Newly elected Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature, Jim Scheer of Norfolk rejects suggestions that conservatives marshalled forces to mount a takeover of the Unicameral.
Scheer says the chairmanships of committees simply reflects the ideology of the state. Scheer says members of the Legislature voted because of what the candidates represented. . .

Scheer says many of the races for committee chairmanship featured no opposition, most of the others featured a Republican running against a Republican. . .

Scheer claims there has been no shift in the leaning of the Legislature…that its leadership only reflects the ideology of the state.