Douglas County Treasurer John Ewing Jr. became the first Democrat to lead the largest city in Nebraska in roughly a decade.

Longtime Mayor Jean Stothert has conceded and congratulated John Ewing on his historic election as Omaha’s next mayor.

The three-term Republican mayor of Omaha, Nebraska, was ousted by a Democrat in an election upset on Tuesday night. Douglas County Treasurer John Ewing Jr., a Democrat and former deputy chief of ...

The Democrat's win over the city's three-term Republican mayor touched on national hot-button issues, a possible bellweather ...

Just 23 senators voted to shut off debate on a bill (LB677) that sought to enact rules and regulations for the medical ...

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.” ...

Reactions have poured in locally and nationally to the historic election of John Ewing as Omaha's first Black mayor.

Languages: English. You can reach Shane by emailing s.croucher@newsweek.com The three-term Republican mayor of Omaha, Nebraska, was ousted by a Democrat in an election upset on Tuesday night.

Robert Prevost was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. Nebraska leaders reacted ...

Stothert conceded the race late on May 13, ending over a decade of Republican leadership in a blue-leaning area of an otherwise solidly red state of Nebraska ... upon her 2013 election to the ...

Omaha’s first female mayor has conceded the city’s mayoral race to a man who is poised to become the community’s first Black ...

Voters in Omaha, Nebraska, have ousted three-term Republican Mayor Jean Stothert after she blanketed airwaves with anti-trans ...