Pillen political consultant Flanagain quits day after LPD confirms contract probe

By: Aaron Sanderford

Outlets: Nebraska Examiner

Published: March 13, 2026

Words: 1,058

Last Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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LINCOLN — Nebraska’s most influential political consultant has chosen to step away from the state’s highest-profile candidate, the governor, the consultant’s company confirmed Thursday.

Jessica Flanagain, whose critics have called her “Voldemort,” “the Dark Lord” and “She Who Should Not Be Named” for her knife-fight style of campaigning, resigned from Gov. Jim Pillen’s campaign.

She helped voters elect Pillen in 2022, when the hog farmer and former university regent won a three-headed Republican primary that …

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