OMAHA- Omaha voters chose experience over change Tuesday as they delivered Mayor Jean Stothert with a decisive reelection victory over challenger RJ Neary. In 2013, Stothert became the first woman to serve as Omaha's mayor who now has 4 more years to oversee projects she began including fixing city streets, and completion of riverfront parks and redevelopments. She is the only mayor to be elected to three terms in modern Omaha history.

During her victory speech, she said her overwhelming victory validated the work she had done over her previous two years.

Stothert thanked Neary and his family for the work they’ve done to make Omaha a better place, saying his “experience, his passion, and his ideas made him a very worthy candidate.”

She also has clear goals for her next term, saying guiding Omaha through the pandemic and handling the health, economic and social effects that have come with it. She also wants to improve the OPD after hearing concerns following the summer of social justice and racial equity protests in 2020.

Gov. Pete Ricketts and his predecessor Dave Heineman both attended Stothert's victory party and offered their praises of the incumbent. Ricketts said she is the best mayor in the country followed by Heineman saying she is well-respected and puts all people of Omaha first.

Said Stothert: “Ours will be an even more inclusive city, one that welcomes everyone and where everyone feels at home.”

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