Nebraska Governor, Whose Family Spent Millions Trying to Stop Donald Trump, Will Endorse Donald Trump Brendan O'Connor · 05/06/16 08:30AM Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts, whose family has spent at least $5.5 million bankrolling the anti-Trump Our Principles PAC, will endorse Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Omaha today. The governor had been expected to endorse Ted Cruz.