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Ben Sasse is a Plainview native who went from Fremont Senior High School to Harvard University before representing the Cornhusker State in Washington between leading two universities.
Sen. Ben Sasse speaks during the 2022 federal legislative summit at Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum.
JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (from left) and Sen. Deb Fischer listen as Sen. Ben Sasse speaks at the Federal Legislative Summit at the Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum.
GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
Sen. Ben Sasse speaks in his campaign bus in Lincoln on Thursday, September 3, 2020.
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Republican Sen. Ben Sasse speaks during a televised debate at NET in Lincoln on Sept. 4, 2020.
JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star file photo
Sen. Ben Sasse uses a machete to chop weeds in an organic popping corn field in early August during a visit to the Hunnicutt farms near Giltner.
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Fallon Hunnicutt uses a machete to cut weeds along the family's popping corn field during a visit by Sen. Ben Sasse on Thursday near Giltner.
KAYLA WOLF, Journal Star
Sen. Ben Sasse laughs with his communications director James Wegmann as he exits his campaign RV on Thursday on a visit to the Hunnicutt family farms near Giltner.
KAYLA WOLF, Journal Star
Bréley Hunnicutt carries her sister Vashti on her shoulders as they head back to their house after a campaign visit from Sen. Ben Sasse on Thursday to the family's farms near Giltner.
KAYLA WOLF, Journal Star
Sen. Ben Sasse talks with Zach Hunnicutt about his farming operation in 2019 near Giltner.
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Sen. Ben Sasse and Fallon Hunnicutt pull weeds in the Hunnicutt's organic popping corn field Thursday near Giltner.
KAYLA WOLF, Journal Star
Breslyn Hunnicutt (left), her brother Truett and Sen. Ben Sasse (center) pet Rock Star, a husky-lab mix Thursday during a campaign stop to the Hunnicutt farms near Giltner.
KAYLA WOLF, Journal Star
Sen. Ben Sasse talks with Brandon (left) and Zach Hunnicutt on Thursday during a visit to the family's farm near Giltner.
KAYLA WOLF, Journal Star
A drone piloted by Brandon Hunnicutt flies about the family's organic popping corn field during a visit by Sen. Ben Sasse on Thursday near Giltner.
KAYLA WOLF, Journal Star
Breslyn Hunnicutt hugs her dad Brandon during a visit by Sen. Ben Sasse on Thursday to the family's farms near Giltner.
KAYLA WOLF, Journal Star
Sen. Ben Sasse speaks at the Federal Legislative Summit on Aug. 8 at the Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum.
GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star file photo
Sen. Ben Sasse made it official that he will run for reelection on Aug. 5 at the Millard airport.
EMILY HANEY, Journal Star
Sen. Ben Sasse (left) takes a photo with Matt Johnson of Bellevue on Aug. 5 at Millard Airport, where Sasse announced he is running for reelection.
EMILY HANEY, Journal Star
Sen. Ben Sasse walks off stage after being handed a Runza sandwich by former Gov. Dave Heineman on Aug. 5 at the Millard Airport, where Sasse announced he is running for reelection.
EMILY HANEY, Journal Star file photo
Whitney Belin (center) fans her friends before Sen. Ben Sasse speaks Aug. 5 at Millard Airport, where he announced he's running for reelection. "I went to one of these when he was first elected," said Belin.
EMILY HANEY, Journal Star
Former Gov. Kay Orr praises Sen. Ben Sasse's pro-life stance on Aug. 5 at Millard Airport, where Sasse announced he is running for reelection.
EMILY HANEY, Journal Star
Sen. Ben Sasse (left) hugs his daughter Elizabeth Sasse after announcing that he is running for re-election on Aug. 5 at Millard Airport.
EMILY HANEY, Journal Star
A crowd cheers U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse at a 2019 campaign event.
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Sen. Ben Sasse and his eldest daughter, Corrie, are presented during the Grand March.
