Re: Life in Post Democracy Era: The Trump 2/Elon Dictatatorship
Posted: Tue May 13, 2025 8:09 pm
Wow, not only went Dem, but went to a black guy...you know things are bad for the GOP now. However, I can't find any info on why they're having a special election, anyone know more about that?Douglas County, Neb., Treasurer John Ewing Jr. (D) has ousted incumbent Republican Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert in the latest victory for Democrats during President Trump’s second term, Decision Desk HQ projects.
Ewing, who is also a former deputy chief of police for Omaha, will become the city’s first Black mayor. He denied Stothert a chance at an unprecedented fourth consecutive term in office in an election that was officially nonpartisan but featured a Democrat and a Republican facing off against each other.
The city hasn’t had a Democratic mayor since 2013, when then-incumbent Jim Suttle lost his reelection bid for a second term to Stothert, Omaha’s first female mayor, who has enjoyed comfortable electoral victories since then. Her closest race was in 2017, when she won by just less than 6 points.
Edit: They just have weird, off year mayoral election. This was a normal, general election.