Omaha General Election Guide: Mayor and city council candidate guides Share Updated: 9:20 AM CDT May 7, 2021 KETV Staff Report Share Updated: 9:20 AM CDT May 7, 2021
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Show Transcript RJ NEAR ADVANTAGE DEBATE SHARING HIS GOALS AND CALLING OUT THE CITY FOR THE CHANGES. HE BELIEVES NEED TO TAKE PLACE MAYOR JEAN STOTHERT DEFENDED HER PAST DECISIONS AND PROJECTS ENSURED HER PLANS FOR THE FUTURE. OMAHA MAYOR CANDIDATES RJ NEARY AND MAYOR JEAN STOTHERT WENT HEAD TO HEAD SUNDAY NIGHT DEBATING SOME OF THE TOP ISSUES IMPACTING THE CITY RIGHT NOW ONE OF THE TOPICS THE CITIES RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC NEARY SAYS OMAHA SHUN HAVE ACTED FASTER WHEN LIVES ARE AT STAKE. YOU DON’T STAND BEHIND. AND AND WATCH AND YOU DON’T TRY TO PLAY. POLITICS WITH PEOPLE’S LIVES AND WE HAD OUR FIRST CASES IN MARCH AND WE WERE THE LAST MAJOR CITY IN AUGUST TO HAVE A MASKED MANDATE STALFORD SAYS SHE MADE BUDGET CUTS RIGHT AWAY THAT PAID OFF. WE HAD A
District 5 City Council candidates prepare for general election Share Updated: 7:47 PM CDT May 5, 2021 Share Updated: 7:47 PM CDT May 5, 2021
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Show Transcript JULIE: OMAHA’S ELECTION IS NOW LESS THAN A WEEK AWAY. ROB: ALONG WITH MAYOR, THERE ARE SEVEN CITY COUNCIL RACES. JULIE: DISTRICT FIVE COVERS SOUTHWEST OMAHA. IT’S A CLOSE RACE BETWEEN PATRICK LEAHY AND DON ROWE. ROB: KETV NEWSWATCH 7’S QUANECIA FRASER REPORTS FOR OUR 2021 COMMITMENT COVERAGE. QUANECIA: AS ELECTION DAY APPROACHES IT’S BEEN FUN. QUANECIA: DON ROWE AND PATRICK LEAHY SPEND MORE TIME OUTSIDE. I’M RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. QUANECIA: HOPING EACH DOOR THAT THEY KNOCK ON IS ANOTHER GUARANTEED VOTE. WELL, I THINK WE WOULD DEFINITELY VOTE FOR YOU. QUANECIA: AFTER THE PRIMARY, ROWE FINISHED IN FIRST PLACE AS A CANDIDATE FOR CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE. LEAHY TRAILED ROWE BY LESS THAN 1%. I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO REPRESENTING THE WHOL
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