State Sen. Julie Slama of Dunbar. Sept. 20, 2023. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner)

DUNBAR, Neb. — A former state senator threw her name into the ring Monday for the Republican-occupied seat of state treasurer, promising she would be a leader who works “tirelessly to deliver conservative wins.”

Former State Sen. Julie Slama, 29, served six years in the Nebraska Legislature between January 2019 and January 2025 representing southeast Nebraska. She said that if elected state treasurer, she would defend Nebraska’s principles in how she does the job: ensuring wise spending, steering how it invests tax dollars and standing up to government waste, fraud and abuse.

“Under my watch, our tax dollars will never go towards radical liberal investments,” Slama said in a campaign announcement. “We’ll

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