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 helped elect Pillen in 2022, when the hog farmer and former university regent won a three-headed Republican primary that became the state’s most expensive governor’s race. Flanagain, when reached Thursday, declined to comment. But Rob Phillips, president of her parent company, Axiom Strategies, said the firm had ended its contract with Pillen.

Some politicos contacted about Flanagain’s departure noted the timing. She left Wednesday, a day after Lincoln police said the department is investigating a state contract Pillen steered.

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