Sasse sole finalist for top UF job

Nebraska senator indicates he will take president gig.

  • Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) listens during a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 23. Sasse is the sole finalist to become the president of the University of Florida, the school said Thursday. (ALEX BRANDON/Associated Press)
    Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) listens during a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 23. Sasse is the sole finalist to become the president of the University of Florida, the school said Thursday. (ALEX BRANDON/Associated Press)

    TALLAHASSEE — A committee leading the search for a new University of Florida president announced Thursday that it put forward Republican U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska as the lone finalist to lead th…