LINCOLN- In Sarpy County, a Democrat is seeking reelection to the Nebraska Legislature, but is facing a close race from a Republican challenger looking to unseat her. State Sen. Jen Day of Omaha was elected to serve District 49 in 2020. This year, she is running against defense contractor and retired U.S. Air Force veteran Bob Andersen. With a majority of the district's voters being registered Republicans, Andersen may have an edge this November, but Day has defeated a GOP candidate before.

In 2020, Day won when she ran against Republican incumbent Sen. Andrew LaGrone by less than 300 votes. The gap between registered Republicans to Democrats in the district has narrowed slightly since, but Republicans still outnumber Democratic voters 13,219 to 7,288, with an additional 7,959 nonpartisan voters, according to the latest voter registration records.

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