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Zach Wendling | Nebraska News Service

New kid on the block • Sen. Barry DeKay of Niobrara leans into his desk lamp light, while talking with Sen. Joni Albrecht of Thurston in the row ahead of him, on Wednesday, Jan. 4, in Lincoln. DeKay, a farmer and rancher, succeeds Sen. Tim Gragert of Creighton for the northern Nebraska district.