LINCOLN CITY MAYOR
VOTE FOR 1
Ken Svoboda. . . . . . . . . . 23,958 48.88
Chris Beutler . . . . . . . . . 24,803 50.60
James Bryan Wilson . . . . . . . 12 .02
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 240 .48
Beutler ran a strong campaign, despite an unpopular Democratic mayor, he was able to be the candidate for change. It didn’t hurt that his opponent was a city hall veteran who only campaigned on his party label.
Nebraskans have long been able to look past the party to vote for the better candidate. This is another example of that progress.
The news was not all good for Democrats tonight, as a Democratic incumbent lost her seat on the city council, swinging it to Republican control. Svoboda, unfortunately, isn’t going anywhere. He’ll be on the city council for at least another two years.