The Democrat's win over the city's three-term Republican mayor touched on national hot-button issues, a possible bellweather for the 2026 midterms.

Longtime Mayor Jean Stothert has conceded and congratulated John Ewing on his historic election as Omaha’s next mayor.

Omaha’s first female mayor has conceded the city’s mayoral race to a man who is poised to become the community’s first Black mayor.

In reality, Trump has received strong criticism from Democrats and Republicans alike. Even his far-right allies have decried the decision as clearly corrupt. But Trump’s claim that the plane wasn’t a gift to him personally isn’t true, and it isn’t even something the president actually believes.

Omaha is considered a blue dot in the red state of Nebraska and now the city will have a new Democratic mayor. John Ewing, Jr., ousted a Republican incumbent and will be the first Black mayor.

Reactions have poured in locally and nationally to the historic election of John Ewing as Omaha's first Black mayor.

Douglas County, Neb., Treasurer John Ewing Jr. (D) has ousted incumbent Republican Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert in the latest victory for Democrats during President Trump’s second term, Decision Desk

Speaking from the podium at Mayor Jean Stothert’s campaign party on Tuesday night, Gov. Jim Pillen told Republicans that they “just didn’t get the vote out.”

Omaha's first female mayor has conceded the race for mayor to a man who will likely become its first Black mayor.

John Ewing Jr., the first Black mayor-elect of Omaha, NE, joins "The Weeknight" to discuss his victory over a three-term Republican incumbent and what it might mean for Democrats in 2026 and beyond.

Stothert conceded the race late on May 13, ending over a decade of Republican leadership in a blue-leaning area of an otherwise solidly red state of Nebraska. Though an officially nonpartisan race ...