Ernie Chambers is a long term Nebraska state senator whose biography is pretty remarkable. en.wikipedia.org/… Part of that biography includes a weeklong successful filibuster in 2016 preventing a Republican power play to award all Electoral College votes in Nebraska to the state’s winner (motivated by Obama winning an Electoral College vote in Nebraska in 2008). The story of that filibuster is here: netnebraska.org/… The successful conclusion of that filibuster preserving Nebraska’s system of splitting electoral votes is detailed in the NYT here: www.nytimes.com/…
In any event, as we watch election returns come in and seeing that Biden’s electoral vote tally stands right at the magical 270 (assuming MI, NV and AZ hold), say a toast to Mr. Chambers for that last electoral vote that pushed Biden over the finish line. He might have single-handedly saved America from 4 more years of Trump.