OMAHA- Incumbent Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert and Douglas County Treasurer John Ewing easily advanced Tuesday to next month’s general election for mayor. Despite outspending Ewing by hundreds of thousands of dollars, former State Sen. Mike McDonnell finished a distant third after angering key parts of both major political parties. The Nebraska Democratic Party censured the then-Democrat last year for casting the critical vote to pass new restrictions on abortion and transgender health care. He also angered the right by withholding his vote for shifting Nebraska to winner-take-all in presidential elections after joining the Nebraska Republican Party.

Stothert is seeking a fourth term as the city’s top elected official, a record in the modern era. She has emphasized her record of results, including changes to make downtown Omaha more appealing and encouraging redeveloping parts of the city that had lagged. While the mayor’s race is nonpartisan, local parties have campaigned for central candidates.

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