1. James Douglas Pillen was born on December 31,1955 and is an American politician, veterinarian, and livestock producer serving as the 41st and current governor of Nebraska since 2023.
14 Facts About Jim Pillen
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Jim Pillen was born in Columbus, Nebraska, to Dale and Dorothy Jim Pillen.
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Dale Jim Pillen served in the United States Army during the Korean War.
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Jim Pillen died at a Columbus hospital in 1999 at age 72.
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From 1975 to 1978, Jim Pillen was a defensive back for the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team under Tom Osborne.
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Jim Pillen was inducted into the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame in 2004.
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Jim Pillen is a practicing veterinarian and works as chair of Jim Pillen Family Farms.
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The business, which employs members of Jim Pillen's family, acquired DNA Genetics in 2003.
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Jim Pillen has worked as president of the Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce and chaired the Columbus Community Hospital Board of Directors.
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Jim Pillen has served on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents since 2012, and as vice-chair and chair in 2018 and 2020, respectively.
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Jim Pillen was the Republican nominee in the 2022 Nebraska gubernatorial election.
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Jim Pillen won the Republican nomination, while state senator Carol Blood won the Democratic nomination.
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Reporter Yanqi Xu had written that 16 Jim Pillen farms had nitrate levels of at least 50 parts per million, five times the level considered safe to drink.
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In December 2024, Jim Pillen sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries in a horseback riding accident in Columbus, Nebraska, and was hospitalized.