(KLZA)-- Nebraska First District Senator Julie Slama has announced her candidacy for election to the seat representing Southeast Nebraska.

Slama, a Peru resident was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Senator Dan Watermeier, who resigned when he won election to the Nebraska Public Service Commission. Slama seeks election to the seat for the first time.

Slama is currently enrolled at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Law.

In the Legislature she serves on the Business and Labor, Agriculture, and Judiciary Committees.