We all know this but the Governor of Nebraska J. Peter Ricketts has been and is buying the Nebraska Legislature, a political agenda, and state offices.
Just a basic search through http://datanebraska.com  shows the following contributions
To State Senators:
-Julie Slama (appointed by Ricketts in 2018): $25,000
- Merv Riepe (lost in 2018 to Lathrop): $25,000
- Theresa Thibodeau (appointed in 2017, lost in 2018, chair of the Douglas County Republican Party, sister to Omaha City Councilmember Aimee Melton): $25,000
- Andrew La Grone (appointed in 2018 to replace Murante now State Treasurer, lost in primary to @JenDayforNE who he also can't tell apart from literally every other woman with brown hair): $20,000
- Albrecht: $16,000
- Bostelman: $15,000
- Lowe: $15,000
-Matt Deaver (lost to Sen. DeBoer in 2018): $15,000
- Ray Aguilar (running against the nicest person in the Legislature, Dan Quick): $15,000
- Suzanne Geist: $15,000
- Ben Hansen: $10,000
- Mike Hilgers: $10,000
- Steve Halloran: $10,000
- Robert Clements: $5,000
- Tom Brewer: $5,000
- Dave Murman: $3,000
- Dan Hughes: $2,500
- Mark Kolterman: $2,000
- Curt Friesen: $1,000
- Robert Hilkemann: $1,000

There are 49 Nebraska State Senators.
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