LINCOLN — The Nebraska Republican Party has told six GOP activists who have agitated for changes in the party that they are not welcome at its annual convention Saturday in Kearney.

Half a dozen people received letters from the party this week saying it would not credential them due to them either changing political parties, starting new parties, or supporting candidates outside of the GOP.

These letters reignite a years-long fight over the party's future between populists, like these six, and those in the state's political power structure led by Gov. Pete Ricketts, according to several Nebraska Republicans.

Three of the six people who received the letters challenged GOP incumbents in recent primaries. Two said incumbents lacked loyalty to former President Donald Trump and his claims about the 2020 election.

One, Matt Innis, challenged U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse in the 2020 primary. His letter cited his "vocal criticism" of Ricketts as the reason he was turned away.

Innis has called Ricketts' top staffer a "dirty trickster" and questioned whether she and Ricketts started the groping allegations against former gubernatorial candidate Charles Herbster. Innis regularly posts memes targeting political officials and staff.

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