LINCOLN- The University of Florida's presidential search committee announced their unanimous recommendation for the next president: Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse.

“This is right for the University of Florida, right for the state of Florida and right for the Sasse family,” said Rahul Patel, chair of the search committee.

In the same announcement, Sasse said he was “thrilled about the opportunity to work alongside one of the nation’s most outstanding faculties.”

Sasse will interview on November 1st. If Sasse is hired at the university, he will resign from the senate allowing Governor Pete Ricketts to select who fills his seat.

The chosen individual would serve through 2025. An election would be held in 2024 to fill the seat for the remaining two years of the term, and the person appointed by the governor would be eligible to run at that time.

With Sasse still in office, Governor Ricketts's office has yet to comment on who or how candidates will be chosen.

The Governor did offer a statement thanking Sasse for his service to the nation and the state of Nebraska. He went on to wish him luck as the University of Florida makes its final decision.

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