Every June, Omaha hosts the College World Series, a tradition that draws hundreds of thousands to Nebraska’s largest city.
The baseball event is more than a month away, but the heated Nebraska GOP gubernatorial primary has reached the bottom of the ninth inning as voters head to the polls on May 10.
Nine candidates are on the ballot. Three are so packed together in recent polls that the race is deemed too close to call.
Gov. Pete Ricketts has continued Nebraska’s track record as a reliable red state, but he is completing his second term and cannot seek re-election.
The entrepreneur, whose father founded TD Ameritrade, is part owner of the Chicago Cubs with his siblings. He endorsed Jim Pillen, a hog producer and business owner who is founder of Pillen Family Farms and a Nebraska University regent.
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