Sen. Giese potentially leaving

Sen. Bob Giese has decided to run for his fathers seat as Dakota County Treasurer. A seat his father has held for 32 years. Sen. Giese has been a City Councilman and Mayor of South Sioux City and is currently a State Senator. He is a proven winner and he is a democrat, however if the Senator wins this county seat the Governor will appoint his replacement. The Governor will find the best Republican to hold this seat. The democratic party cannot be happy about this since they are trying to gain seats in the Unicameral. Bob Giese was seen as a rising star for the democratic party. The state democratic party is extremely dysfunctional right now they need to win something on the statewide or Congressional level. Yes they have the Mayoral seats of the two largest cities in the state. They also have a majority on the Omaha city council. But when it comes to statewide candidates they are woefully shorthanded. Even for county candidates outside of southeast Nebraska the democrats are few and far between. Sen. Tom White running against Lee Terry for CD2 his seat is open this year in the Unicameral. This just does not seem to be a smart political strategy as a whole on the party. But that is assuming that the democrats act like a political party.