2017 Omaha mayoral election

2017 Omaha mayoral election

May 9, 2017 (2017-05-09)

Candidate Jean Stothert Heath Mello Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 51,413 44,977 Percentage 53.23% 46.56%

Results by city council district: Stothert:   60–70% Mello:   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%

Mayor before election Jean Stothert Republican Elected mayor Jean Stothert Republican

Stothert celebrating her victory

The 2017 Omaha mayoral election was held on May 9, 2017. Incumbent Mayor Jean Stothert won re-election to a second term in office.

The position of mayor in Omaha is officially a non-partisan position. A blanket primary was held on April 4, 2017. The top two finishers in the primary, Jean Stothert and Heath Mello, moved on to the general election.

Alongside the mayor, the Omaha City Council was up for re-election. It is also officially non-partisan. However, it remained controlled by a Democratic majority, as only district 7 has a general election between a Democrat and a Republican. Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 remained Democratic whereas districts 5 and 6 remained Republican. The incumbent Republican in district 7 was re-elected as well.

Primary election

Candidates

• Christopher N. Geary (Voter registration: Independent)
• Heath Mello, former State Senator (Voter registration: Democratic)
• Ean Mikale (Voter registration: Democratic)
• Taylor Royal (Voter registration: Republican)
• Jean Stothert, incumbent Mayor (Voter registration: Republican)

Omaha mayoral primary results, April 4, 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jean Stothert (incumbent)	25,501	43.71%
	Democratic	Heath Mello	24,155	41.40%
	Republican	Taylor Royal	6,289	10.78%
	Democratic	Ean Mikale	1,781	3.05%
	Nonpartisan	Christopher N. Geary	547	0.94%
	Nonpartisan	Write-in	67	0.11%
Total votes			58,784	100.00%

General election

Candidates

• Heath Mello, former State Legislator
• Jean Stothert, incumbent Mayor

Omaha mayoral election results, May 9, 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jean Stothert (incumbent)	51,413	53.23%
	Democratic	Heath Mello	44,977	46.56%
	Write-in		203	0.21%
Total votes			96,593	100.00%
	Republican hold

Results by city council district

District	Jean Stothert Republican		Heath Mello Democratic		Total
	#	%	#	%
1	7,386	46.86%	8,375	53.13%	15,751
2	2,388	28.59%	4,433	71.40%	8,352
3	5,209	38.63%	8,275	61.36%	13,484
4	4,122	49.17%	4,261	50.82%	8,383
5	10,312	65.23%	5,495	34.76%	15,807
6	12,609	65.31%	6,696	34.68%	19,305
7	9,387	61.36%	5,911	38.63%	15,298