LINCOLN- Governor Pete Ricketts stuck to his script of not showing interest or disinterest in the Senate seat vacancy caused by Senator Sasse becoming the next president of the University of Florida.

The only true hint the Governor would offer was a response to a caller on his monthly radio show. In the call, a constituent asked what he wants to do moving forward. Ricketts's response was, "I would love to remain involved in policy and politics." Although this hint is not much, it does identify Ricketts's intentions moving forward.

Ricketts has said he would not fill the vacancy himself had the resignation come while he was still in office, but was deferring the pick to Pillen, whom Ricketts financially backed for $1.4 million and endorsed.

It is assumed that Governor Ricketts is the point man for the job if he were to accept. Ricketts has faced direct senate-related questions and has been continuously noncommittal. “Gov.-elect Pillen is going to have a process,” Ricketts said. “We’ll wait and see what happens.”

When asked if he might decline to seek a seat in the U.S. Senate, as his predecessor, Gov. Dave Heineman, did because he preferred to be an executive rather than one of many legislators, Ricketts said that the executive and legislative branches are two separate wings of government that have “different roles.”

“There’s lots of ways to contribute. We’ll what Gov.-elect Pillen does in regard to this process, and we’ll see what happens from there,” Ricketts said.

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