LINCOLN — State Sen. John McCollister of Omaha is one of more than 100 Republicans, including former governors and members of Congress, who say they will consider forming a new party if the GOP does not break free from former President Donald Trump.

Stand Up Republic announced its goal Thursday.

McCollister is serving his second term in the officially nonpartisan Legislature and is the son of former Republican Rep. John Y. McCollister, who served in the House from 1971 to 1977. McCollister has been sharply critical of Trump and endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in the 2020 election.

"Principled Republicans are jumping ship," he said at the time. McCollister has often made the case for the party to return to its traditional values and said in an interview in October that "it will be interesting to see how the Republican Party reconstitutes itself after Trump gets beaten." Stand Up Republic's call for reform was expressed in a letter titled "A call for American renewal."

The letter says Republicans must "either reimagine a party dedicated to our founding ideals or else hasten the creation of such an alternative."

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