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Sara Kohen
Sara Kohen ran for election to the Omaha City Council to represent District 7 in Nebraska. She lost in the general election on May 11, 2021.
Kohen completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Sara Kohen was born in Virginia. She received a bachelor's degree from James Madison University in 2007 and a J.D. from the University of Nebraska College of Law in 2011.[1]
Elections
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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Campaign themes
2021
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Ballotpedia survey responses
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Sara Kohen completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Kohen's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Sara attended law school at the University of Nebraska College of Law, serving as an Executive Editor for the Nebraska Law Review and graduating fourth in her class. Following graduation, in 2011, Sara and her family moved to Omaha, where she was a judicial law clerk for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Sara subsequently worked as in-house counsel, focusing on real estate law, contract litigation, and insurance regulations. In 2015, Sara began helping her children’s school with community outreach and family engagement, working part-time at night and on weekends while continuing to practice law. Sara has since stepped away from practicing law to take on a bigger role helping educate our community’s children and spend more time with her family.
Sara is running for Omaha City Council because she loves Omaha and believes that Omaha can do better.- Fixing our streets and improving recycling and yard waste collection and processing
- Keeping Omahans safe and healthy
- Creating great jobs and helping Omaha reach its potential
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See also
2021 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 24, 2021
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