Polls close in Omaha primary election with mayor, council races on the ballot

Voters in Omaha decided today which mayoral and City Council candidates will advance to the May 13 general election.

Three races were featured on Tuesday's primary election ballot, including Omaha mayor and the Omaha City Council’s second and fourth district representatives.

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Douglas County Election Commissioner Brian Kruse has said he expected a slightly above-average turnout.

There were five candidates running to be Omaha’s mayor - incumbent Mayor Jean Stothert, former state Sen. Mike McDonnell, community activist Jasmine Harris, Douglas County Treasurer John Ewing, and T. L. Brewer. The top two vote getters in the primary will be on the general election ballot.

All seven seats on the Council are up for election this year, but only two of them had more than two candidates and were on the primary ballot as a result.

District 2 had nine candidates, including incumbent Juanita Johnson, Tyrone Eure, LaVonya Goodwin, Ben Gray, Maurice Jones, William King, Michael A. Lee Jr., Anthony Rogers-Wright and Cheryl Weston.

District 4 had four candidates, including incumbent Ron Hug, Andrew Adams, Gilbert Ayala and Jonathan Renteria.

Candidates who automatically advanced to the general election in contested races include Pete Festersen and Mark Brannen for the District 1 seat, Danny Begley and Michael Pilypaitis for the District 3 seat, Aimee Melton and Tim Carter for the District 7 seat.

District 5 representative Don Rowe and District 6 representative Brinker Harding are both running unopposed.