LINCOLN- The director of a community improvement organization in Lincoln announced her candidacy for the District 28 seat in the Legislature on Tuesday. Nancy Petitto will seek the seat held by Sen. Patty Pansing-Brooks, who will leave the Legislature after being term-limited.

Petitto is the director for Collective Impact Lincoln, a partnership among Civic Nebraska, Nebraska Appleseed and the South of Downtown Community Development Organization. A two-time graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Petitto said civic engagement, political advocacy and "an active commitment to justice" led her to run for office.

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