DOUGLAS COUNTY

ELECTION COMMISSION

NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION

 

Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, the 14th of May, 2024 at the usual polling places in the election precincts of Douglas County, Nebraska, a primary election will be held. The polls will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Said election will be for nominating or electing candidates for various offices. All races will not appear on every primary election ballot as the candidates are nominated or elected by specific subdivisions, districts, or wards. The following is a list of all offices, candidates, and issues that will appear on the primary ballots and a list of offices and candidates that will be automatically forwarded to the general ballot.

 

Offices and Candidates Appearing on the Primary Ballot

 

For President Of The United States (Partisan)

 

Nikki Haley (Republican)

Perry Johnson (Republican)

Donald J. Trump (Republican)

Joseph R. Biden Jr. (Democratic)

Dean Phillips (Democratic)

Charles Ballay (Libertarian)

Jacob Hornberger (Libertarian)

Lars Mapstead (Libertarian)

Chase Russell Oliver (Libertarian)

Michael Rectenwald (Libertarian)

Mike ter Maat (Libertarian)

 

For United States Senator (Partisan)

 

Deb Fischer (Republican)

Arron Kowalski (Republican)

Kenneth Peterson (Legal Marijuana NOW)

Kerry Eddy (Legal Marijuana NOW)

 

For United States Senator -

Two-Year Term (Partisan)

 

Pete Ricketts (Republican)

John Glen Weaver (Republican)

Mac Stevens (Republican)

Preston Love Jr. (Democratic)

 

For U.S. House Of Representatives - District Two (Partisan)

 

Dan Frei (Republican)

Don Bacon (Republican)

Tony Vargas (Democratic)

 

For Public Service Commissioner - District Three (Partisan)

 

Tim Schram (Republican)

 

For Douglas County Commissioner - District Five (Partisan)

 

Kenneth L. Anderson (Republican)

Sean Kelly (Republican)

 

For Legislature - District Five (Nonpartisan)

 

Flint Harkness

Margo R. Juarez

Gilbert Ayala

 

For Legislature - District Seven (Nonpartisan)

 

Christopher N. Geary

Dunixi Guereca

Tim C. Pendrell

Ben Salazar

 

For Legislature - District Nine (Nonpartisan)

 

Julia K. Palzer

John Cavanaugh Jr.

 

For Legislature - District Eleven (Nonpartisan)

 

Terrell McKinney

Calandra Cooper

Ernie Chambers

 

For Legislature - District Thirteen (Nonpartisan)

 

Tracy Hightower-Henne

Nick Batter

Ashlei Spivey

Matthew Clough

 

For Legislature - District Fifteen (Nonpartisan)

 

Dave Wordekemper

Anthony D. Hanson

Roxie Kracl

Scott Thomas

Peter Mayberry

 

For Legislature - District Thirty-One

(Nonpartisan)

 

Kathleen Kauth

Mary Ann Folchert

 

For Legislature - District Thirty-Nine (Nonpartisan)

 

Tony Sorrentino

Allison Heimes

 

For State Board Of Education -

District Three (Nonpartisan)

 

Lisa Schonhoff

Bill McAllister

 

For State Board Of Education -

District Four (Nonpartisan)

 

Stacy Matula

Liz Renner

LeDonna White Griffin

 

For Board Of Regents -

University Of Nebraska - District Four (Nonpartisan)

 

Elizabeth R. O’Connor

Jim Rogers

 

For Board Of Regents -

University Of Nebraska - District Eight (Nonpartisan)

 

Barbara Weitz

Zachary Mellender

 

For Coordinating Council -

Learning Community - District Two (Nonpartisan)

 

Sharnelle Shelton

Carol Hahn

 

For Coordinating Council -

Learning Community - District Four (Nonpartisan)

 

Angie Miller

Stephen Bloom

Brooktynn Blood

Raquel Dixon Rodriguez

 

For Board Of Directors - Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District - Subdistrict One

(Nonpartisan)

 

Rodney Storm

Dan Conway

Shawn Mohr Melotz

Van Harman

 

For Board Of Directors -

Metropolitan Utilities District - Of Omaha - Subdivision One (Nonpartisan)

 

Jim Begley

 

For Board Of Directors -

Metropolitan Utilities District - Of Omaha - Subdivision Two (Nonpartisan)

 

Dennis J. Madsen

David Friend

Patrick M. Brennan

 

For Board Of Directors -

Omaha Public Power District - Subdivision Eight (Nonpartisan)

 

Mike Cavanaugh

Tyler Sondag

Morgan Rye-Craft

 

For Board Of Directors -

Regional Metropolitan Transit Board -

Of Omaha - District One -

Two-Year Term

(Nonpartisan)

 

Douglas Ignowski

Cornelius Williams

Antonio L. Bradshaw

 

For Board Of Directors -

Regional Metropolitan Transit Board -

Of Omaha - District Two (Nonpartisan)

 

Rose Kohl

William King

Clarice Dombeck

David Levy

 

