As Nebraska’s 2026 legislative session opens, the state is confronting a reckoning it has never faced before: whether to expel one of its own. Sen. Dan McKeon stands accused of telling a staffer she should “get laid” on vacation and patting her buttocks at an end‑of‑session party. An outside investigation found his behavior violated workplace harassment rules, even if it fell short of legal sexual harassment.
McKeon, 59, leans on faith and defiance, insisting his comments were jokes and any touch was nonsexual. He ignored instructions to avoid staff gatherings, sent a note urging forgiveness “because that is what the Bible instructs,” and later texted that his accuser was “difficult to work with.” Now, with a disturbing‑the‑peace charge pending and Republican leaders urging him to resign, his fate rests on 33 votes—and on how far Nebraska is willing to go to protect those who work in its halls of power.
