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April 6, 2019Issue No. 155

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Week in review
On tap next week

THE WEEK IN REVIEW

Here's what happened in State and local politics last week.

State Politics: The Week in Review

Ballot Measures Update

2019:

2020:

  • Nineteen statewide measures have been certified for the 2020 ballot in 10 states so far: Arkansas, California, Iowa, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.
    • Four new measures were certified for the ballot last week.
      • The Arkansas State Legislature referred a constitutional amendment to the 2020 ballot that would impose term limits of twelve consecutive years for state legislators. This was the second of three allowed legislatively referred constitutional amendments that the legislature can put on the ballot.
      • The Montana State Legislature voted to refer a state statute to the 2020 ballot that would remove the authority of local governments to regulate concealed carrying of firearms unless a similar bill is passed and enacted into law this session.

The measure was approved by the legislature largely along partisan lines. Montana is one of 14 states with a divided government. The state legislature is controlled by Republicans, and the governor’s office controlled by a Democrat. If House Bill 325—which has similar provisions but without a clause referring it to the voters—passes and is signed into law, the bill referring the measure to the 2020 ballot would become void. HB 325 was given final approval by the legislature on April 3, 2019, and now requires the governor’s signature. In Montana, referred statutes go on the ballot without the governor's signature. Republicans do not have the two-thirds supermajority required to override a veto in either chamber of the legislature.

    • Four of the 17 certified 2020 measures are citizen-initiated measures, 14 are legislative referrals, and one is an automatic constitutional revision commission question.

Monday, April 1

New Mexico House Republican leadership seeks veto referendum to overturn firearm background checks legislation

  • Some House Republicans, including Minority Leader James Townsend and Minority Whip Rod Montoya, are seeking to place a veto referendum before New Mexican voters in 2020 targeting the repeal of a bill requiring background checks for gun sales. They re-filed the referendum petition after it was rejected by Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver (D) and sent a letter stating that Oliver had no authority to deny clearing the petition for circulation.
  • The veto referendum targets the repeal of Senate Bill 8 (SB 8), which was signed into law on March 8, 2019. SB 8 was designed to require background checks for firearm sales, including sales between unlicensed persons. Under SB 8, sales between unlicensed persons need to go through a person with a license to perform a background check, and the person could charge up to $35.00 to perform the background check.
  • Townsend and Montoya informed Secretary of State Oliver of their intent to file a referendum petition to repeal SB 8 on March 7, 2019. On March 21, Oliver denied the petition, saying there were legal deficiencies. She said that courts have ruled that laws "providing for the preservation of the public peace, health or safety" were exempt from veto referendums, per Section 1 of Article IV of the New Mexico Constitution. Oliver stated, "The legislature enacted the background check law with the purpose of increasing public peace, health, and safety and thus the law is not subject to referendum."
  • On April 1, Rep. Townsend sent a letter to Secretary of State Oliver, which said, "Neither the secretary of state nor the attorney general has the authority to unilaterally determine if a given piece of legislation meets the public peace, health and safety standard described by the New Mexico Constitution." He added, "New Mexicans are constitutionally permitted to decide by referendum their choice on this consequential legislation." Rep. Townsend also refiled the referendum petition.
  • Voters in New Mexico haven't decided a citizen-initiated ballot measure since 1964, and voters haven't repealed a law at the ballot since 1930. Veto referendums, which target the repeal of recently passed legislation, are the only type of citizen-initiated law allowed at the statewide level in New Mexico. It is one of two states—the other is Maryland—with a process for veto referendums but none for ballot initiatives, which propose new laws.
  • In New Mexico, signatures for veto referendums are due 90 days after the adjournment of the legislative session in which the targeted law was approved. The New Mexico State Legislature adjourned on March 16, meaning the signature deadline is June 14, 2019. Proponents of veto referendums need to collect 70,165 signatures to put targeted bills before voters. An additional 105,248 signatures are needed to suspend a law from going into effect until the election.

