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It was our intent to leave up all the 2020 and 2021 responses so voters and candidates could have an idea of what would likely be included in the information provided for the 2022 elections.
HOWEVER, a yet unexplained computer glitch removed responses received during the General 2020 election, but left the ones gathered during the 2020 Primary. If you type in your name and birthdate to get your personalized list of races, you may discover races missing. In many cases we did have answers submitted by the candidates so we apologize to them especially because asking for those races …
Omaha, May 11, 2021
Omaha Mayor:
Jean Stothert
Omaha City Council -
District 1: Pete Festersen
District 2: Juanita Johnson
District 3: Danny Begley
District 4: Vinny Palermo
District 5: Dan Rowe
District 6: Brinker Harding
District 7: Aimee Melton
Douglas County West Schools
- bond passed
Lincoln, May 4, 2021
https://www.lancaster.ne.gov/DocumentCenter/View/9007
Lincoln City Council At Large:
Sändra Washington
Tom Beckius
Bennie Shobe
Lincoln Airport Authority
John S. Olsson
Nicki Behmer
Lincoln Public Schools
District 1 - Kathy Danek
District 3 - Barbara Baier
District 5 - Lanny Boswell
District 7 - Don Mayhew
If the candidates on your ballot have not answered the questionnaire for Voter Information Project (www.voterinformation.org), please use the Facebook page and/or Website lists to ask them to. If they hear from many voters, they will more likely see the importance of answering.
If the candidates on your ballot have answered - a thank you on their Facebook page would be great encouragement.
By Race:
Lincoln Airport Authority
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Nicki Behmer
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https://www.facebook.com/votenickibehmer/
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http://votenickibehmer.com/
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Jason Krueger
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https://www.facebook.com/Jason-B-Krueger-for-Airport-Authority-105247854985562/
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John Olsson
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https://www.facebook.com/OlssonForLincolnAirport
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http://johnolsson.com/
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Tracy Refior
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https://www.facebook.com/Refior-for-Lincoln-Airport-Authority-112605110875323/
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Lincoln City Council - At Large
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Tom Beckius
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https://www.facebook.com/TomforLNK
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https://tomforlincoln.com/
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Eric Burling
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https://www.facebook.com/burlingforlincoln/
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Roy Christensen
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https://www.facebook.com/RoyforLincoln
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http://RoyForLincoln.com/
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Mary … |
If the candidates on your ballot have not answered the questionnaire for Voter Information Project (www.voterinformation.org), please use the Facebook page and/or Website lists to ask them to. If they hear from many voters, they will more likely see the importance of answering.
If the candidates on your ballot have answered - a thank you on their Facebook page would be great encouragement.
By Race:
Lincoln Airport Authority
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Nicki Behmer
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https://www.facebook.com/votenickibehmer/
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http://votenickibehmer.com/
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Jason Krueger
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https://www.facebook.com/Jason-B-Krueger-for-Airport-Authority-105247854985562/
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John Olsson
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https://www.facebook.com/OlssonForLincolnAirport
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http://johnolsson.com/
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Tracy Refior
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https://www.facebook.com/Refior-for-Lincoln-Airport-Authority-112605110875323/
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Lincoln City Council - At Large
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Tom Beckius
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https://www.facebook.com/TomforLNK
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https://tomforlincoln.com/
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Eric Burling
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https://www.facebook.com/burlingforlincoln/
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Roy Christensen
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https://www.facebook.com/RoyforLincoln
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http://RoyForLincoln.com/
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Mary … |
Official Results:
Note: Counties often share school districts, so the separate results from the various target counties have been added together.
Arlington Schools
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Candidate
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Washington
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Douglas
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Dodge
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Total
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Matt O’Daniel
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970
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44
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51
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1065
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x
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Chase Kratochvil
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879
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27
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41
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947
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x
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Shanon Willmott
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844
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23
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36
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903
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x
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J.J. Mastny
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639
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15
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36
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690
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Erich Meyer
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538
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16
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33
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587
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Write-In Totals
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You’ve probably seen our new homepage, but that’s not all we’ve updated for 2020! You’ll see subtle, but important changes to the questions we ask our candidates.
As always, our questions remain voter-generated, nonpartisan, and seek to identify the “why” behind candidates’ views. At the same time, there’s always room to grow and improve, so we enlisted a team to do a deep dive, obtaining insights from former office holders, past candidates, and the volunteers who call them.
This group identified these key factors guiding our updates:
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To balance the desire of some candidates to provide shorter responses while …
Every election has its unique excitement and suspense, and 2020 is no exception. We’ll let you, our reader, draw your own conclusions about what makes this election distinct. For our part, we’re excited to share an important new development within Voter Information Project (VIP) itself!
If you haven’t visited VIP recently, check out our new homepage. We’re excited to introduce it just in time for Nebraska’s 2020 Primary Election! This is our first major redesign since the current site was created in 2012. The rest of the site is slated for updates as soon as we can secure the …