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secured the Republican nomination with 109,829 votes, or 49.4% of all votes cast; banker Sid Dinsdale came in second, with 49,829 votes (22.4%), followed by Osborn, with 46,850 votes (21.1%).
These 2014 Nebraska Republican primary vote totals are wrong. Official certified results show Sasse with 110,802 votes, Dinsdale with 50,494, and Osborn with 47,338.
Full reasoning
The official certified canvass from the Nebraska Secretary of State contradicts the vote counts in this sentence.
In the official results of the May 13, 2014 Nebraska primary, the statewide Republican U.S. Senate totals are listed as:
- Ben Sasse: 110,802
- Sid Dinsdale: 50,494
- Shane Osborn: 47,338
- Bart McLeay: 12,840
- Clifton R. Johnson: 3,310
That means the article understates all three leading candidates' totals. The percentage for Sasse is also officially 49.29%, not exactly as written here.
So while Sasse did win the nomination, the specific vote numbers in this sentence are not the certified election results.
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- Official Results of Nebraska Primary Election (Nebraska Secretary of State)
TOTAL 3110 200 3,310 45952 1386 47,338 49026 1468 50,494 108443 2359 110,802 12348 492 12,840
They currently reside in Austin, Texas.
This appears to be outdated. The University of Florida's current official profile for Ben Sasse says his family continues to live in Gainesville, Florida, not Austin, Texas.
Full reasoning
The article states in the present tense that the Sasses currently live in Austin, Texas. But the University of Florida's official biography for Ben Sasse now says the opposite: "The Sasse family continues to reside in Gainesville".
Because this is a present-tense factual claim about where he lives, the current official university biography is strong contradictory evidence. This suggests the Austin statement is outdated and no longer accurate.
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- Ben Sasse - President | University of Florida
Following his wife, Melissa's epilepsy diagnosis, Ben transitioned to serving as President Emeritus and professor in the Hamilton Center. The Sasse family continues to reside in Gainesville, and they are passionate about UF's success.