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The Nebraska Democratic Party has filed a formal complaint against Republican Gov. Dave Heineman for using state resources to announce his application for the job of University of Nebraska president.

Nebraska Democratic Party executive director Dan Marvin alleges that Heineman broke a state law that prohibits public officials from using their office for financial gain.

Heineman announced that he is applying for the NU job at a news conference Wednesday that was held in the governor’s hearing room.

He sent letters to the NU Board of Regents laying out his qualifications for the job on his official letterhead, and his spokeswoman issued a press release to the media about his candidacy for the job.

“The trappings of the People’s office were used by the Governor to increase the likelihood that he would be selected for a lucrative job paying 4 times his current salary,” Marvin wrote in a letter to the Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission.

Through a spokeswoman, Heineman previously called the complaint “all political.”