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[UPDATE: 8:57]
Second round of results are out.
Hal Daub has closed the gap but that was after early vote results. It's looking like a Suttle win as Daub needed to be in the lead by this time. Same goes for Jerram. In the second round of votes, Jerram nearly doubled his thin lead over Maxwell. As we saw during the primary, Jerram's strength was in the last batch of votes. If this holds true then it's his to lose.
Peffer looks done. Festerson, Stothert, and Gernandt have all but locked up their races.
Ben Gray looks poised for victory as well.
[UPDATE 9:31]
West Omaha has come in and Hal Daub has taken a lead of about 400 votes. Still plenty of votes left to count especially in Suttle heavy areas. North Omaha and Midtown in particular.
It's election day in Omaha. I don't have a lot of time to write because I'm heading out to hold signs for Chris Jerram and Jim Suttle. If you live in Omaha, please do not forget to vote. Polls are open from 8 A.M. to 8 P.M.
It's been one heck of a ride and I'm excited to see if all our hard work will pay off today. Jim Suttle, Chris Jerram, and the other Democratic candidates (plus Walt Peffer) have run good, honest campaigns and should be proud of that.
I will update with results later tonight.
[UPDATE: 8:15 AM]
Updating from my blackberry.
Polls are open...go vote!
Apparently the Hal Daub people are wasting their time putting smaller Daub signs in front of Suttle's large signs. A lot of Jerram people holding signs -- myself being one of them -- on corners throughout the district. No sign of any Maxwell people doing visibility so far.
[UPDATE: 8:47 AM]
The Omaha Reader just blasted a last minute endorsement to it's list:
Turn the page on the old politics of the past...Please stand together against lies and divisiveness and vote Jim Suttle for Mayor when you vote today.
Americans know that they have a responsibility to live within their means and pay what they owe. But they also have a right to not get ripped off by the sudden rate hikes, unfair penalties, and hidden fees that have become all-too common in our credit card industry. You shouldn't have to fear that any new credit card is going to come with strings attached, nor should you need a magnifying glass and a reference book to read a credit card application. And the abuses in our credit card industry have only multiplied in the midst of this recession, when Americans can least afford to bear an extra burden.
MoveOn.org is coming after Senator Nelson over his vote against the bankruptcy reform bill:
Last week, the Senate voted on a common-sense reform proposed by President Obama that would have kept millions of people in their homes.
The banks ran a massive lobbying campaign to kill the bill. And sadly, with Sen. Nelson's help, they succeeded. After taking close to $3 million from the financial industry during his career, Nelson cast a vote that will result in millions more people losing their homes.
This might not make me popular in certain circles but I'm glad to see efforts like this from MoveOn. At the very least they are going to keep him honest about his votes and honest about what's working for or against because there are people who will call him out on it.
This ad is seriously running on cable television in Omaha. I wouldn't believe it if I didn't see it myself. Obviously it has no effect on the race but how many write-in candidates hit the airwaves?
Just received a press release from Public Campaign Action Fund linking a new report entitled: "Senator Ben Nelson and His Connections to the Health Care Industry." It's a detailed examination of Senator Nelson's relationship with the insurance industry over the years.
On May 1, 2009 Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson came out against including a public health insurance plan option as part of this year's health care reform legislation. Sen. Nelson called the inclusion of a public plan a "deal-breaker," according to Congressional Quarterly...
These negative comments about the best way to bring about comprehensive health reform, and his parroting the insurance lobby's line, should come as no surprise given Sen. Nelson's background, his campaign fundraising, and his other connections to the insurance industry.
While I agree with the sentiment, Senator Nelson has never really been shy about his connections to the insurance industry. That's why I wasn't entirely surprised by his comments or his opposition to a public health care plan. I was certainly disappointed and I vehemently disagree with both his position and his reason but it's not inconsistent with who Senator Nelson is.
That being said, Senator Nelson needs to come up with a better explanation for his opposition to a public health care option. The idea that the government shouldn't provide such a plan simply because it would be too efficient and too effective is ridiculous and offensive to the thousands of Nebraskans -- myself included -- who have voted for him these last two decades.
Thankfully, Senate leaders are planning to use reconciliation yet again.
"With only 6 days left until Election Day, Hal Daub is taking his cues from the same dusty attack playbook he's shamelessly used for the last 30 years against Brenda Council, Mike Fahey, Jim Exon, John Cavanaugh, Dick Fellman, Tom Cavanaugh and even fellow Republican Senator David Karnes."
They forgot Mike Johanns and Jon Bruning but it's an easy mistake since Daub's '08 Senate campaign lasted less than a week. Remember? Hal Daub was the change candidate.
Fun Fact: Dick Fellman is my favorite professor at UNO.
This race is Republican vs. Republican and I haven't spent much time writing about the race. However, Peffer is the more "Democrat" friendly of the candidates and is up with this TV ad:
Walt is a long shot but might be able to pull out the win in a low turnout election. Good luck to him.
Today's election can easily be considered a smashing success for Nebraska Democrats. Bumping off incumbent Republican Ken Sovboda, Democrats Jayne Synder and Eugene Carroll have earned themselves seats in the Lincoln City Council alongside Republican Adam Hornung.
This is the first major success for the new Nebraska Democratic Party leadership and staff. This was an important milestone in rebuilding the party and will carry significant momentum coming into 2010. The next test will be one week from today, when Omaha Democrats will try to retain the Mayor's office with Jim Suttle and take the back the City Council with Chris Jerram.
Odds are in our favor but there is a lot of work to do.
Jim Suttle is hitting all the right notes with less than a week to go and that's why he's going to win on May 12th. Daub is the past and voters haven't forgotten why they booted him out in 2001.
I've been so busy on the campaign trail that I've had to neglect this site. Today there is an election in Lincoln that will decide the balance of the City Council. Gene Carroll and Jayne Synder are the two great Democrats running. If they both win, Lincoln will be in good hands.
Republican Adam Hornung -- no relation to Notre Dame great Paul Hornung -- is also running for Lincoln City Council and has been touting his so-called Democratic credentials this past week in Lincoln. He's delivered a "Democrats for Hornung" mail piece with the names of the people who are not Democrats.
Other than that, get out and vote if you live in Lincoln. If you live in Omaha, you've got to wait another week to voice your vote. This should be a fun week for politics.
More commentary will come later since I don't have audio right now and can't get the full force of Daub's attack ad. I will say that this ad reminds me of this ad from Pete Ricketts in 2006:
It's election day in Omaha. I don't have a lot of time to write because I'm heading out to hold signs for Chris Jerram and Jim Suttle. If you live in Omaha, please do not forget to vote. Polls are open from 8 A.M. to 8 P.M.
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