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Sept. 14, 2021Omaha, Neb. |  By: AP

Nebraska state senator is 1st Democrat in governor's race

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A Nebraska state senator and former Bellevue City Council member is the first Democrat to announce a bid for governor.

State Sen. Carol Blood announced her candidacy Monday to replace Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts. He has to leave office because of term limits.

Blood first won a seat in the officially nonpartisan Nebraska Legislature in 2016 by defeating a Republican incumbent in a politically divided Sarpy County district.

She won reelection in But Blood will face a difficult task getting elected in the GOP-dominated state that former President Donald Trump won by 18 percentage points. At least four Republican contenders have already joined the race.