Gov. Pillen Expresses Disappointment in Legislature's Failure to ...

Jim Pillen grew up in Platte County. He has a bachelor's degree in animal science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a veterinary degree from Kansas State University. Jim has a wife, four children, and seven grandchildren. 

Jim owns Pillen Family Farms and DNA Genetics. 

Jim currently serves as Nebraska's governor. He was first elected in 2022. 

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Believes the property tax system is broken and advocates for limiting local spending growth and modernizing the tax structure to effectively address high property taxes.

Believes the property tax system is broken and advocates for limiting local spending growth and modernizing the tax structure to address high property taxes.

Believes there is no room for wasteful government spending and that people should keep more of their earnings, emphasizing that the government should not take more than necessary.

Believes people should keep more of their earnings, emphasizing that the government should not take more than necessary.

Supports investing in statewide infrastructure, including expanding broadband access and improving roads, to harness economic potential.

States he will "oppose anything that will put government bureaucrats between patients and doctors and any policy that penalizes hard-work or incentivizes government dependency."

- Believes the property tax system is broken and advocates for limiting local spending growth and modernizing the tax structure to address high property taxes.
- Believes people should keep more of their earnings, emphasizing that the government should not take more than necessary.
- Supports investing in statewide infrastructure, including expanding broadband access and improving roads, to harness economic potential.
- States he will "oppose anything that will put government bureaucrats between patients and doctors and any policy that penalizes hard-work or incentivizes government dependency."

Economy

Opposes gun control measures and supports the constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

Opposes calls to defund the police and emphasizes the importance of supporting law enforcement and first responders.

- Opposes gun control measures.
- Opposes calls to defund the police and emphasizes the importance of supporting law enforcement and first responders.

Public Safety

Opposes abortion access and supports adoption options for mothers and families in crisis.

Supports prohibiting biological males from joining female sports teams and mandates separate restrooms and locker rooms based on biological sex in schools and state agencies.

Supports prohibiting "biological males from joining female sports teams" and mandates separate restrooms and locker rooms based on biological sex in schools and state agencies.

- Opposes abortion access and supports adoption options for mothers and families in crisis.
- Supports prohibiting "biological males from joining female sports teams" and mandates separate restrooms and locker rooms based on biological sex in schools and state agencies.

Healthcare

Opposes the inclusion of "anti-American ideology" such as the "1619 project" and "critical race theory" in Nebraska classrooms, supporting parental rights in education.

Opposes the inclusion of "anti-American ideology" in classrooms. 

Supports options for parents and pathways for students to secure jobs in Nebraska's workforce, including trade learning and degrees from state or private colleges.

Opposes critical race theory, education that argues racism is ingrained into society as a whole, particularly through policies, laws, institutions, and structures.

- Opposes the inclusion of "anti-American ideology" in classrooms. 
- Supports options for parents and pathways for students to secure jobs in Nebraska's workforce, including trade learning and degrees from state or private colleges.
- Opposes critical race theory, education that argues racism is ingrained into society as a whole, particularly through policies, laws, institutions, and structures.

Education

Opposes federal overreach in agriculture and unnecessary regulations, advocating for innovation in Nebraska agriculture and resisting efforts to promote alternatives like fake meat.

- Opposes federal overreach in agriculture and unnecessary regulations, advocating for innovation in Nebraska agriculture and resisting efforts to promote alternatives like fake meat.

Energy & the Environment

For Candidate Jim Pillen on Issue public-safety: Advocates for enforcing immigration laws and addressing the resulting issues at state and local levels, citing national security threats from the current immigration policy.

Advocates for enforcing immigration laws and addressing the resulting issues at state and local levels, citing national security threats.

- Advocates for enforcing immigration laws and addressing the resulting issues at state and local levels, citing national security threats.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

As of March 5, 2026, Jim Pillen’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Calls for enforcement of immigration laws and reform to address national security threats and local government issues stemming from the current immigration policy.

- Opposes abortion access and supports adoption options for mothers and families in crisis.

- Supports prohibiting "biological males from joining female sports teams" and mandates separate restrooms and locker rooms based on biological sex in schools and state agencies.
- Opposes critical race theory, education that argues racism is ingrained into society as a whole, particularly through policies, laws, institutions, and structures.

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- The governor is the chief executive of the state and is tasked with faithfully carrying out the laws of the state. He also serves as the commander-in-chief of the state’s military forces within Nebraska.
- The governor serves as the chief budget officer and must present a complete budget for the state’s continued business to the state legislature.
- The governor signs or vetoes bills passed by the state legislature, with any vetos potentially bypassed by a supermajority within the state legislature.
- The governor appoints officers and fills vacancies in state offices.
- The governor is elected in a partisan, statewide election to a four-year term, with a limit of two consecutive terms. They must be affiliated with the political party they run under, a state resident, a U.S. citizen for at least nine years, and at least 30 years old immediately preceding the election.
- The governor earns a yearly salary of $105,000.