NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE, DISTRICT 25: BOSN FACES CHALLENGE TO RETAIN SEAT SHE WAS APPOINTED TO

LINCOLN- Both candidates vying to represent southeast Lincoln and Lancaster County in Nebraska's Legislature will appear on the ballot as a legislative candidate for the first time this November, though one has already been in office for 18 months. Sen. Carolyn Bosn, a Republican whom Gov. Jim Pillen appointed to replace former Sen. Suzanne Geist in April 2023 following Geist's resignation, is asking voters to send her back to the statehouse for a full four-year term in the formally nonpartisan Legislature where she has emerged as a leading voice on public safety issues.

Nicki Behmer Popp, a registered nonpartisan who has served on the Lincoln Airport Authority since 2021, is seeking to unseat the unelected incumbent. Behmer Popp's bid to draw moderate conservatives by casting Bosn as "extreme" reflects the political realities of District 25, which includes a large swath of southeast Lincoln and Lancaster County, including the village of Bennet.

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