LINCOLN- Last month, Governor Ricketts gave $314,000 to the Nebraska Future Action Fund, a new political action committee that seeks to stop outgoing State Sen. Matt Williams from winning a seat on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents.

Very little is known about the new PAC, and its website hasn't even officially launched yet. Gov. Ricketts and the PAC itself denied questions about its goals, and both Sen. Williams and his opponent Kathy Wilmot knew nothing about it.

However, we do know that the Nebraska Future Action Fund spent $51,000 to oppose Sen. Williams, but this is the only campaign filing the new PAC has made to date.

Wilmot herself has only received around $50,000 in campaign contributions for the Regent seat, with around $10,000 of that coming from Gov. Ricketts. Wilmot currently has the support of former Gov. Kay Orr and former gubernatorial candidate Charles Herbster.

Sen. Williams believes that the $51,000 the PAC spent was used to air radio ads attacking him. The ads paint the Senator as a "liberal RINO," but Williams claimed that his history in Legislature proves that he has supported conservative policies.

However, Sen. Williams and Gov. Ricketts have disagreed on several issues, with Williams voting to override the Governor's vetoes on bills raising the gas tax to fund highway construction, repealing the death penalty, and granting driver's licenses to DACA recipients.

Williams stated that what he believed was best for his constituents sometimes differed from Rickett's views, but he thought his actions were justified. He also said that it's "discouraging" to see attack ads becoming increasingly common in Nebraska elections.

Gov. Ricketts has used his wealth to influence several political races, and donated nearly $1.3 million to the Conservative Nebraska PAC, which ran advertisements opposing Charles Herbster and Sen. Brett Lindstrom.

Williams called this trend "disturbing," and encourages voters to do their own research.

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