Preston Love Jr.[1] (born 1942)[2] is an American politician, professor, author and activist[3] who served as Jesse Jackson's campaign manager during the 1984 Democratic primaries.

Love is the first Black person in Nebraska to receive the support of a major political party for United States Senate.

[7] Love worked as a junior executive in IBM[4] and established the first retail computer store in Atlanta, Georgia.

[12][13] In 1990, Love formed an organization to recommend the addition of the contributions of black Nebraskans to the Nebraska Blue Book.

[12] Chris Janicek won the Democratic senatorial nomination for the 2020 United States Senate election in Nebraska.

However, during the campaign, he sent out sexually inappropriate text messages to staffers, causing the Nebraska Democratic Party to withdraw its support from him.