LINCOLN- Nebraska voters will see three names on the November ballot for governor, not four, as was announced as a possibility last week.

The Secretary of State’s Office confirmed that David Wright of Ewing, a conservative who re-registered as a nonpartisan to run for governor, failed to gather enough valid signatures to get his name on the ballot.

“We put our best foot forward,” Wright said. “We tried. We were just short.”

State law required Wright to collect 4,000 valid signatures from registered Nebraska voters, including 750 from each of the state’s three congressional districts. He fell short in two ways.

This month, he turned in 4,339 signature lines to the Nebraska Secretary of State’s Office. County election officials were able to verify just 3,712 of the signatures, officials said. That left him short of the needed 4,000.

After the 627 signatures were tossed, Wright also fell short of the required number in the 2nd Congressional District. Officials verified 747 signatures, three short of the minimum needed.

Nebraska Republicans had expressed concerns privately about Wright potentially siphoning away votes from GOP gubernatorial nominee Jim Pillen, a University of Nebraska regent who faces Democratic State Sen. Carol Blood.

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