"National Democrats would have written those communities and families off because they did not fit a 'vote model' written by political consultants," she said.

"We win elections with old-fashioned visiting with people at their homes, where they work and where they hang out," Kleeb said.

She said 850 people already have signed up for a new party program called the Blue Bench Project, which will train people of any age who want to run for public office or be part of the county party leadership.

Sen. Adam Morfeld and Sen.-elect Anna Wishart, both of Lincoln, will co-chair that project.

A new "Dems in the Streets" program will blend traditional voter outreach with nontraditional tactics, Kleeb said, engaging people in advocacy projects.

Such projects could include the ongoing battle over the flow of liquor sales to Native Americans in Whiteclay, just across the border from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, Kleeb said, as well as public education, poverty and clean energy.

She said the party also will focus on voters who are registered as nonpartisan.

Meanwhile, she said, the party will set a goal of registering 10 percent more voters in each county while acquiring additional monthly donors.

Reach the writer at 402-473-7248 or dwalton@journalstar.com. On Twitter @LJSDon.

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