Pillen appoints Bacon comms director, policy adviser as Douglas County Election Commissioner

LINCOLN — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen appointed a communications director and senior policy adviser to U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., on Wednesday to oversee elections in the state’s most populous county.

Danielle Jensen of the Elkhorn area will succeed Douglas County Election Commissioner Brian Kruse, effective Jan. 10. Jensen has been with Bacon since he first joined Congress in 2017.

She previously served as a public and legislative affairs officer for the former Nebraska Energy Office. Jensen will hold the role through at least the end of 2027, the end of Kruse’s four-year term.

Jensen said Wednesday she was grateful to Pillen and his team for their trust. She thanked Bacon and Bacon’s chief of staff, Mark Dreiling, for their endorsements of her and their work together serving Nebraska’s Omaha-based 2nd Congressional District.




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