PHOTO BY SAVANNAH BLAKE, JOURNAL STAR
Sen. Ben Sasse answers a question during a panel discussion for the University of Nebraska's Charter Week Celebration as students Grace Chambers (left) and Kamryn Sannicks listen Monday at the NU Coliseum.
SAVANNAH BLAKE, Journal Star
Sen. Ben Sasse talks with reporters after speaking at the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce luncheon in November.
KAYLA WOLF, Journal Star file photo
OMAHA, NEB. - 11/06/2018 - U.S. Senator Ben Sasse introduces Governor Pete Ricketts following his re-election on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, at the Omaha Regency Marriott. FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star
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Sen. Ben Sasse speaks Thursday during the 10th annual federal legislative summit at the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum.
ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star
U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse addresses the crowd that assembled on the north side of the state Capitol on Saturday for the 44th annual Walk For Life.
FRANCIS GARDLER, JOURNAL STAR
Attendees to the annual federal legislative summit watch as Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse speaks on Wednesday at the Strategic Air and Space Museum.
GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
LINCOLN, NE - 2/22/2017 - Sen. Ben Sasse speaks during an interview in his Lincoln offices Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star
ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star
Sen. Ben Sasse waits to be introduced at a public policy forum at the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce Wednesday.
ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star
Sen. Ben Sasse speaks during Friday's sendoff ceremony for members of the Nebraska Army National Guard's Company G, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion. Looking on are Lt. Gov. Mike Foley (left) and Sen. Deb Fischer.
FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star
Nebraska Sen. Deb Fischer (C) shows off a group photo of the Nebraska bowling team after it won the 2015 NCAA national championship along with Sen. Ben Sasse (L) and Rep. Adrian Smith, during a "Nebraska Breakfast" on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C., on April 27, 2016. The breakfast, a Nebraska tradition since 1943, opened day two for the volleyball and bowling teams' visit to Washington.
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Sen. Ben Sasse gives a lecture on Thursday at the University of Nebraska College of Law.
MATT RYERSON/Journal Star
Rep. Brad Ashford (from left), Sens. Ben Sasse and Deb Fischer and Rep. Jeff Fortenberry await their turn to speak during a congressional report at the 2015 Legislative Summit at the Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum on Thursday.
JENNA VONHOFE/Lincoln Journal Star
Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse
U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse and his mother Linda Shepard walk the grand march during Gov. Pete Ricketts' Inaugural Gala on Saturday at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
MATT RYERSON/Lincoln Journal Star
U.S. Sen.-elect and outgoing Midland University President Ben Sasse carries boxes to his vehicle as he cleans out his office in the Anderson Complex last week.
STEPHEN RICKERL/Fremont Tribune
LINCOLN, NEB. - 11/4/2014 - Ben Sasse celebrates with Gloria Erickson of Holdrege during his election party on Tuesday night, Nov. 4, 2014, at the Grand Manse as they reacted to returns showing the Republican party with a net gain of 7 senate seats. ERIC GREGORY/Lincoln Journal Star
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Ben Sasse is followed by his daughter Alexandra (from left), his wife Melissa and daughter Elizabeth as he carries his son Breck from the stage following his victory speech at his election party in November at the Grand Manse in Lincoln.
ERIC GREGORY/Lincoln Journal Star file photo
Ben Sasse rode his 19-year-old RV to a Senate victory this year, touring the state in the so-called Benebago.
KRISTIN STREFF/Lincoln Journal Star file photo
U.S. Senate Republican candidate Ben Sasse speaks with a group of employees and other David City residents while campaigning on Monday at the Food Pride in David City.
KRISTIN STREFF/Lincoln Journal Star
Senate candidate Ben Sasse answers a question regarding his political priorities during the federal legislative summit on Thursday at the Strategic Air and Space Museum.
KRISTIN STREFF/Lincoln Journal Star
Republican nominee for Senate, Ben Sasse (center), and gubernatorial nominee Pete Ricketts laugh with Gov. Dave Heineman as they enter the room during a unity breakfast on Wednesday at the Nebraska GOP headquarters in downtown Lincoln.
