Carol Blood is the top Democratic candidate in this year’s primary elections for the office of the governor. The 61-year-old is not expected to face much competition in the polls on Monday and will be going against a little-known candidate who has not actively campaigned.

If elected, Blood will become the second female governor of Nebraska, a state considered to be a Republican stronghold. Kay Orr is the only other female who served as the state’s governor.

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Who is Carol Blood?

Carol Blood is a native of Nebraska and was born in the town of McCook. She was raised in rural Adams County and then moved to Sarpy County later in her life. She is married to Joe Blood, also a registered Democrat, for more than 34 years and has three children.

Blood has been associated with public administration for more than a decade now and has maintained close ties to her home state. According to her official campaign website, Blood was elected to the Bellevue City Council in 2008 and was the At-Large (city-wide) Representative. She was re-elected in 2012.

After moving on from the city council, Blood tried her hand in the state legislature and got elected to serve District 3 and was re-elected in 2020.

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In her ongoing term in the state Senate, Carol Blood has sponsored, drafted and headed more than 30 legislations so far that have cleared the upper house. These include bills that aid foreign students studying in Nebraska institutions, veterans of the armed forces and also one that exempted breastfeeding from public indecency offenses.

While announcing her bid for gubernatorial elections in Nebraska, Blood said in a statement, “I know we can do better and see opportunities for effective change. We can begin to make things better by building relationships and bridging these divides. We can transform division and contempt into understanding and connection.”