Photo gallery: Scenes from Election Day
Nebraska Examiner reporters and student journalists from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and University of Nebraska Omaha captured these moments from election events Tuesday.
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Republicans sweep State Board of Education races; nonpartisans win 2 NU Regents seats
LINCOLN — Nebraskans chose five new faces for the State Board of Education and University of Nebraska Board of Regents in seven races across the state Tuesday. Conservatives are on the verge of flipping a key seat and shifting the ideologically 4-4 State Board of Education red. The NU Board of Regents is set to shift
Trump accepts the blue tsunami, despite months of election legal battles, threats
Ahead of the midterms, Democrats wargamed dozens of scenarios looking at how President Donald Trump might try to undermine the election, everything from seizing voting machines to falsely declaring a foreign attack. But when the blue tsunami arrived Tuesday night, Trump seemed to let it wash right over him. In a…
Nebraska Legislature Republican supermajority will end; Democrats could pick up three seats
OMAHA — A 33-seat Republican supermajority in the Nebraska Legislature will end come 2027 as Democrats and a Democratic-endorsed nonpartisan led in three key districts by Wednesday afternoon. Twenty-five seats were before voters Tuesday, including a special election for a two-year term in the officially nonpartisan…
US Rep. Mike Flood narrowly wins reelection in 1st District House race
LINCOLN — Though results were too close to call Tuesday night, U.S. Rep. Mike Flood celebrated a narrow victory in his bid for reelection representing Nebraska’s 1st Congressional District Wednesday morning. Flood said the race was called in his favor moments before a press conference at the Nebraska Republican Party…
Walz concedes Nebraska governor’s race to Gov. Jim Pillen
FREMONT, Neb. — Former Democratic state Sen. Lynne Walz conceded the governor’s race shortly after 9:30 a.m. Wednesday to Republican Gov. Jim Pillen. Walz, in a statement, said she called Pillen “to congratulate him on a hard-fought campaign and wish him well as he continues to serve Nebraska.” She gave a Republican…
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen wins reelection
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen won reelection Tuesday in a winding year that gave a Republican gubernatorial candidate their toughest run since the 1990s.
Pete Ricketts defeats Dan Osborn in bitter Nebraska Senate race
Nebraska Sen. Pete Ricketts declares victory over registered nonpartisan Dan Osborn in the bitter Senate race.