Nebraska Democrats are pushing for more voters to sign up as the State's primaries heat up going into Tuesday's election.

Nebraska Democrats kicked off another voter registration drive Saturday with volunteers pushing to register as many people for the November election as possible. This comes after reports that Nebraska Democrats are gaining ground on Republicans in voter registration.

Democrats are saying the excitement surrounding this year's Presidential Primary race has catapulted their popularity not only across the country, but right here in traditionally Republican Nebraska.

Meanwhile, the Republicans are saying they're comfortable with their candidate for Senate, Mike Johanns, and his experience.

Pushing to register as many new voters as they can before the November election, state Democrats feel they're in a better position than they've been in for many years with two strong candidates in the Democratic Senate primary.

"The Kleeb-Raimondo race has turned into a very good race. A primary builds a lot of excitement, and both Tony and Scott are going to support the winner," said Vince Powers, a Nebraska Democratic Superdelegate.

They feel no matter who comes up on top, this is the year Nebraska will finally send two Democrats to the Senate with either Kleeb or Raimondo up against a candidate who has aligned himself with the unpopular Bush administration.

"He stuck with George Bush and he's going to try to run from George Bush and if you look at how he's running his campaign. Mike Johanns is running from George Bush, but he's not going to get away from it," said Powers.

"People are hungry for change. They realize you can't keep sending the same people back to Washington and expect different results. They are concerned that there is this thing with Mr. Johanns that he can't seem to finish a job he's elected to," said Democratic Senate candidate Scott Kleeb.

But, Republicans are confident Nebraska will remain loyal to the party and it's candidates.

"At the local level we still have issues that people are paying attention to, and this is their opportunity to register that voice on Tuesday and make a difference," said Dallas Jones, Chairman of the Lancaster County Republican Committee.

Democratic voters have registered 14,000 new voters since January, while Republicans have lost 5,000. That, however, doesn't scare Republican officials.

"What we're seeing is really a shift of Democrats who re-registered their votes so they could vote in the 2006 gubernatorial race. Now, basically what you're seen is those people having for the first time, a reason for re-registering as a Democrat.

Tuesday's election pits republican Mike Johanns against the underdog Pat Flynn, with Scott Kleeb and Tony Raimondo battling it out on the Democratic side.

Regardless who wins, they say the whole state benefits from an exciting election by having more people involved in the political process.