OMAHA- Chris Janicek announced Monday his intention to stay in the U.S. Senate race despite the Nebraska Democratic Party's attempts to get him to drop out. The Democratic Party of Nebraska has been asking Janicek to step aside since June when inappropriate text messages he sent came to light.

Janicek is up against incumbent Ben Sasse in the November 3rd election. Janicek believes he is the only option Democrats have if they want to beat Senator Sasse. Democrats are now looking for a write-in option to replace Janicek, although registered Republicans outnumber Democrats by 200,000.

Nebraska Democrats originally wanted to put up Alisha Shelton as a replacement for Janicek. Shelton is a mental health practitioner and would have been Nebraska's first black nominee from a major party for Senate. However, she is unable to be a write-in option because she was already defeated by Janicek in the primary.

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