KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) — Outspoken oil pipeline opponent Jane Kleeb has been elected chairwoman of the Nebraska Democratic Party, beating out former University of Nebraska Regent and one-time candidate for governor Chuck Hassebrook.

Kleeb beat out Hassebrook by 42 votes Saturday during the party’s state convention in Kearney, where 410 delegates gathered.

The 43-year-old Kleeb, who founded the group Bold Nebraska to fight the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, is a supporter Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders for president. She of rode a wave of support for Sanders to win the chairman’s seat. Hassebrook backs former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is the presumptive Democratic nominee for president but lost Nebraska’s March 5 caucus to Sanders.