Yesterday was Election Day in America. Some of the election results that impact Bellevue can be found below, including several ballot initiatives. The results are from data gathered from the Sarpy County election website and national polls. The winners are in bold. Please note that extremely close election results may still be in the process of being recounted and verified.
Bellevue City Council, Ward 1
- Thomas Burns: 49.81%
- Herb Evers: 49.53%
- Write-In: 0.66%
Bellevue City Council, Ward 3
- Kathy Welch: 60.59%
- Kyle Rhone: 38.10%
- Write-In: 1.31%
Bellevue City Council, Ward 5
- Don Preister: 96.55%
- Write-In: 3.45%
Bellevue Board of Education
- Christine Clerc: 16.38%
- Scott Eby: 19.74%
- Kristy Kiviniemi: 15.52%
- Dickee Jost: 12.95%
- Matt Goetz: 18.16%
- Pat Beckham: 16.69%
- Write-In: 0.56%
Nebraska Board of Education, District 2
- Maggie Douglas: 53.98%
- Linda Vermooten: 45.27%
- Write-In: 0.75%
State Senator, Legislative District 45
- Rita Sanders: 51.49%
- Sarah F. Centineo: 47.99%
- Write-In: 0.52%
State Senator, Legislative District 3
- Felix Ungerman: 49.39%
- Victor Roundtree: 50.61%
US Congress, District 1
- Mike Flood: 60.5%
- Carol Blood: 39.5%
US Congress, District 2
- Don Bacon: 51.4%
- Tony Vargas: 48.6%
US Senator, 6 Year Term
- Deb Fischer: 53.9%
- Dan Osborn: 46.1%
US Senator, 2 Year Term*
- Pete Ricketts: 63.1%
- Preston Love, Jr.: 36.9%
US President
- Kamala D. Harris, Tim Walz: 38.5% – 224 Electoral Votes
- Donald J. Trump, JD Vance: 60.2% – 277 Electoral Votes
- Chase Oliver, Mike ter Maat: 0.70%
- Cornell West, Melina Abdullah: 0.30%
- Jill Stein, Samson Kpadenou: 0.30%
Initiative Measure 434
Shall the Nebraska Constitution be amended to include a new section which provides: “Except when a woman seeks an abortion necessitated by a medical emergency or when the pregnancy results from sexual assault or incest, unborn children shall be protected from abortion in the second and third trimesters.”?
- For: 55.3%
- Against: 44.7%
Referendum Measure 435
Section 1 of Legislative Bill 1402, enacted by the Nebraska Legislature in 2024, provides for $10 million annually to fund education scholarships to pay all or part of the cost to educate eligible students attending nongovernmental, privately operated elementary and secondary schools in Nebraska.
- Retain: 42.9%
- Repeal: 57.1%
Initiative Measure 436
Shall a statute be enacted which: (1) provides eligible employees the right to earn paid sick time for personal or family health needs; (2) entitles employees of employers with fewer than 20 employees to accrue and use up to 40 hours of such time annually and those employed by employers with 20 or more employees to accrue and use up to 56 hours of such time annually; (3) specifies conditions regarding paid sick time; (4) prohibits retaliation against employees for exercising such rights; (5) adopts documentation requirements; and (6) establishes enforcement powers and a civil cause of action for violations?
- For: 74.3%
- Against: 25.7%
Initiative Measure 437
Shall a statute be enacted that makes penalties inapplicable under state and local law for the use, possession, and acquisition of an allowable amount (up to five ounces) of cannabis for medical purposes by a qualified patient with a written recommendation from a health care practitioner, and for a caregiver to assist a qualified patient with these activities?
- For: 70.7%
- Against: 29.3%
Initiative Measure 438
Shall a statute be enacted that makes penalties inapplicable under state law for the possession, manufacture, distribution, delivery, and dispensing of cannabis for medical purposes by registered private entities, and that establishes a Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission to regulate such activities?
- For: 66.9%
- Against: 33.1%
Initiative Measure 439
Shall the Nebraska Constitution be amended to include a new section which provides: “All persons shall have a fundamental right to abortion until fetal viability, or when needed to protect the life or health of the pregnant patient, without interference from the state or its political subdivisions. Fetal viability means the point in pregnancy when, in the professional judgment of the patient’s treating health care practitioner, there is a significant likelihood of the fetus’ sustained survival outside the uterus without the application of extraordinary medical measures.”?
- For: 48.7%
- Against: 51.3%
*2 year term due to the resignation of Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse in 2022.
