Nebraska Medical Cannabis Advocate & CBD Store Owner Running for Governor  

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Jacy C. Todd, the Nebraska notary public charged with official misconduct
over allegations of improperly notarizing pages of the state’s medical
cannabis petition, is running for governor in 2026, the Nebraska Examiner
reports. Todd, 54, who is also a medical cannabis advocate and owner of a
CBD health and wellness retail store, will run as a Republican and
challenge incumbent Gov. Jim Pillen in the party’s primary.

“I want to provide that hope for everybody and let them know that there is
an out. We can stand together. We can push back.” — Todd to the Examiner

Todd added that he wants to be a “voice of the people” and prove that not
only the “richest” people get elected to office. He plans to run a
grassroots campaign, hoping to “out voice” Pillen and challenge him to
debates.

“I think that Nebraska is a powerful enough state that we could grassroot
this all the way to the Capitol and clean house up there,” Tood told the
Examiner.

Todd told the Examiner that he began using cannabis following his tour
during Operation Desert Storm, where he served as a combat medic. He said
he began using cannabis to deal with pain and would eventually open Herban
Pulse to help others.

Following the successful 2024 campaign to legalize medical cannabis in the
state, Todd was charged with criminal malfeasance – accused of improperly
notarizing pages of medical cannabis petition signatures on 24 occasions.
Those charges were initially dropped but were resurrected in April by a
Hall County District Court Judge with a trial scheduled for September.