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Good Skews: Chair of the Nebraska Democratic Party, Jane Kleeb

Weekly Skews

Trae Crowder, Mark Agee, and Matt Hildreth

Politics, Comedy, News Commentary, News

5608 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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On this episode of Good Skews, we interview Jane Kleeb, a seasoned grassroots organizer, author, manager, and political strategist in the Great Plains. Since December 2016, Kleeb has held the position of Chair of the Nebraska Democratic Party, and she is currently serving her fourth term, which extends until November 2026. She also holds the role of Chair of the Association of State Democratic Committees. Her leadership has fostered the creation of innovative programs such as Block Captains, ...

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to this week's episode of GoodSkews.

0:13.8

I'm producer Matt.

0:15.2

This week on Goodskews, we're going to be talking with Jane Kleb.

0:18.6

Jane is an organizer, an activist, and the state chair of the Nebraska

0:25.1

Democratic Party. Just recently in Nebraska, Democrats won a big race in Omaha. It's a good sign that

0:33.8

things are moving in the right direction for Democrats. Jane is chair of the state chairs through the Democratic Party.

0:41.5

She wears many hats, also involved with activism through the Bold Alliance.

0:46.4

And we talk about all of the good news happening in Nebraska.

0:57.8

Jane. in Nebraska. Jane, thanks so much for joining us today on Good Skews.

1:02.2

Do you want to just talk a little bit about all the hats that you wear?

1:06.0

Yeah, yeah.

1:06.7

It's too many some days, but here I am.

1:09.8

I'm chair of the Nebraska Democratic Party. I got elected in late 2016, and I'm still the chair there. I recently got elected as the ASDC president, which basically means I'm in charge of all the state parties across the country and the territories, which makes me then second in command at the DNC.

1:28.3

So if you're mad at the DNC, come talk to me.

1:31.2

And then in my paying job, because all of those rules are actually volunteers, I run a group

1:37.4

called Bold.

1:38.1

We're mostly known for stopping the Keystone XL pipeline, but we work in a lot of communities

1:42.8

to stop pipelines and build clean energy.

1:45.2

And in a lot of ways, Nebraska is leading on multiple fronts right now. But the one that we wanted

1:52.7

to talk to you about today is this big win you just had in Omaha. Do you want to set the stage

1:58.9

a little bit for folks? I mean, a lot of our listeners come from places like Omaha. Do you want to set the stage a little bit for folks? I mean, a lot of our listeners

2:01.0

come from places like Omaha or, you know, red states. But could you just give a little bit

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