LINCOLN — A recount Wednesday did not alter the outcome of the primary race for an Omaha-area legislative district, while a second recount for a different district was called off before it started.

Recounts in both districts were between the second- and third-place finishers with the second-place finisher advancing to the primary election in November.

No changes came from the recount in the results of the race for Legislative District 18, encompassing Bennington and portions of northwest Omaha, according to the Douglas County Election Commission Wednesday, June 8. Christy Armendariz still held a 20-vote lead over Clarice Jackson, the third-place finisher.

Armendariz, a Republican, will face Democrat Michael Young, the first-place finisher in the general election. After nearly a month-long wait, Armendariz said she was happy to be moving on to the general election.

“(I’m) just glad that it’s finally over,” Armendariz said.

The recount in Legislative District 22, which encompasses Platte County and the western third of Stanton County, was never completed. An official with the Nebraska Secretary of State's Office said the third-place candidate, Mike Goos, waved the recount Tuesday night.

Second-place finisher, Roy Zach, held a 56-vote lead over Goos and will now face off against incumbent Sen. Mike Moser in November. Moser came in first in the primary after receiving just over 76% of the vote.

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