For Board Of Directors -

Regional Metropolitan Transit Board -

Of Omaha - District Three -

Two-Year Term (Nonpartisan)

 

John G. Sullivan

Andrew Adams

Yanira Garcia

 

For Board Of Directors -

Regional Metropolitan Transit Board -

Of Omaha - District Four (Nonpartisan)

 

Mark V. Holst

Daniel Padilla

Scott Dobbe

Ben Cass

 

For Board Of Directors -

Regional Metropolitan Transit Board -

Of Omaha - District Five -

Two-Year Term (Nonpartisan)

 

Josh Corrigan

John McCann

 

For Board Of Directors -

Regional Metropolitan Transit Board -

Of Omaha - District Six (Nonpartisan)

 

Curt Simon

 

For Board Of Directors -

Regional Metropolitan Transit Board -

Of Omaha - District Seven -

Two-Year Term (Nonpartisan)

 

Tim Lonergan

 

For Valley Mayor (Nonpartisan)

 

Cindy Grove

Jim Thiessen Jr.

Jim Boucher

 

For Valley City Council (Nonpartisan)

 

Wendy Deane

Chris TenEyck

Linda Bogatz

Randy Egbarts

Jason Foster

Jake Lewis

Megan Fellner

Melanie Hayden

 

For Board Of Education -

Douglas County West Community Schools #15 (Nonpartisan)

 

Bill Koile Jr.

Luke Janke

Liz Mayer

James Wurtz

Marjorie Lochmiller

Ryan Moss

Cole Groteluschen

 

For Board Of Education -

Omaha Public Schools - Subdistrict Five (Nonpartisan)

 

Gini Magnuson

Spencer Head

Andrew Finch

 

For Board Of Education -

Westside Community Schools #66 (Nonpartisan)

 

Sarah Rider

Meagan Van Gelder

 

Issue(s) Appearing on the Primary Ballot

 

Special City Of Omaha Election

Charter Amendment 1

 

Shall Section 2.15 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of Omaha, which describes the process for granting, extending, changing or modifying the terms of franchises within the City of Omaha be removed, all as provided in the Notice of Election?

 

Special City Of Omaha Election

Charter Amendment 2

 

Shall Section 3.12 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of Omaha be amended to add stormwater management to the list of functions and programs assigned to the Public Works Department, all as provided in the Notice of Election?

 

Special City Of Omaha Election

Charter Amendment 3

 

Shall Article V. Finance of the Home Rule Charter of the City of Omaha be amended to change language in Section 5.21 concerning the disposal of personal property from the Purchasing Division and Purchasing Agent to the Finance Department and Finance Director and to change language in Section 5.23 to provide that the City Treasurer is a classified employee hired through the competitive testing process, all as provided in the Notice of Election?

 

Special City Of Omaha Election

Charter Amendment 4

 

Shall Section 8.13 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of Omaha be amended to establish the process to provide for an Acting Mayor in the event that a public disaster results in the death or disability of the Mayor and the entire City Council, all as provided in the Notice of Election?

 

Special City Of Omaha Election

Charter Amendment 5

 

Shall Section 8.15 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of Omaha be amended to make clear that the members of a Charter Study Convention must be at least 18 years old and a resident of the city for six months at the time of their appointment, all as provided in the Notice of Election?

 

Special City Of Omaha Election

Charter Amendment 6

 

Shall Section 5.17 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of Omaha be amended to increase the monetary amount for contracts which require City Council action from $20,000 to $50,000, all as provided in the Notice of Election?

 

Offices and Candidates Automatically Forwarded to the General Election Ballot

 

For Douglas County Clerk (Partisan)

 

Dan Esch (Democratic)

 

For Douglas County Commissioner - District One (Partisan)

 

Roger Garcia (Democratic)

 

For Douglas County Commissioner - District Three (Partisan)

 

Chris Rodgers (Democratic)

 

For Douglas County Commissioner - District Five (Partisan)

 

Brian J. Fahey (Democratic)

 

For Douglas County Commissioner - District Seven (Partisan)

 

Mike Friend (Republican)

 

For Douglas County Public Defender (Partisan)

 

Tom Riley (Democratic)

 

For Board Of Governors -

Metropolitan Community College - District One (Nonpartisan)

 

Linda L. McDermitt

 

For Board Of Governors -

Metropolitan Community College - District Two (Nonpartisan)

 

Brad Ashby

Jessica Powell

 

For Board Of Governors -

Metropolitan Community College - District Three (Nonpartisan)

 

Adam Gotschall

Lynae Tucker-Chellew

 

For Board Of Governors -

Metropolitan Community College - District Four (Nonpartisan)

 

Zach Reinhardt

 

For Board Of Directors - Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District - Subdistrict Three (Nonpartisan)

 

Larry Bradley

Grant Melotz

 

For Board Of Directors - Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District - Subdistrict Five (Nonpartisan)

 

Rich Tesar

 

For Board Of Directors - Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District - Subdistrict Seven (Nonpartisan)

 

Brian Adams

Sheila Korth

 

For Board Of Directors - Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District - Subdistrict Nine (Nonpartisan)

 

Pat Bonnett

Anne M. Hubbard

 

For Board Of Directors -

Omaha Public Power District - Subdivision Six (Nonpartisan)

 

Eric Williams

 

For Board Of Directors -

Omaha Public Power District - Subdivision Seven (Nonpartisan)

 

John Hudson

 

For Bennington Mayor (Nonpartisan)

 

Clint Adams

 

For Ralston Mayor (Nonpartisan)

 

Donald A. Groesser

Blake A. Tomlin

 

For Bennington City Council - Ward One (Nonpartisan)

 

No candidates filed for this office.

