Omaha’s two most racially diverse areas drove much of the growth in Douglas County voter participation in the 2026 election.

A series of restrictive transgender ballot measures passed in multiple states on Tuesday, marking a political and cultural phenomenon amid the blue wave that crushed Republican hopes of retaining control of Congress. The propositions’ passage in Nebraska and Arizona, which will institute bans on biological males in female sports, came as Colorado and Washington state […]

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Ben Doody breaks down the Nebraska election results on a night when statewide GOP candidates held the line in the face of a blue tsunami that helped send Democrat Denise Powell to the House of Representatives.

A ballot measure requiring schools to designate “biological sexes” to sports teams, is projected to pass, according to Decision Desk HQ. Voters approved the constitutional amendment, known as Initiative Measure 442, which would require public schools, both K-12 and colleges and universities — in addition to any private schools that compete against them — to…

Democrat Denise Powell is projected to win the race for Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ), a pickup for Democrats in a key battleground district. Powell was leading Republican Brinker Harding by 20 percentage points — 59 percent to 39 percent — with 71 percent of the vote reported by DDHQ…