Tuesday, April 2

Hagedorn leads Neubauer in Wisconsin Supreme Court race

  • With 100 percent of precincts reporting in the race for Wisconsin Supreme Court, Appeals Judge Brian Hagedorn leads Appeals Chief Judge Lisa Neubauer by 5,960 votes or 0.5 percent.
  • Hagedorn declared victory early Wednesday morning. Neubauer has not conceded, saying in a video statement, “We need to make sure that every last vote is counted and that’s going to take a little time.”
  • Under Wisconsin state law, a losing candidate may request a recount if the margin is 1 percent of the total votes cast or less.
  • The partisan balance of the court for the next four years could be determined by the result of this election. Although state Supreme Court elections in Wisconsin are officially nonpartisan, liberal and conservative groups typically coalesce around specific candidates. Conservatives, who currently have a 4-3 majority on the court, back Hagedorn. Liberals support Neubauer.
  • If Hagedorn wins, conservatives will expand their majority on the court to 5-2 and keep control until at least 2023. If a recount results in a Neubauer win, liberals have a chance to flip the court in 2020, when Justice Dan Kelly, who was appointed to the court by Gov. Scott Walker (R), will stand for election for the first time that year.

State legislative special elections held across four states

  • Three states—Maine, Mississippi, and Pennsylvania held special elections for state legislative seats on April 2. In addition, a Democratic primary election took place in Wisconsin for an upcoming state legislative special election.
    • In Maine, Sean Paulhus (D) defeated Kenneth Sener (R) in the general election for the state House's District 52 seat. The seat was vacated when Jennifer DeChant (D) resigned on February 1. This was the second state legislative special election in Maine in 2019. Following the election, the Maine House of Representatives has 88 Democrats, 56 Republicans, five independents, one Common Sense Independent, and one vacancy.
    • In Mississippi, Kent McCarty defeated Steven Utroska in the general runoff election for the state House's District 101 seat. Mississippi special elections are nonpartisan, but both candidates identify themselves as Republicans. The seat was vacated when Brad Touchstone (R) was elected as a Lamar County Court judge. The runoff was held after none of the five candidates in the March 12 general election received a majority of the vote. This was the third state legislative special election in Mississippi in 2019. The Mississippi House of Representatives now has 46 Democrats, 74 Republicans, one independent, and one vacancy.
    • In Pennsylvania, Pam Iovino (D) defeated D. Raja (R) in the general election for the state Senate's District 37 seat. The seat was vacated when Guy Reschenthaler (R) was elected to represent Pennsylvania's 14th Congressional District in the U.S. House in November 2018.
      • The seat has changed partisan control in recent years. Matthew Smith (D) was elected to the seat in 2012 to replace retiring incumbent John Pippy (R). When Smith resigned in 2015 to become president of the Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, Reschenthaler won a November 2015 special election to replace him by 10 percentage points. Reschenthaler was elected to a full term in 2016 by more than 20 percentage points. In the 2016 presidential election, this district voted for Donald Trump (R) over Hillary Clinton (D) by 5.8 percentage points.
      • This is the first state legislative seat to flip from Republican to Democratic control as a result of a special election in 2019. Four others have flipped from Democratic to Republican control in Minnesota, Connecticut, and Kentucky, and one previously Republican-held seat was won by an independent candidate in Louisiana.
      • Following the election, the Pennsylvania State Senate has 22 Democrats, 26 Republicans, and two vacancies.
    • In Wisconsin, Tip McGuire defeated Gina Walkington and Spencer Zimmerman in the Democratic primary for the state Assembly's District 64 seat. Mark Stalker ran unopposed for the Republican nomination. The general election is on April 30. The seat was vacated when Peter Barca (D) stepped down in January 2019 after Gov. Tony Evers (D) nominated him to be secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Revenue. This is the first state legislative special election in Wisconsin in 2019. Currently, the Wisconsin State Assembly has 35 Democrats, 63 Republicans, and one vacancy.
  • In 2019, there have been 52 state legislative special elections scheduled or held so far in 20 states. Between 2011 and 2018, an average of 77 special elections took place each year.
  • Maine has a Democratic trifecta, and Mississippi has a Republican trifecta. A state government trifecta exists when one political party simultaneously holds the governor’s office and both state legislative chambers. Pennsylvania and Wisconsin both have divided governments. In both states, Republicans control both chambers of the state legislature, but a Democrat holds the governor's office.