 

For Bennington City Council - Ward Two

(Nonpartisan)

 

Rob Hamilton

 

For Ralston City Council - Ward One

(Nonpartisan)

 

Scott Olsen

Timothy Brousek

 

For Ralston City Council - Ward Two (Nonpartisan)

 

Bradley Ryan

Mark Krzemien

 

For Ralston City Council - Ward Six (Nonpartisan)

 

Ben Preis

 

For Board Of Education -

Arlington Public Schools #24 (Nonpartisan)

 

Gene Scrivner

Chase Kratochvil

Shanon Willmott

Steve Slykhuis

 

For Board Of Education -

Bennington Public Schools #59 (Nonpartisan)

 

Allyson Slobotski

Tim W. Dreessen

Joe Pick

Brittany Cameron

Tyler W. McGlade

Tracee Baker

 

For Board Of Education -

Elkhorn Public Schools #10 (Nonpartisan)

 

Renee Vokt

Scot Ringenberg

Brett Elliott

Jennifer Shatel

 

For Board Of Education - Fort Calhoun Community Schools #3 (Nonpartisan)

 

Joshua Christensen

Ryan J. Sevcik

Tony Dowling

 

For Board Of Education -

Fremont Public Schools #1 (Nonpartisan)

 

Todd Hansen

Pamela S. Murphy

Jon C. Ludvigsen

Steven Hansen

 

For Board Of Education -

Gretna Public Schools #37 (Nonpartisan)

 

Dawn M. Stock

Kyle Janssen

Rick Hollendieck

Spencer Lombardo

Kyle Johnson

Christopher Conroy

 

For Board Of Education -

Millard Public Schools #17 (Nonpartisan)

 

Allison Kinney-Walker

Linda Poole

Amanda McGill Johnson

Knut Haasch

Jennifer Meyer

Justin Curtis

 

For Board Of Education -

Omaha Public Schools - Subdistrict One (Nonpartisan)

 

Ricky Smith

 

For Board Of Education -

Omaha Public Schools - Subdistrict Three (Nonpartisan)

 

Nick Thielen

Paul Anderson

 

For Board Of Education -

Omaha Public Schools - Subdistrict Seven (Nonpartisan)

 

Jane Erdenberger

 

For Board Of Education -

Omaha Public Schools - Subdistrict Nine (Nonpartisan)

 

Erik Servellon

Kimara Snipes

 

For Board Of Education -

Ralston Public Schools #54 (Nonpartisan)

 

Katie Krause

Robin Richards

Samantha Willey

 

Dated this 29th day of March, 2024.

 

Brian W. Kruse

Douglas County Election Commissioner

 

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Notice of Public Meeting of the

Douglas County Board of Equalization, the Douglas County Board of Corrections, and the Douglas County Board of Commissioners

 

Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, the Douglas County Board of Equalization, the Douglas County Board of Corrections, and the Douglas County Board of Commissioners will meet consecutively beginning at 9:00 a.m. The meetings will be held at the Omaha-Douglas Civic Center, 1819 Farnam, Legislative Chamber, Omaha, NE. The meetings will be open to the general public.

A list of applications from organizations seeking tax exemption, descriptions of the property, and recommendations of the Douglas County Assessor/Register of Deeds, to be heard by the Douglas County Board of Equalization on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, are available in the Douglas County Assessor/Register of Deeds office.

The meeting agendas, kept continually current, are readily available for public inspection in the Commissioners’ Office in the Civic Center during normal business hours. Also available for public inspection will be any corresponding documentation that is provided to the Commissioners’ Office prior to the weekly County Board meeting. Except for items of an emergency nature, the agendas shall not be enlarged later than 24 hours before the scheduled meeting commencement. The Board has the right to modify its agenda to include items of an emergency nature only when the meeting is in session.

Committee meetings scheduled for the month will be listed on the County’s website at www.douglascounty-ne.gov and on the County Board Agenda.

 

Join the Board Meeting via Zoom:

https://zoom.us/j/94512986711?pwd=YU1NUnJwN1ZnZ2RIdDhlSDZGZVcyZz09

Meeting ID: 945 1298 6711

Passcode: 187214

- OR -

Dial 312 626 6799

Meeting ID: 945 1298 6711

Passcode: 187214

 

Roger Garcia

Chair, Board of County Commissioners

 

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