KRISTIN STREFF/Lincoln Journal Star
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (from left), Republican Senate nominee Ben Sasse and Gov. Dave Heineman share a laugh at Sasse's Election Night party following the 2014 primary.
FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star
Alexandra Sasse watches as her father, Ben, speaks to the crowd at his victory party at the Grand Manse on Tuesday. Sasse will face Democrat Dave Domina in the general election for U.S. Senate.
FRANCIS GARDLER/Lincoln Journal Star
LINCOLN, NEB. - 04/09/2014 - Senate candidate Sid Dinsdale (second from right) answers a question during the final Republican-sponsored Senate candidates debate on Wednesday, April 9, 2014, at the University of Nebraska College of Law. Joining Dinsdale was Bart McLeay, Shane Osborne and Ben Sasse. FRANCIS GARDLER/Lincoln Journal Star
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Ben Sasse, on the Midland University campus Wednesday, is a potential candidate for U.S. Senate in 2014 despite minimal statewide name recognition. "Obviously, I don't have the name ID of people who have run for office before."
MEGAN FARMER/Lincoln Journal Star
Ben Sasse, president and history professor at Midland University in Fremont, was a U.S. assistant secretary of Health and Human Services under President George W. Bush.
Fremont Tribune file photo
Sen. Ben Sasse uses a machete to chop weeds during a visit to the Hunnicutt farms near Giltner in August 2019.
Journal Star file photo
Fallon Hunnicutt uses a machete to cut weeds along the family's popping corn field during a visit by Sen. Ben Sasse on Thursday near Giltner.
KAYLA WOLF, Journal Star
Sen. Ben Sasse laughs with his communications director James Wegmann as he exits his campaign RV in August 2019 on a visit to the Hunnicutt family farms near Giltner.
KAYLA WOLF, Journal Star
Bréley Hunnicutt carries her sister Vashti on her shoulders as they head back to their house after a campaign visit from Sen. Ben Sasse on Thursday to the family's farms near Giltner.
KAYLA WOLF, Journal Star
Sen. Ben Sasse talks with Zach Hunnicutt about his farming operation in 2019 near Giltner.
Journal Star file photo
Sen. Ben Sasse and Fallon Hunnicutt pull weeds in the Hunnicutt's organic popping corn field Thursday near Giltner.
KAYLA WOLF, Journal Star
Breslyn Hunnicutt (left), her brother Truett and Sen. Ben Sasse pet Rock Star, a husky-lab mix, during a campaign stop to the Hunnicutt farms near Giltner in August 2019.
KAYLA WOLF, Journal Star
Sen. Ben Sasse talks with Brandon (left) and Zach Hunnicutt on Thursday during a visit to the family's farm near Giltner.
KAYLA WOLF, Journal Star
A drone piloted by Brandon Hunnicutt flies about the family's organic popping corn field during a visit by Sen. Ben Sasse on Thursday near Giltner.
KAYLA WOLF, Journal Star
Breslyn Hunnicutt hugs her dad Brandon during a visit by Sen. Ben Sasse on Thursday to the family's farms near Giltner.
KAYLA WOLF, Journal Star
Sen. Ben Sasse speaks at the Federal Legislative Summit on Aug. 8, 2019, at the Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum.
GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star file photo
Sen. Ben Sasse made it official that he will run for reelection on Aug. 5, 2019, at the Millard airport.
EMILY HANEY, Journal Star
Sen. Ben Sasse (left) takes a photo with Matt Johnson of Bellevue on Aug. 5, 2019, at Millard Airport, where Sasse announced he is running for reelection.
EMILY HANEY, Journal Star
Sen. Ben Sasse walks off stage after being handed a Runza sandwich by former Gov. Dave Heineman on Aug. 5, 2019, at the Millard Airport, where Sasse announced he is running for reelection.
EMILY HANEY, Journal Star file photo
Whitney Belin (center) fans her friends before Sen. Ben Sasse speaks Aug. 5 at Millard Airport, where he announced he's running for reelection. "I went to one of these when he was first elected," said Belin.
