Office of the Governor of NebraskaGovernment

The Office of the Governor of Nebraska is the supreme executive authority of the U.S. state of Nebraska. The governor is tasked with enforcing state laws, serving as commander-in-chief of state military forces, and presenting the state budget to Nebraska's unicameral legislature. Established upon Nebraska's admission to the Union in 1867, its first governor was David Butler. In 1986, Kay A. Orr was elected, making Nebraska the first state in U.S. history to elect a female Republican governor.