internal conflicts and stated that he can no longer be associated with them.
Doug Petersen stepped down as 2nd Congressional District chairman after heading the Republican operation in a Greater Omaha area district that has been at the center of an intraparty GOP political firestorm of late.
The matter has special resonance in the 2024 campaign, with polls showing a close fight between Biden and Trump. The president, in his 2020 victory, won 306 electoral votes to 232 for Trump. But population increases in red areas mean that since the 2020 census, some states Trump won last time around have more electoral votes. Either candidate needs a total of 270 to win the presidency.
Nebraska’s 2nd District is an outlier in the otherwise strongly Republican state. Biden in 2020 beat Trump there 52.8% to 45.8%. While Nebraska as a whole favored Trump over Biden by about 59% to 39%. That marked the second time the district differed from the statewide vote since the electoral allocation system was changed ahead of the 1992 election. Barack Obama won the Omaha-area district in 2008 and its single electoral vote.
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