EMILY HANEY, Journal Star
Former Gov. Kay Orr praises Sen. Ben Sasse's pro-life stance on Aug. 5 at Millard Airport, where Sasse announced he is running for reelection.
EMILY HANEY, Journal Star
Sen. Ben Sasse (left) hugs his daughter Elizabeth Sasse after announcing that he is running for re-election on Aug. 5, 2019, at Millard Airport.
EMILY HANEY, Journal Star
A crowd cheers U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse at a 2019 campaign event.
Journal Star file photo
Sen. Ben Sasse and his eldest daughter, Corrie, are presented during the Grand March, part of inaugural ceremonies in 2019.
SAVANNAH BLAKE, JOURNAL STAR
Sen. Ben Sasse answers a question during a panel discussion for the University of Nebraska's Charter Week Celebration as students Grace Chambers (left) and Kamryn Sannicks listen Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, at the NU Coliseum.
SAVANNAH BLAKE, Journal Star
Sen. Ben Sasse talks with reporters after speaking at the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce luncheon in November 2018.
KAYLA WOLF, Journal Star file photo
U.S. Senator Ben Sasse introduces Gov. Pete Ricketts following his re-election on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, at the Omaha Regency Marriott.
FRANCIS GARDLER JOURNAL STAR
Sen. Ben Sasse speaks Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, during the 10th annual federal legislative summit at the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum.
ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star
U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse addresses the crowd that assembled on the north side of the state Capitol in 2018 for the 44th annual Walk For Life.
FRANCIS GARDLER, JOURNAL STAR file photo
Attendees to the annual federal legislative summit watch as Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse speaks on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017, at the Strategic Air and Space Museum.
GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
Sen. Ben Sasse speaks during an interview in his Lincoln offices Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017.
ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star
Sen. Ben Sasse waits to be introduced at a public policy forum at the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce in 2017.
ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star
Sen. Ben Sasse speaks during a sendoff ceremony for members of the Nebraska Army National Guard's Company G, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion in 2016.
FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star
Nebraska Sen. Deb Fischer shows off a group photo of the Nebraska bowling team after it won the 2015 NCAA national championship along with Sen. Ben Sasse (left) and Rep. Adrian Smith, during a "Nebraska Breakfast" on Capitol Hill on April 27, 2016.
MIKE THEILER, For the Journal Star
Sen. Ben Sasse gives a lecture on Thursday, March 31, 2016, at the University of Nebraska College of Law.
MATT RYERSON, Journal Star
Rep. Brad Ashford (from left), Sens. Ben Sasse and Deb Fischer and Rep. Jeff Fortenberry await their turn to speak during a congressional report at the 2015 Legislative Summit at the Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum,
JENNA VONHOFE, Journal Star
Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse
U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse and his mother Linda Shepard walk the Grand March during Gov. Pete Ricketts' Inaugural Gala in 2015 at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
MATT RYERSON, Journal Star
U.S. Sen.-elect and outgoing Midland University President Ben Sasse carries boxes to his vehicle as he cleans out his office in the Anderson Complex in December 2014.
STEPHEN RICKERL, Fremont Tribune
Ben Sasse celebrates with Gloria Erickson of Holdrege during his election party on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014, at the Grand Manse.
ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star
Ben Sasse is followed by his daughter Alexandra (from left), his wife Melissa and daughter Elizabeth as he carries his son Breck from the stage following his victory speech at his election party in November 2014 at the Grand Manse.
ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star file photo
Ben Sasse rode his 19-year-old RV to a Senate victory in 2014, touring the state in the so-called Benebago.
KRISTIN STREFF, Journal Star file photo
U.S. Senate Republican candidate Ben Sasse speaks with a group of employees and other David City residents while campaigning in 2014.
KRISTIN STREFF, Journal Star
Senate candidate Ben Sasse answers a question regarding his political priorities during the federal legislative summit in 2014 at the Strategic Air and Space Museum.
