Nebraska’s Republican Gov. Jim Pillen was injured and transported to a hospital on Sunday after he was bucked off a horse.
Pillen, 68, is expected to be hospitalized for several days.
The first-term governor was riding horses with his family when he was thrown off a new horse and suffered injuries, according to the governor’s office.
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Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen was injured on Sunday after he was bucked off a horse while riding with his family. (Kenneth Ferriera/Lincoln Journal Star via AP, File)
Pillen was rushed to Columbus Community Hospital in Columbus, Nebraska, before he was transported, out of an abundance of caution, to the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.
“The Governor is alert and is in continuous touch with his team,” Pillen’s office said.
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Gov. Pillen is expected to be hospitalized for several days, though the severity of his injuries was not revealed. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)
Pillen’s office did not detail what injuries he suffered or the severity.
The GOP governor was elected in 2022, running in the gubernatorial election that year because former Gov. Pete Ricketts, also a Republican, was term-limited.Â
Pillen then appointed Ricketts to the U.S. Senate to fill the seat vacated by former Republican Sen. Ben Sasse, who resigned in 2023 to become president of the University of Florida. Sasse has since stepped down as the university’s president.
Pillen was elected as Nebraska’s governor in 2022. (Getty Images)
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Pillen worked as a veterinarian and owned a livestock operation before he was elected as governor.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
