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Maurice Jones (Nebraska)
Maurice Jones ran for election to the Omaha City Council to represent District 2 in Nebraska. Jones lost in the primary on April 1, 2025.
Elections
2025
See also: City elections in Omaha, Nebraska (2025)
General election
General election for Omaha City Council District 2
LaVonya Goodwin defeated Ben Gray in the general election for Omaha City Council District 2 on May 13, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | LaVonya Goodwin (Nonpartisan) | 59.0 | 5,262 |
 | Ben Gray (Nonpartisan) | 40.1 | 3,579 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 75 | ||
| Total votes: 8,916 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Omaha City Council District 2
The following candidates ran in the primary for Omaha City Council District 2 on April 1, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ben Gray (Nonpartisan) | 27.3 | 1,720 |
| ✔ | | LaVonya Goodwin (Nonpartisan) | 15.9 | 1,001 |
 | Juanita Johnson (Nonpartisan) | 15.5 | 974 | |
 | Maurice Jones (Nonpartisan) | 14.9 | 937 | |
| Michael A. Lee Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 8.6 | 540 | ||
| William King (Nonpartisan) | 7.3 | 457 | ||
| Cheryl Weston (Nonpartisan) | 5.3 | 336 | ||
| Anthony Rogers-Wright (Nonpartisan) | 3.1 | 197 | ||
| Tyrone Eure (Nonpartisan) | 1.7 | 106 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 35 | ||
| Total votes: 6,303 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Jones in this election.
2017
The following candidates ran in the primary election for District 2 on the Omaha City Council.[1]
| Omaha City Council, District 2 Primary Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Ben Gray Incumbent |
48.54% | 2,184 |
| Dennis Womack |
13.49% | 607 |
| Krystal Gabel | 10.27% | 462 |
| Tanya Cooper | 9.02% | 406 |
| Maurice Jones | 8.80% | 396 |
| Gwen Easter | 5.07% | 228 |
| Bradley Whitmore Jr. | 4.20% | 189 |
| Write-in votes | 0.6% | 27 |
| Total Votes | 4,499 | |
| Source: Douglas County Election Commission, "Official Results," accessed April 25, 2017 | ||
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Maurice Jones did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
2017
Jones' campaign website included the following themes:
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FOOD ACCESS JOB OPPORTUNITIES We can begin to regrow small business and entrepreneurship in North Omaha by supporting the dreams and ideas of our neighbors and meeting the needs of the community. If we were to increase funding for incubator programs for small business and communal ventures, we could potentially see a great increase in local job opportunities. SUITABLE HOUSING North Omaha has an abundance of opportunities to reinvest and explore housing methods to ensure people have a place to call home and are not left in the cold. For example, we could explore incentives for local repair businesses to help fix problems within homes at an affordable rate and prevent issues from becoming more dangerous and expensive. IMPROVE INFRASTRUCTURE We must work to improve our public transit to be more effective and reliable in addition to making our sidewalks and roads more accommodating for bicycles, wheelchairs, and other forms of mobility. Infrastructure rebuilding would also serve as an employment opportunity for local construction, demolition, engineering, and planning businesses. EDUCATION EXPLORATION Currently, teaching methods are limited by test scores and static standards. Our community needs school and training alternatives that help people find what they are passionate about, teach to their strengths, and motivate them to use their abilities for themselves and the world. Expanding technical trade schooling, after-school arts and sciences programming, and community-led classes be one way to diversify education. ACCOUNTABLE REPRESENTATION We also need leaders who hold themselves and their peers accountable, listen attentively, work persistently, and always act for justice and equity. We can increase transparency by using technology to improve communication, notification, and participation between the council and the greater Omaha community.[2][3] |
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| —Maurice Jones (2017) | ||
See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Douglas County Election Commission, "Candidate Information," accessed February 28, 2017
- ↑ Maurice Jones for City Council, "Home," accessed March 6, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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