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Aimee Melton
Aimee Melton is a member of the Omaha City Council in Nebraska, representing District 7. She assumed office in 2013. Her current term ends in 2029.
Melton ran for re-election to the Omaha City Council to represent District 7 in Nebraska. She won in the general election on May 13, 2025.
Biography
Melton earned her bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Nebraska-Omaha. She later received her J.D. from the Creighton University School of Law. She is an attorney.[1]
Elections
2025
See also: City elections in Omaha, Nebraska (2025)
General election
General election for Omaha City Council District 7
Incumbent Aimee Melton defeated Tim Carter in the general election for Omaha City Council District 7 on May 13, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Aimee Melton (Nonpartisan) | 54.0 | 8,506 |
 | Tim Carter (Nonpartisan)  | 45.8 | 7,206 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 34 | ||
| Total votes: 15,746 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Omaha City Council District 7
Incumbent Aimee Melton and Tim Carter advanced from the primary for Omaha City Council District 7 on April 1, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Aimee Melton (Nonpartisan) | 60.9 | 7,416 |
| ✔ | | Tim Carter (Nonpartisan) | 38.7 | 4,709 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 50 | ||
| Total votes: 12,175 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Melton in this election.
2021
See also: City elections in Omaha, Nebraska (2021)
General election
General election for Omaha City Council District 7
Incumbent Aimee Melton defeated Sara Kohen in the general election for Omaha City Council District 7 on May 11, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Aimee Melton (Nonpartisan) | 51.2 | 8,962 |
 | Sara Kohen (Nonpartisan) | 48.6 | 8,503 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 37 | ||
| Total votes: 17,502 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Omaha City Council District 7
Incumbent Aimee Melton and Sara Kohen advanced from the primary for Omaha City Council District 7 on April 6, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Aimee Melton (Nonpartisan) | 50.1 | 7,121 |
| ✔ | | Sara Kohen (Nonpartisan) | 49.7 | 7,068 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 31 | ||
| Total votes: 14,220 | |||
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2017
Incumbent Aimee Melton defeated Brian Thommes in the general election for District 7 on the Omaha City Council.[2]
| Omaha City Council, District 7 General Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Aimee Melton Incumbent |
64.78% | 9,657 |
| Brian Thommes | 34.82% | 5,190 |
| Write-in votes | 0.4% | 60 |
| Total Votes | 14,907 | |
| Source: Douglas County Election Commission, "Official Results," accessed June 28, 2017 | ||
Incumbent Aimee Melton and Brian Thommes were unopposed in the primary election for District 7 on the Omaha City Council.[2]
| Omaha City Council, District 7 Primary Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Aimee Melton Incumbent |
68.14% | 5,491 |
| Brian Thommes |
31.35% | 2,526 |
| Write-in votes | 0.51% | 41 |
| Total Votes | 8,058 | |
| Source: Douglas County Election Commission, "Official Results," accessed April 25, 2017 | ||
Endorsements
Melton received an endorsement from the Omaha World-Herald on May 2, 2017.[3]
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Aimee Melton did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
2021
Aimee Melton did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Melton was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Nebraska. All 36 delegates from Nebraska were bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[4] As of July 13, 2016, Trump had approximately 1,542 delegates. The winner of the Republican nomination needed the support of 1,237 delegates. Trump formally won the nomination on July 19, 2016.
Delegate rules
Delegates from Nebraska to the Republican National Convention were elected at a state convention in May 2016. Donald Trump won all 36 Nebraska delegates in the state primary election on May 10, 2016. Delegates from Nebraska were bound for the first two ballots at the national convention unless the candidate to whom they were pledged released them or received less than 35 percent of the vote on the first ballot.
Nebraska primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Nebraska, 2016
| Nebraska Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
|
Donald Trump |
61.5% | 122,327 | 36 | |
| Ted Cruz | 18.4% | 36,703 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 11.4% | 22,709 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 3.6% | 7,233 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 5% | 10,016 | 0 | |
| Totals | 198,988 | 36 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and Nebraska Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
Nebraska had 36 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, nine were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's three congressional districts). Nebraska's district delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the plurality winner of the statewide primary vote received all of the state's district delegates.[5][6]
Of the remaining 27 delegates, 24 served at large. Nebraska's at-large delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the plurality winner of the statewide primary vote received all of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.[5][6]
See also
2025 Elections
External links
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Candidate Omaha City Council District 7 |
Officeholder Omaha City Council District 7 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ City of Omaha City Council, "Aimee Melton," accessed March 6, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Douglas County Election Commission, "Candidate Information," accessed February 28, 2017
- ↑ Omaha World-Herald, "Editorial: Our choices for Omaha City Council," May 2, 2017
- ↑ Lincoln Journal Star, "Nebraska GOP selects convention delegates," May 19, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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