OMAHA- Next week, Nebraska primary election voters wade into a generational divide over leadership styles and which approach best represents North Omaha in the Legislature. District 11 features a showdown between Democrat Terrell McKinney, nonpartisan Ernie Chambers, and nonpartisan Calandra Cooper. The three are fighting to represent one of the most diverse districts in the state.

For the past four years, McKinney, 33, has prodded the state Parole Board and prison system, sought sentencing reform and helped steer federal pandemic relief funds to North and South Omaha. Chambers, 86, spent his 46 years in the Legislature building more of a reputation for the bills he killed with filibusters, amendments and stalling tactics than for what he passed.

Unlike McKinney and Chambers, who said they will not criticize one another, Cooper, 57, said North Omaha doesn’t have to pick between old-school resistance and new-school relationships. The self-financed candidate, a pharmacy technician, business owner and nonprofit leader says she would focus more on improving incomes, public safety, youth activities and neighborhoods.

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