Evnen removes Nebraska Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Burbank from ballot

[Omaha Steve]

https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/03/17/evnen-removes-nebraska-democratic-u-s-senate-candidate-burbank-from-ballot/

Burbank is 2nd Democrat GOP election officials have kicked off the 2026 primary ballot this month
By: Juan Salinas II - March 17, 2026 11:28 am Updated 3:42 pm

LINCOLN — Nebraska Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Cindy Burbank is off the ballot, the state’s top election official confirmed Tuesday.

The Nebraska Republican Party filed a complaint with Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen last week about Burbank, arguing that she is not a “good-faith” candidate, because she has no plans to serve in the office she seeks. State law says that the secretary of state can reject a candidate filing if the state’s top election official determines someone is not a “good-faith candidate.”

The state GOP pointed to her website, which she named “NOT a Pete Ricketts plant,” where Burbank wrote that if she won the Democratic nomination, she would support nonpartisan candidate Dan Osborn against Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts to give him a “fair shot against Ricketts.”

State Democratic officials have said her candidacy was an answer to what they believe was a GOP-planted candidate to help Ricketts, Democrat William Forbes, an anti-abortion pastor whom Burbank has called “loyal” to Ricketts.

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