Blue Wind on a red prairie / Hastings, Nebraska
Paul Stekler, Louis Alvarez, Andrew Kolker
Nebraska is one of the reddest of red states. It hasn't voted statewide for a Democrat for President in over fifty years. So how can the minority party rise from the mat and become relevant in state politics? Enter Jane Fleming Kleeb. She feel in love with a Nebraska rancher and congressional candidate, married and moved there, led the successful state resistance that blocked the Keystone Pipeline, and now she's been elected the chair of the state Democratic Party. Can this progressive issue activist change her party's fortunes?