Wednesday, April 3

New Oregon Secretary of State sworn into office

  • Bev Clarno (R) took the oath of office to become Oregon's secretary of state. Gov. Kate Brown (D) appointed Clarno as the secretary of state on March 29, 2019, to replace Dennis Richardson (R), who died while in office on February 26, 2019.
  • In a statement on February 27, Gov. Brown said she would appoint a successor from the same party as Richardson--as the Oregon Constitution requires--who would commit not to run for election in 2020. Clarno will serve for the remainder of Richardson's term, which expires in 2021.
  • Clarno is a former Republican member of the Oregon House of Representatives (1989-1997) and the Oregon State Senate (2001-2003). She served as speaker of the House from 1995 to 1997 and as Senate Republican leader in the 2003 legislative session.
  • The Secretary of State of Oregon is an elected constitutional officer within the executive branch of the Oregon state government and is first in line of succession to the governor.
  • The secretary of state is a state-level position in 47 of the 50 states. The position does not exist in Alaska, Hawaii, and Utah. There are currently 25 Republican secretaries of state, 21 Democratic secretaries of state, and one independent.

Special Elections

  • As of this week, 52 state legislative special elections have been scheduled in 20 states in 2019. Elections have been held for 23 Democratic seats and 11 Republican seats. Four seats have flipped from Democratic control to Republican control. One seat has flipped from Republican control to Democratic control. One seat has flipped from Republican control to an independent politician. In special elections between 2011 and 2018, one party (either Republicans or Democrats) saw an average net gain of four seats across the country each year.
    • An average of 91 seats were filled through special elections in each of the past four-odd years (2011: 94, 2013: 84, 2015: 88, 2017: 98).
    • An average of 55 seats were filled through special elections in each of the past five even years (2010: 26, 2012: 45, 2014: 40, 2016: 65, 2018: 99).

Upcoming special elections include:

April 9

April 16

April 23

Local Politics: The Week in Review

Elections Update

  • In 2019, Ballotpedia is providing comprehensive coverage of elections in America's 100 largest cities by population. This encompasses every office on the ballot in these cities, which includes their municipal elections, trial court elections, school board elections, and local ballot measures. Ballotpedia is also covering all local recall elections as well as all local ballot measures in California. Recent and upcoming local ballot measure elections are listed below:
    • March 19 - One measure concerning the dissolution and reorganization of a fire protection district was approved in San Diego County, California.
    • March 26 - A parcel tax measure for the Mount Shasta Recreation and Parks District in Siskiyou County, California, was defeated.
    • April 2 - Local measures in Anchorage, Alaska; Colorado Springs, Colorado; and Kansas City, Missouri.
      • Anchorage voters decided 11 ballot measures. Seven of the measures on the ballot were bond issues. The four remaining measures concerned the transfer of substations and power lines to Chugach Electric, an alcohol sales tax, vehicle violation enforcement, and lease-purchase agreements.
      • Colorado Springs voters rejected a citizen initiative allowing collective bargaining for uniformed city fire employees.
      • Voters in portions of St. Louis City and St. Louis County defeated Proposition S, a sewer district capital rate fee measure.
      • Kansas City voters defeated a citizen initiative authorizing a sales tax to fund early childhood education.
    • April 9 preview - Local measures in cities within Alameda and Los Angeles counties in California and in Lincoln, Nebraska.
      • In the city of Alameda, voters will decide how a parcel of city property is used through competing measures—one proposed through a citizen initiative and one referred to the ballot by the city council. In Vernon, voters will consider the city's selection process for mayor and mayor pro tempore.
      • Voters in Lincoln, Nebraska, will decide Question 1, a measure to increase the local sales tax by an additional 0.25 percent (a quarter-cent) for six years to fund street improvements.

