GRETNA - Northwestern Sarpy County has a choice between two very different candidates to represent District 49. The incumbent is Sen. Andrew La Grone, a Republican who was appointed by Governor Ricketts in 2018. The other candidate is Jen Day, a Democrat that does not passionately identify with either party. Day won the primary by receiving 53.1% of votes in May.

La Grone is an attorney that owns a legal practice in Gretna, while Day is a small business owner (her and her husband own a gym). Day is worried Nebraska is starting to mirror national politics even though the tradition of the Nebraska Legislature is to be nonpartisan.

This race first got attention after a mistake by La Grone's campaign that pictured a supporter of Day, not the candidate herself, on a brochure sent to voters. A second mailer with the wrong picture was mailed out a few days later.

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