A Republican State Senator from Omaha, best known for his criticism of former President Donald Trump, is now taking on Douglas County Attorney Don Klein, another fellow Republican.
 
Senator John McCollister is endorsing Democrat Dave Pantos in the Pantos-Klein race this November and McCollister is sparing no criticism of Kleine.
 
McCollister pointedly notes Kleine "killed criminal justice reform" in the Legislature earlier this year. Leaving what McCollister calls, "hundreds of millions of dollars" to be spent on prisons that would be unnecessary with a better criminal justice system.
 
 
Kleine tells NCN that while he was "certainly a part" of those discussions the last time he checked he "didn't have a vote in the Legislature."
 
As for Pantos, McCollister says he has a commitment to “common-sense gun reform” and “prosecuting criminals to make our streets safer.”
 
Kleine says Pantos is an "unemployed attorney" with no experience in criminal cases.