KRISTIN STREFF, Journal Star
Republican nominee for Senate, Ben Sasse (center), and gubernatorial nominee Pete Ricketts laugh with Gov. Dave Heineman as they enter the room during a unity breakfast on Wednesday, May 14, 2014, at the Nebraska GOP headquarters in Lincoln.
KRISTIN STREFF, Journal Star
Alexandra Sasse watches as her father, Ben, speaks to the crowd at his victory party at the Grand Manse in May 2014.
FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star
Senate candidate Sid Dinsdale (second from right) answers a question during the final Republican-sponsored Senate candidates debate on Wednesday, April 9, 2014, at the University of Nebraska College of Law. Joining Dinsdale was Bart McLeay, Shane Osborn and Ben Sasse.
FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star
Ben Sasse, on the Midland University campus in 2013, is a potential candidate for U.S. Senate in 2014 despite minimal statewide name recognition. "Obviously, I don't have the name ID of people who have run for office before."
MEGAN FARMER, Journal Star
Ben Sasse, president and history professor at Midland University in Fremont, was a U.S. assistant secretary of Health and Human Services under President George W. Bush.
Fremont Tribune file photo
Former U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in December, said he sleeps 15-16 hours a day due to the drugs he's taking. He spoke during an hourlong interview with the Hoover Institution's Peter Robinson, a fellow at the public policy think tank.
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Sen. Ben Sasse will end his 10 years in the U.S. Senate. Gov. Pete Ricketts will appoint a successor to fill the Senate seat until January of 2025.
With Ben Sasse poised to take a job in academia, Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts could have a path to the U.S. Senate seat he sought unsuccessfully in 2006.
Some University of Florida students have expressed opposition to the recommended choice of Sen. Ben Sasse to be named university president, citing his political views.
Sen. Ben Sasse's forthcoming departure from the Senate to become president of the University of Florida prompted farewell insults from former President Donald Trump.
The protesters waved signs and chanted, “Hey hey, ho ho. Ben Sasse has got to go.” Sasse ended the student session about 15 minutes early.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he would like to see Gov. Pete Ricketts fill the Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Ben Sasse if he resigns.
U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse could receive a vote of no confidence by University of Florida faculty before he even is confirmed as that university's president.
Senate members emphasized that Thursday’s vote was not about Sasse, a Republican from Nebraska, but about a selection process that they said lacked transparency and faculty input.
Sen. Ben Sasse's nomination to be the new president of the University of Florida will be considered by the university's board of trustees on Tuesday.
Sasse, a Nebraska Republican whose name emerged in early October as the sole finalist for the job, remains the subject of protests and calls for action.
Ben Sasse's first term will last until 2028, with a base salary of $1 million per year.
Sen. Ben Sasse remained in Nebraska on Wednesday after his wife, Melissa, suffered a seizure this weekend, Politico reported.
All signs point to the likelihood that Gov.-elect Jim Pillen will choose departing Gov. Pete Ricketts to fill the Senate seat.
The senator challenged his colleagues to abandon grandstanding and assume its role in focusing on America's needs in a farewell before he assumes the presidency of the University of Florida.
Although Sasse said he never voted to elect former President Donald Trump, "I worked with him on issues and partnered with him to get judges across the finish line."
As Ben Sasse leaves the U.S. Senate, he talked about his political career and more, including his complex relationship with former President Donald Trump.
Former Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse announced he will step down as president of the University of Florida at the end of the month because of his wife's health issues.
A story accuses Ben Sasse of more than tripling his office’s spending during his tenure as school president, directing millions in university funds to his GOP allies.
Ben Sasse said all the hirings were approved in the normal budget process and he welcomes an audit. "I am confident that the expenditures under discussion were proper and appropriate."
Ben Sasse stands to receive more than $1 million per year through at least 2028, according to a severance agreement.
"Last week I was diagnosed with metastasized, stage-four pancreatic cancer, and am gonna die," former Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse wrote in a post on X on Tuesday.
