Nebraska- Sen. Deb Fischer said Friday, May 14th she's already decided that she is going to seek a third term in 2024, recognizing the importance that seniority plays in determining how effective a member of the U.S. Senate can be. "If you want to get things done, seniority matters," Fischer said. A contest without an incumbent in the field is a much easier political mountain to climb, and virtually all potential Republican candidates would be highly unlikely to consider a primary challenge with Fischer seeking reelection. Although Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts has not revealed any potential political plans after he is term-limited out of office at the end of 2022, a Senate bid has been high on the speculative list along with a possible bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination if that race is wide-open.

Senator Fischer is the first Nebraskan Senator since 1990 to seek a third term in office, the first since Senator Jim Exon. Fischer said she is positioned to move up the ladder in seniority on Senate committees with a third term, and that, she said, "makes it easier to advance legislation and get things done." Fischer, a member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, was among a small group of Republicans who initially met with Biden at the White House for a bipartisan discussion about infrastructure legislation. "I told the president I thought the focus should be on core infrastructure," Fischer said, including roads, bridges, pipelines and broadband, instead of the broad range of topics, including child care and home care, contained in his original proposal."

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