Republican Senator and Trump critic Ben Sasse is resigning in December to become the next University of Florida president – after his aide said, “Some people just don’t like being a United States Senator.”
- Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse is the only finalist to become University of Florida president, the school announced Thursday
- The Republican senator announced he would take the job, with Fox News reporting that he would step down from the Senate after the midterms in December
- Sasse successfully ran for re-election in 2020, so his term should not last until 2027
- But a number of Republicans outside of the MAGA bubble have chosen to stop on Capitol Hill
- “I think the other part of it is that some people just don’t like being a United States Senator,” a former Sasse staffer said in a radio interview Thursday
Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse is the only finalist to become University of Florida president, the school said Thursday, and the Republican senator said he will take the job.
Fox News reports that Sasse will resign his mandate in December – after the midterm elections – and could start the job as early as February.
Sasse successfully ran for re-election in 2020, and so his tenure was not to last until 2027. But a number of Republicans outside of the MAGA bubble have chosen to stop on Capitol Hill.
Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse is the only finalist to become University of Florida president, the school said Thursday, and the Republican senator said he will take the job
Sen. Ben Sasse will tour the University of Florida campus Monday to meet with students, faculty and other members of the university community, the school said
Sasse was among seven Republican senators who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump for a second time – for inciting the Jan. 6 insurgency.
Sasse’s former adviser Ian Swanson said Trump’s staying at the center of the party helped motivate the Republican’s exit from Nebraska.
“I think the other part of it is that some people just don’t like being a United States Senator,” Swanson said in a radio interview on Thursday.
The school said in a statement that its Presidential Selection Committee unanimously recommended Sasse as the sole finalist.
The decision must be voted on by the school Board of Trustees and then approved by the Board of Governors.
He will visit campus on Monday to meet with students, faculty and other members of the university community, the school said.
In a statement released by the school, Sasse said he was “thrilled at the opportunity to work at one of the most outstanding faculty in the country.”
Sasse was president of Midland University, a Christian school in eastern Nebraska, before running for the Senate.
In a separate tweet, Sasse said he’s been followed by other universities, but “this time is different because the University of Florida is very different.”
“If UF wants to make it big, I’m excited about the variety of opportunities,” he said.