Jean Stothert recall, Omaha, Nebraska (2023)
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An effort to recall Mayor Jean Stothert did not go to a vote in Omaha, Nebraska.[1]
Stothert was elected as mayor of Omaha in 2013. She was re-elected in 2017 and 2021.
Recall supporters
The recall's principal circulator was Jonathan Renteria, who said that the recall was initiated over a "failure to repeal the restaurant tax, political opportunism in convening a faux charter convention reducing the number of charter convention members from 25 to 15, all while attempting to increase the cash reserve slush fund from 8% to 12%."[2]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Nebraska
No specific grounds are required for recall in Nebraska.[3] The number of signatures required to put the recall on the ballot depends on the office type. A majority of offices require signatures equal to 35% of the total vote cast for that office in the last general election.[4] Petition signatures must be filed within 30 days of the filing clerk issuing the petitions.[5]
Petitions in the recall effort against Stothert were submitted on July 3, 2023.[1] Organizers would have needed over 34,000 valid signatures to put the recall on the ballot.[6]
Election history
2021
See also: Mayoral election in Omaha, Nebraska (2021)
General election
General election for Mayor of Omaha
Incumbent Jean Stothert defeated RJ Neary in the general election for Mayor of Omaha on May 11, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jean Stothert (Nonpartisan) | 64.4 | 62,646 |
 | RJ Neary (Nonpartisan)  | 34.8 | 33,822 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.9 | 859 | ||
| Total votes: 97,327 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of Omaha
The following candidates ran in the primary for Mayor of Omaha on April 6, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jean Stothert (Nonpartisan) | 56.6 | 47,976 |
| ✔ | | RJ Neary (Nonpartisan) | 15.5 | 13,166 |
 | Jasmine Harris (Nonpartisan) | 14.2 | 12,002 | |
 | Kimara Snipes (Nonpartisan) | 8.8 | 7,472 | |
 | Mark Gudgel (Nonpartisan) | 4.8 | 4,087 | |
| Jerome Wallace Sr. (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 106 | ||
| Total votes: 84,809 | |||
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 WOWT, "Voter files recall petition against Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert," July 3, 2023
- ↑ KMTV, "Petition filed to recall Mayor Jean Stothert," July 4, 2023
- ↑ Nebraska Legislature, "Nebraska Revised Statute 32-1304," accessed May 27, 2021
- ↑ Nebraska Legislature, "Nebraska Revised Statute 32-1303," accessed October 16, 2023
- ↑ Nebraska Legislature, "Nebraska Revised Statute 32-1305," accessed October 16, 2023
- ↑ WOWT, "Douglas County election officials working to notify Stothert of recall petition," July 5, 2023
