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% – 1,973 Votes
- Herb Evers: 49.53% – 1,962 Votes
- Write-In: 0.66% – 26 Votes
Bellevue City Council, Ward 3
- Kathy Welch: 60.59% – 2,627 Votes
- Kyle Rhone: 38.10% – 1,652 Votes
- Write-In: 1.31% – 57 Votes
Bellevue City Council, Ward 5
- Don Preister: 96.55% – 3,164 Votes
- Write-In: 3.45% – 113 Votes
Bellevue Board of Education
- Christine Clerc: 16.38% – 7,727 Votes
- Scott Eby: 19.74% – 9,310 Votes
- Kristy Kiviniemi: 15.52% – 7,320 Votes
- Dickee Jost: 12.95% – 6,109 Votes
- Matt Goetz: 18.16% – 8,564 Votes
- Pat Beckham: 16.69% – 7,870 Votes
- Write-In: 0.56%- 263 Votes
Nebraska Board of Education, District 2
- Maggie Douglas: 52.7% – 52,136 Votes
- Linda Vermooten: 47.3% – 346,946 Votes
State Senator, Legislative District 45
- Rita Sanders: 52.57% – 7,998 Votes
- Sarah F. Centineo: 46.85% – 7,128 Votes
- Write-In: 0.58% – 89 Votes
State Senator, Legislative District 3
- Felix Ungerman: 49.04% – 7,271 Votes
- Victor Roundtree: 50.26% – 7,452 Votes
US Congress, District 1
- Mike Flood: 60.3% – 184,252 Votes
- Carol Blood: 39.7% – 121,523 Votes
US Congress, District 2
- Don Bacon: 51.2% – 157,246 Votes
- Tony Vargas: 48.8% – 150,096 Votes
US Senator, 6 Year Term
- Deb Fischer: 53.6% – 493,037 Votes
- Dan Osborn: 46.4% – 427,278 Votes
US Senator, 2 Year Term**
- Pete Ricketts: 62.8% – 577,708 Votes
- Preston Love, Jr.: 37.2% – 341,868 Votes
US President
- Kamala D. Harris, Tim Walz: 43% – 226 Electoral Votes – 70,915,828 Votes
- Donald J. Trump, JD Vance: 56% – 312 Electoral Votes – 74,648,928 Votes
- Chase Oliver, Mike ter Maat: 0.40% – 0 Electoral Votes – 607,353 Votes
- Robert Kennedy: 0.50% – 0 Electoral Votes – 676,473 Votes
- Jill Stein, Samson Kpadenou: 0.50% – 0 Electoral Votes – 697,476 Votes
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% – 496,764 Votes
- Against: 44.7% – 401,155 Votes
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% – 370,658 Votes
- Repeal: 57.1% – 492,598 Votes
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% – 638,898 Votes
- Against: 25.7% – 221,382 Votes
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% – 614,401 Votes
- Against: 29.3% – 254,169 Votes
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% – 578,526 Votes
- Against: 33.1% – 285,657 Votes
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% – 437,778 Votes
- Against: 51.3% – 461,990 Votes
- *Results updated 11/9/2024 at 9:30pm
- **2 year term due to the resignation of Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse in 2022