Tuesday, April 2

Lori Lightfoot wins runoff to become next mayor of Chicago

  • Former Chicago Police Board President Lori Lightfoot defeated Cook County Board of Commissioners President Toni Preckwinkle in the runoff election for mayor of Chicago on April 2. Lightfoot received 74 percent of the vote to Preckwinkle's 26 percent. She received a majority in all 50 aldermanic wards and won 2049 of 2069 precincts (99 percent), according to unofficial results.
  • Lightfoot was president of the Chicago Police Board from 2015 to 2018. She also chaired the Police Accountability Task Force and was a senior equity partner at the law firm Mayer Brown. Lightfoot held several positions in city government under former Mayor Richard M. Daley, who was mayor from 1989 to 2011.
  • Both Lightfoot and Preckwinkle described themselves as progressives and called each other's progressive credentials into question based on their political and professional histories. Lightfoot referred to her background and past roles in city government as evidence of her experience managing teams and budgets. Her main campaign message was that she was independent of corrupt machine-style politics.
  • Lightfoot finished first among 14 candidates in the Feb. 26 general election with 17.5 percent of the vote. In three polls conducted during December 2018 and January 2019, she was the first choice of between 3 and 5 percent of respondents. Preckwinkle led in each poll, receiving between 13 percent and 24 percent support.
  • This year’s election was Chicago's fourth open-seat mayoral race in 100 years and the second mayoral runoff election in the city's history. Lightfoot will be the city's first female African-American mayor and its first openly gay mayor.

Three city council races remain too close to call from Chicago's elections

  • In addition to voting for mayor on April 2, Chicago voters cast ballots in runoff elections for 15 city council seats and for city treasurer.
  • The next Chicago City Council will have at least 11 new members. Forty-five of 50 city council members sought re-election in 2019. At least three incumbent aldermen lost their re-election bids, in addition to the three who lost outright in the general election February 26. As of April 5, the races for the 5th, 33rd, and 46th wards were too close to call.
  • On April 2, 40th Ward Ald. Pat O'Connor, the second longest-serving member on the Chicago City Council, lost to Andre Vasquez, who challenged O'Connor from the left. Ald. Toni Foulkes (16th) lost to Stephanie Coleman and Ald. Milagros Santiago (31st) to Felix Cardona Jr.
  • At least four members of the next city council are members of the Chicago Democratic Socialists of America. Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35th Ward), Daniel La Spata (who defeated 1st Ward incumbent Joe Moreno in February), and runoff winners Vasquez (40th) and Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th) are DSA members. Jeanette Taylor, the winner of the open 20th Ward race, was endorsed by the Chicago DSA but is not a member of that group.
  • State Rep. Melissa Conyears-Ervin (D) will be Chicago's next city treasurer. She defeated 47th Ward Ald. Ameya Pawar with 60 percent of the vote. She's taking over for Kurt Summers, who didn't seek re-election. The city treasurer is responsible for managing Chicago's cash, investments, four public employee pension funds, and the Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund.

Council members Justus and Lucas advance in Kansas City mayoral primary

  • City council members Jolie Justus and Quinton Lucas advanced from an 11-candidate field in the mayoral primary election in Kansas City, Missouri, on April 2. Justus received 23 percent of the vote and Lucas received 21 percent, according to unofficial results. They are seeking to succeed term-limited Mayor Sly James. The general election is June 18.
  • Justus and Lucas have both been on the city council since 2015. Justus also served as a Democratic state senator from 2007 to 2015 and works as the director of pro bono services for a law firm. Lucas is an attorney and teaches law at the University of Kansas.
  • Kansas City uses a council-manager system. In this form of municipal government, an elected city council—which includes the mayor and serves as the city's primary legislative body—appoints a chief executive called a city manager to oversee day-to-day municipal operations and implement the council's policy and legislative initiatives. The mayor's primary responsibilities are to preside over city council meetings and official city ceremonies, and to represent the city on the state, national, and international levels.
  • Kansas City voters will also elect all 12 members of the city council on June 18.

