He’s currently in his last year due to term limits.
New governor will be chosen in November.
It will be interesting to see when Sasse takes his leave.
“New governor will be chosen in November.”
And they prevented Trump’s endorsed candidate from winning the primary.
This is probably why they went after Herbster (Trump’s endorsed candidate), because McConnell likely knew that Sasse would be resigning, and didn’t want a Trump guy appointing his successor.
Also, according to this story, exiting governor Ricketts is interested in being Senator.
So the fix was in. Defeat Herbster, get Pillen nominated, then elected, and sworn in. Sasse retires, and Ricketts is appointed Senator.
What a game they’ve got.
https://www.businessinsider.com/ben-sasse-resigning-senate-university-of-florida-2022-10