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2024
2025 Omaha elections
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Election dates
Filing deadline: February 18, 2025 (city council incumbents);
March 3, 2025 (city council non-incumbents)
Primary election: April 1, 2025
General election: May 13, 2025
Election stats
Offices up: Mayor and city council
Total seats up: 8 (click here for mayoral elections)
Other municipal elections
U.S. municipal elections, 2025

The city of Omaha, Nebraska, held general elections for mayor and city council on May 13, 2025. A primary was scheduled for April 1, 2025. The filing deadline for city council incumbents was February 18, 2025, and the filing deadline for non-incumbent city council candidates was March 3, 2025.

Click here to learn more about the city's mayoral election.

Elections

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Candidates and results

City council

General election

Omaha City Council general election

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
  • Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
Office Candidates
District 1

Green check mark transparent.pngPete Festersen (i)
Mark Brannen  Candidate Connection
District 2

Green check mark transparent.pngLaVonya Goodwin 
Ben Gray 
District 3

Green check mark transparent.pngDanny Begley (i)
Michael Pilypaitis  Candidate Connection
District 4

Green check mark transparent.pngRon Hug (i)
Andrew Adams 
District 5

Green check mark transparent.pngDon Rowe (i)
District 6

Green check mark transparent.pngBrinker Harding (i)
District 7

Green check mark transparent.pngAimee Melton (i)
Tim Carter  Candidate Connection

Primary

Omaha City Council primary

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
  • Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
Office Candidates
District 1

Green check mark transparent.pngPete Festersen (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngMark Brannen  Candidate Connection
District 2

Juanita Johnson (i)
Tyrone Eure 
Green check mark transparent.pngLaVonya Goodwin 
Green check mark transparent.pngBen Gray 
Maurice Jones 
William King 
Michael A. Lee Jr. 
Anthony Rogers-Wright 
Cheryl Weston 
District 3

Green check mark transparent.pngDanny Begley (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngMichael Pilypaitis  Candidate Connection
District 4

Green check mark transparent.pngRon Hug (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngAndrew Adams 
Gilbert Ayala 
Jonathan Renteria 
District 5

Green check mark transparent.pngDon Rowe (i)
District 6

Green check mark transparent.pngBrinker Harding (i)
District 7

Green check mark transparent.pngAimee Melton (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngTim Carter  Candidate Connection


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About the city

See also: Omaha, Nebraska

Omaha is a city in Douglas County, Nebraska. As of 2020, its population was 486,051.

City government

See also: Mayor-council government

The city of Omaha uses a strong mayor and city council system. In this form of municipal government, the city council serves as the city's primary legislative body while the mayor serves as the city's chief executive.[1]

Demographics

The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.

Demographic Data for Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha Nebraska
Population 486,051 1,961,504
Land area (sq mi) 142 76,817
Race and ethnicity**
White 75.5% 85.3%
Black/African American 12.1% 4.8%
Asian 4% 2.5%
Native American 0.5% 0.9%
Pacific Islander 0% 0.1%
Other (single race) N/A 2.5%
Multiple 5% 3.9%
Hispanic/Latino 14.1% 11.2%
Education
High school graduation rate 89.8% 91.6%
College graduation rate 38.3% 32.5%
Income
Median household income $62,213 $63,015
Persons below poverty level 12% 10.4%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


See also

Omaha, Nebraska Nebraska Municipal government Other local coverage
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