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How did John Ewing dramatically flip the script and unseat Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert? Henry Cordes breaks it all down.
Wreckage of a fallen smokestack at the Salt Basin west of town was cleared away. Wind had blown down the stack several weeks earlier. At the same time, work ...
Douglas County Treasurer John Ewing Jr. became the first Democrat to lead the largest city in Nebraska in roughly a decade.
How Democrats Crushed a Despicable Anti-Trans Campaign and Won a Major Election The supposedly unbeatable Republican mayor of ...
The special election in Harvard to recall the mayor on June 10 has been canceled, according to the City’s Facebook page.
John Ewing Jr. becomes the first Black mayor of Omaha, Nebraska, by defeating three-term incumbent Republican Mayor Jean Stothert.
Nebraska politicians are still reeling from Omaha's mayoral election Tuesday night, where three-term GOP incumbent Jean ...
Democrat John Ewing is one of a handful of candidates outperforming nationally for Democrats, offering Republicans a warning ...
Today, we are leading off with some observations from Omaha’s recent mayoral election. The city makes up the better part of Nebraska’s 2nd District, a rare Kamala Harris-won but GOP-held district that ...
John Ewing is making history as Omaha’s first elected Black mayor. Experts believe that outcome was influenced a lot by Nebraska’s “blue dot.” ...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen said at the Republican watch party that Mayor Jean Stothert should've won in a "slam dunk," but not enough people showed up to vote.
Omaha is considered a blue dot in the red state of Nebraska and now the city will have a new Democratic mayor. John Ewing, Jr., ousted a Republican incumbent and will be the first Black mayor.