Slama and Palmtag advance in District 1 legislative race
05/12/2020
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Janet Palmtag

(KLZA)-- Incumbent Julie Slama of Peru, easily advanced to the November  General Election for Nebraska's 1st District Legislative seat in the Tuesday Primary Election.  

Slama will be challenged by Janet Palmtag of Nebraska City.  

Slama who was appointed to the seat in 2019 by Governor Pete Ricketts received 6,497 votes accounting for nearly 61 percent of the ballots cast in the nonn-partisan election.  Palmtag received 2,232 votes and Dennis Schaardt from Steinauer received 1,937 votes.

Slama received the most votes in Richardson and Johnson counties in addition to her home county of Nemaha and also in Palmtags home county of Otoe County.    

Schaardt received the most votes in Pawnee County where he lives.