(KLZA)--Nebraska First District State Senator Julie Slama has announced she will seek re-election in 2020.

In a Facebook post on her birthday, May 2, Slama, from Peru announced officially her intention to seek re-election.

Slama, who is also attending law school at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, was appointed to fulfill the remaining term of office of Dan Watermeier who won election to the Nebraska Public Service Commission in the 2018 election.

Slama, a Republican, said in the post that fighting for District 1 and the future of Nebraska is the privilege of her lifetime and said she would be honored to earn the support of voters.