Local election results from seven cities across four states

  • Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman was re-elected with 83.5 percent of the vote in a nonpartisan primary on April 2. In Nevada, candidates who receive a majority of the vote in the primary win election outright, leading to the cancellation of the general election which was scheduled for June 11, 2019. Goodman faced six challengers with the next-highest vote-getter, Phil Collins, receiving 5.3 percent of the vote. This will be Goodman’s third and final term as mayor due to term limits.
  • Las Vegas also held nonpartisan primary elections for city council on April 2. The Las Vegas City Council Ward 5 election was decided outright in the primary as incumbent Cedric Crear received 59.7 percent of the vote. No candidates in Wards 1 or 3 received a majority of the vote, requiring a general election held on June 11. In Ward 1, Brian Knudsen faces Robin Munier in the general election, while in Ward 3, candidates Olivia Diaz faces Melissa Clary.
    • Las Vegas is the largest city in Nevada and the 29th-largest city in the U.S. by population.
  • Ballotpedia covered elections in two additional Nevada cities. The nonpartisan primary election in Henderson included races for three of five city council seats and one municipal court judgeship. All four races were decided outright, meaning the city will not hold general elections on June 11. In North Las Vegas, nonpartisan primary elections were held for two of five city council seats. The Ward 2 seat was decided outright, while Ward 4 incumbent Richard Cherchio faces Pete Shields in the general election.
    • Henderson is the second-largest city in Nevada and the 70th-largest city in the U.S. by population. North Las Vegas is the fourth-largest city in Nevada and the 95th-largest city in the U.S. by population.
  • In Kansas City, six of the 12 city council incumbents whose seats were on the ballot ran for re-election in the primary. Five advanced to the general election. The sixth incumbent’s race for the at-large district 4 seat was still too close to call based on unofficial election results.
    • Kansas City is the largest city in Missouri and the 36th-largest city in the U.S. by population.
  • In Colorado Springs, Mayor John Suthers faced three challengers in the nonpartisan general election. Suthers won the election outright with 72.5 percent of the vote. Juliette Parker finished in second place with 11.9 percent of the vote.
  • Colorado Springs also held a nonpartisan general election for three of nine at-large city council seats. Both incumbents running for re-election won another term. The highest vote recipient was former Colorado Secretary of State Wayne W. Williams. This will be his first term on the council. He received 18.6 percent of the vote, while incumbent Bill Murray received 12.4 percent of the vote, and incumbent Tom Strand received 12.2 percent of the vote.
    • Colorado Springs is the second-largest city in Colorado and the 40th-largest city in the U.S. by population.
  • In St. Louis, a partisan general election was held for metro council president and 14 council seats. All 12 metro council incumbents who ran for re-election won additional terms. Newcomers were elected to the open Ward 18, 24, and 26 seats.
    • St. Louis is the second-largest city in Missouri and the 57th-largest city in the U.S. by population.
  • Mayoral challenger Satya Rhodes-Conway defeated incumbent Mayor Paul Soglin in the nonpartisan Madison, Wisconsin, general election on April 2. With all precincts reporting, unofficial results show Rhodes-Conway received 61.9 percent of the vote to Soglin’s 37.7 percent of the vote.
    • The two general election candidates advanced from a five-way primary on February 19. Soglin came in first place, receiving 28.6 percent of the vote. Rhodes-Conway trailed him by less than 1 percentage point, receiving 27.7 percent of the vote.
    • Rhodes-Conway will be the second woman to serve as mayor of Madison. She previously served on the city council from 2007 to 2013. Soglin first served as mayor from 1973 to 1979. He was re-elected in 1989 and served until 1997. He was most recently elected a third time in 2011. In all, he has served as mayor for a combined 22 years. Soglin ran for governor of Wisconsin in 2018 but was defeated in the Democratic primary.
  • All 20 seats on the Madison Common Council were also up for nonpartisan general election. Of the 11 incumbents seeking re-election, nine were unopposed. The two incumbents who faced challengers were re-elected. Nine new members will join the common council.
    • Madison is the second-largest city in Wisconsin and the 82nd-largest city in the U.S. by population.

One seat pending in Missouri school board elections

  • Ballotpedia also covered nonpartisan school board general elections for 29 seats across 11 school districts in Missouri. The race for a one-year term in the Hickman Mills C-1 School District was still too close to call, according to unofficial election results.
    • In the races that were decided, incumbents won 13 seats and newcomers won 15 seats. Twelve of the seats won by newcomers were open after incumbents did not file to run for re-election, and the other three were won by newcomers who defeated incumbents. Overall, school board incumbents who did run for re-election had an 81.25 percent success rate.
    • The 11 Missouri school districts covered by Ballotpedia served a combined total of 126,611 students during the 2016-2017 school year.

