Jim Pillen
Candidate for Governor, with Joe Kelly for Lieutenant Governor
- City
- Columbus
- On the ballot as
- Jim Pillen and Joe Kelly
- Campaign website
- jimpillen.com
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Property taxes and cost of living
Summary
Wants hard caps on local spending and limits on valuation growth to address property taxes, and lower state income tax rates further.
“For starters, hard caps to rein in local spending (the main driver behind increasing property taxes) and preventing runaway valuation growth would go a long way.”
“On income tax rates, we slashed them from 6.8% to 3.99% – and I’d like to see us drive that percentage down even more.”
Economy, jobs and trade
Summary
Points to the Grow the Good Life Act, which he signed, as a way to help businesses attract new families to Nebraska.
“Over the coming years, we’ll see the impact of LB 1165 — The Grow the Good Life Act — I signed into law to help businesses attract new families to Nebraska.”
Agriculture and rural Nebraska
Summary
Says his administration banned bioreactor-grown "meat" and introduced legislation so family farmers and ranchers own their agricultural data.
“We banned bioreactor-grown "meat" and introduced legislation to ensure family farmers and ranchers own their agricultural data, not publicly traded corporations.”
Health care
Summary
Says federal rural health funding Nebraska received will help build infrastructure and technology to support rural hospitals.
“Under my leadership, Nebraska was one of the top states in the nation in receiving funding from the federal Rural Health Transformation Program. It will be a game changer in helping us build the infrastructure and technology needed to support rural hospitals across our state.”
Abortion
Summary
Says abortion providers will not be allowed to skirt accountability while claiming state money, in comments on a November 2025 order on state funding.
“We’re not going to let abortion providers skirt accountability while claiming our money”
Immigration and the border
Summary
Says Nebraska supports President Trump's work with Secretary Noem to arrest and deport people he calls "criminal, illegal aliens," in an August 2025 statement.
“We want President Trump to know that Nebraska is supportive and grateful for his ongoing, critical work with Secretary (Kristi) Noem to arrest and deport criminal, illegal aliens”
Education and school choice
Summary
Supports giving families a say in their children's schooling and opted Nebraska into the federal scholarship tax credit.
“Not every teaching environment fits every student so I am a big believer in giving families a say in the type of education that is right.”
“I was the first Governor in America to opt into the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit, which will allow taxpayers to direct up to $1,700 to a qualified scholarship granting organization (SGO) in exchange for a 100% dollar-for-dollar credit on their federal income taxes.”
Energy, water and environment
Summary
Says protecting the aquifer and removing toxins from water are needed, and supports extending coal plants and adding nuclear power.
“We have to protect the health of our aquifer, and we have to ensure that we’re getting toxins out of our water.”
“We extend our coal plants. We need to have nuclear power.”
Guns and public safety
Summary
Lists protecting the 2nd Amendment among his campaign's plans.
Campaign website text
“Protect the 2nd Amendment”
Elections and government
Summary
Plans to protect election integrity and reform the ballot petition process, and wants to bring back winner-take-all for electoral votes.
Campaign website text
“Protect the integrity of our elections and reform the broken ballot petition process”
“Bringing back “Winner Take All” legislation to unify Nebraska’s voice at the national level.”