OMAHA- If you’re following the money this election season in the Nebraska Legislature, take a look at District 31 in southwest Omaha. Through the Oct. 1 reporting period, incumbent Kathleen Kauth and her challenger, Mary Ann Folchert, had collectively raked in more than $491,000 in campaign contributions to win the nonpartisan seat representing the Millard area. They had already spent more than $381,000.

Kauth might seem to have an edge in the district, where registered Republicans outnumber Democrats 46% to 27%, with 26% registered as nonpartisan. However, Democrat Rick Kolowski held the seat from 2013 to 2021 and general elections in District 31 have traditionally been tight. “I wouldn’t count either of them out,” said Paul Landow, an emeritus political science professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

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