A first-time voter in Lancaster County, Nebraska, only placed a single ballot in a drop box, county officials and police said, and was not a “ballot mule” submitting multiple votes as alleged by social media users.
The latest batch of votes counted in Douglas County narrowly extended the lead for one legislative candidate in a northeast Omaha race. But the final outcome for that race and two others, in Grand Island and Bellevue,
A top Democratic dark money group poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into an unsuccessful effort to oust Sen. Deb Fischer (D-NE), records show.
Nebraskans passed medical marijuana legalization, solidified the state’s 12-week abortion ban in the constitution, implemented paid sick leave for workers, and repealed a voucher program for private schools on Election Day.
In a competitive race between independent Dan Osborn and Republican Sen. Deb Fischer, the incumbent won re-election.
Voters in Nebraska head to the polls on Election Day to cast their votes in the presidential race as well as several down-ballot races for U.S. Senate and House. At stake are the state's five electoral votes, two of which are awarded to the statewide popular vote winner and the other three awarded by district.
Nebraska voters approved a ballot measure to write the state’s current 12-week abortion ban into the state constitution. It also allows for a stricter ban to be imposed.
Forty-eight states and Washington, D.C., award all their presidential electoral votes to the candidate who wins statewide. And then there’s Nebraska and Maine.
In September, Bacon announced an endorsement from Ann Ashford, the wife of late former Democratic Rep. Brad Ashford, who lost his seat to Bacon in 2016. A little over a month later, Vargas brought forward his own slate of Republican voters who supported him.
Former President Trump is projected to win four out of five of Nebraska’s electoral votes, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ. Nebraska is one of two states that does not use a
Senator Deb Fischer, the two-term Republican from Nebraska, survived a dark horse challenge from Dan Osborn, a mechanic and labor leader who ran as an independent.