Former State Sen. Ernie Chambers is reentering the race for the Nebraska Legislature as a write-in candidate.
Chambers had withdrawn his name from the ballot in July, leaving incumbent State Sen. Terrell McKinney as the lone named candidate on the ballot to represent North Omaha’s District 11.
Former State Sen. Ernie Chambers talks with Valerie Stoj, public relations coordinator for the Douglas County Election Commission, while filling out paperwork Tuesday at the commission’s office in Omaha. He is reentering the race against incumbent Sen. Terrell McKinney for North Omaha’s District 11 seat in the Nebraska Legislature.
On Tuesday, Chambers filled out paperwork at the Douglas County Election Commission office to file as a write-in candidate for the Nov. 5 general election. It will become official when he sends in forms and a $120 filing fee to the Nebraska Secretary of State’s Office.
Chambers, 87 and the longest-serving Nebraska legislator in history, previously had qualified for the general election …