Capitol View

There are a lot of ins and outs in party politics during an election year.

Who’s in the race and who’s out? All eyes have been on the Legislature where the big surprise came from Republican Julie Slama – rhymes with drama – announced she wouldn’t seek a second term representing southeast Nebraska’s District One because she was going to take her recently earned law degree another direction.

But before the appointee of then Governor Pete Ricketts could relish the attention one more time, the venerable Ernie Chambers of Omaha threw his hat in the ring for Omaha’s District 11 seat which he held for 46 years before being term limited a second time.That means he’ll run against incumbent Terrell McKinney whom he endorsed four years ago.