{"id":29014,"date":"2024-12-23T11:56:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T11:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/23\/nebraska-gov-jim-pillen-hospitalized-after-he-was-bucked-off-a-horse\/"},"modified":"2024-12-23T11:56:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T11:56:34","slug":"nebraska-gov-jim-pillen-hospitalized-after-he-was-bucked-off-a-horse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/23\/nebraska-gov-jim-pillen-hospitalized-after-he-was-bucked-off-a-horse\/","title":{"rendered":"Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen hospitalized after he was bucked off a horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nebraska&#8217;s Republican Gov. Jim Pillen was injured and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transported to a hospital<\/a> on Sunday after he was bucked off a horse.<\/p>\n<p>Pillen, 68, is expected to be hospitalized for several days.<\/p>\n<p>The first-term governor was riding horses with his family when he was thrown off a new horse and suffered injuries, according to the governor&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/illegal-migrants-nebraska-town-bringing-stress-schools-public-safety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ILLEGAL MIGRANTS IN NEBRASKA TOWN BRINGING &#8216;STRESS&#8217; TO SCHOOLS, PUBLIC SAFETY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pillen was rushed to Columbus Community Hospital in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/midwest\/nebraska\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Columbus, Nebraska,<\/a> before he was transported, out of an abundance of caution, to the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Governor is alert and is in continuous touch with his team,&#8221; Pillen&#8217;s office said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/drone-mishap-during-orlando-holiday-aerial-show-sends-child-hospital\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>DRONE MISHAP DURING ORLANDO HOLIDAY AERIAL SHOW SENDS CHILD TO HOSPITAL<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pillen&#8217;s office did not detail what injuries he suffered or the severity.<\/p>\n<p>The GOP governor was elected in 2022, running in the gubernatorial election that year because former Gov. Pete Ricketts, also a Republican, was term-limited.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pillen then appointed Ricketts to the U.S. Senate to fill the seat vacated by former Republican Sen. Ben Sasse, who resigned in 2023 to become president of the University of Florida. Sasse has since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/ben-sasse-stepping-down-university-florida-president-citing-his-wifes-epilepsy-memory-issues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stepped down as the university&#8217;s president.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pillen worked as a veterinarian and owned a livestock operation before he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">elected as governor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nebraska&#8217;s Republican Gov. Jim Pillen was injured and transported to a hospital on Sunday after he was bucked off a horse. Pillen, 68, is expected to be hospitalized for several days. The first-term governor was riding horses with his family when he was thrown off a new horse and suffered injuries, according to the governor&#8217;s &#8230; <a title=\"Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen hospitalized after he was bucked off a horse\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/23\/nebraska-gov-jim-pillen-hospitalized-after-he-was-bucked-off-a-horse\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Nebraska Gov. 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