A Nebraska Republican state lawmaker said Monday that he remains opposed to switching how the state allocates its electoral votes, effectively blocking a bid by President Donald Trump and his allies to change the system in a bid for an extra electoral vote this fall.

A last-minute GOP effort to award all of Nebraska's five electoral votes on a winner-take-all basis has been thwarted by a Republican.

A Republican effort to lock down all of Nebraska's electoral votes for former President Donald Trump appears doomed because one state lawmaker won't give backers his crucial support.

Former President Trump criticized Nebraska state Sen. Mike McDonnell (R) for coming out against Republicans’ renewed push to change Nebraska’s electoral system to a winner-take-all state. “I would

Trump called Nebraska state Sen. Mike McDonnell a “grandstander” who “decided, for no reason whatsoever, to get in the way of a great Republican, common sense, victory.”

Donald Trump and his allies have been trying to change Nebraska law to make it harder for Kamala Harris to win.

This story first appeared in the Nebraska Examiner. LINCOLN, Neb. — The national Republican push to help former President Donald Trump win all five of Nebraska’s Electoral College votes is ramping up again,

A Republican effort to lock down all of Nebraska’s electoral votes for former President Donald Trump appeared doomed Monday when a state lawmaker denied backers his crucial support for the move. GOP Sen.

Here's a look at why Donald Trump's allies were pushing for the change, what it would have taken to succeed and why a single state lawmaker is in the national spotlight.

Nebraska is one of two states that award some of its electoral votes by congressional district. A vote from the Omaha area is part of Harris’s easiest path to victory.