State. Sen. Carol Blood of Bellevue is preparing for a likely run for Congress. (Jazari Kual/Nebraska Examiner)
BELLEVUE — Two years after running for Nebraska governor and securing 36% of the statewide vote as a Democrat, State Sen. Carol Blood of Bellevue appears poised to run for Congress.
State Sen. Carol Blood of Bellevue, a Democrat, responds to a question during her town hall in Omaha. She ran for governor of Nebraska against Republican nominee Jim Pillen, a University of Nebraska regent. (Aaron Sanderford/Nebraska Examiner)
Blood, who represents a Republican-leaning slice of Sarpy County in the Legislature, tipped her hand in recent social media posts encouraging people to attend an announcement this weekend.
An Instagram account called Carol Blood for Congress shared a campaign poster from 1st District U.S. Rep. Mike Flood, R-Neb. The “F” in Flood is marked out and replaced with a “B.”
Scrawled above it is a simple message: “Fixed it!”
“In case you haven’t heard, we are going to rock this campaign,” the post says. It invites people to her kickoff at the electrical workers’ union hall in Lincoln at 1 p.m. Saturday.