OMAHA- Two democrats will be competing on Nov. 3rd to represent Omaha's legislative District 9. Marque Snow and John Cavanaugh both have strong name recognition. Snow is the president of the OPS board and Cavanaugh comes from a family of politicians. Cavanaugh is an attorney and works as a public defender. Snow is a consultant for the Holland's Children's Institute and Holland Children's Movement.

The candidates have similar views on education, legalizing marijuana and expanding gambling so that the money lost in property tax cuts can be replenished by these other sources.

Cavanaugh won the primary by 5.5 percentage points, district 9 covers much of Omaha east of 72nd Street. Whoever wins this race will be replacing Sen. Sara Howard, who has reached her term limits.

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