Over half of Oklahoma’s school board elections canceled due to lack of opposition

  • General elections for Oklahoma school boards were held on Tuesday. Of the 26 school districts Ballotpedia covers in the state, 16 canceled their general elections for 17 seats. Fourteen of those districts canceled due to lack of opposition, while the other two canceled after incumbents in the February 12 primaries took more than 50 percent of the vote, winning the seats outright.
    • Of the elections canceled due to lack of opposition, 13 incumbents automatically won re-election and four newcomers won new terms by default.
    • In the 10 school districts that did hold general elections on April 2, a total of 10 seats were on the ballot. Seven of the incumbents ran to retain their seats, leaving three open for newcomers. Six incumbents won new terms, and one was defeated by a newcomer. One of the 10 school districts—Tulsa Public Schools—had enough candidates file to run to hold a primary on February 12. The primary narrowed the field from eight candidates to two for the general election.
    • These 26 school districts served a combined total of 261,543 students during the 2016-2017 school year.
WHAT'S ON TAP NEXT WEEK

Here's what is happening in State and local politics this week.

State Politics: What's On Tap Next Week

Tuesday, April 9

State legislative special primary elections to be held in Florida and Georgia

  • In Florida, special primary elections are being held for three state House seats. General elections will take place on June 18.
    • In District 7, Lynda Bell, Virginia Fuller, Jason Shoaf, and Mike Watkins are running in the Republican primary. Ryan Terrell is running unopposed in the Democratic primary. The seat became vacant after Halsey Beshears (R) resigned on January 11, 2019, to become the Secretary of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
    • In District 38, Randy Maggard and David McCallister are running in the Republican primary. Kelly Smith is running unopposed in the Democratic primary. The seat became vacant after Daniel Burgess (R) was appointed as the Executive Director of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs on January 24, 2019.
    • In District 97, Dan Daley is running unopposed in the Democratic primary. No Republican candidates filed to run for election. The seat became vacant after Jared Moskowitz (D) resigned in January 2019 to become the Director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management.
  • In Georgia, Chris Erwin and Dan Gasaway are running in a Republican primary for the state House's District 28 seat. The special election will be the third election between Gasaway and Erwin. The regularly scheduled primary on May 22, 2018, was deemed inconclusive due to ballot errors, so a new primary took place on December 4, 2018. The results of the December 2018 special election were also deemed inconclusive, so a judge ruled that a new election should be held. Because the special primary election is being held to rectify the results of the regularly scheduled primary on May 22, 2018, and because no Democratic candidates filed to run in 2018, the winner of the April 9 primary will be declared the winner of the seat.
    • Gasaway held the seat from 2013 to 2019. After Erwin was declared the winner of the special primary in December 2018, he was sworn in on January 14. On February 8, a judge determined that Erwin was no longer a member of the state House.
  • In 2019, there have been 52 state legislative special elections scheduled or held so far in 20 states. Between 2011 and 2018, an average of 77 special elections took place each year.
  • Florida and Georgia have Republican trifectas. A state government trifecta exists when one political party simultaneously holds the governor’s office and both state legislative chambers.

States in session

Thirty-eight states are in regular session and four states are in recess. Georgia adjourned its legislative session on April 2. Six other states—Kentucky, New Mexico, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, and Wyoming—have already adjourned their 2019 legislative sessions. Louisiana will begin its session on April 8.

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Local Politics: What's On Tap Next Week

Tuesday, April 9

Five candidates to compete in open-seat mayoral primary in Lincoln, Nebraska

  • The city of Lincoln, Nebraska, is holding primaries for mayor, four city council districts, and one of five elected seats on the airport authority on April 9. A general election is scheduled for May 7. The filing deadline for this election was March 7.
    • The open mayoral primary includes five candidates—Leirion Gaylor Baird, Krystal Gabel, Jeff Kirkpatrick, Cyndi Lamm, and Rene Solc. Mayor Chris Beutler is not seeking re-election in 2019 due to term limits.
    • One of four city council incumbents whose seats are up for election in 2019 is running for re-election. District 3 incumbent Jane Raybould faces Colten Zamrzla. The District 1 race includes two candidates, and the District 2 and 4 races each have three candidates.
    • In the airport authority race, incumbent Nick Cusick faces Aurang Zeb.
    • Lincoln is the second-largest city in Nebraska and the 71st-largest city in the U.S. by population.
  • Lincoln voters will also decide Question 1, which would increase the local sales tax by an additional 0.25 percent (a quarter-cent) for six years to fund street improvements.


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