| Election Name: | 2021 Omaha mayoral election |
| Country: | Nebraska |
| Flag Image: | Flag of Omaha, Nebraska.svg |
| Type: | Mayor |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2017 Omaha mayoral election |
| Previous Year: | 2017 |
| Next Election: | 2025 Omaha mayoral election |
| Next Year: | 2025 |
| 1Blank: | First round vote |
| 2Blank: | First round percentage |
| 3Blank: | Second round vote |
| 4Blank: | Second round percentage |
| Image1: | Jean Stothert 2020 (cropped).jpg |
| Candidate1: | Jean Stothert |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 62,646 |
| Percentage1: | 64.37% |
| Candidate2: | RJ Neary |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 33,822 |
| Percentage2: | 34.75% |
| Map Size: | 330px |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Jean Stothert |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Jean Stothert |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 2021 Omaha mayoral election was held in 2021. Incumbent Republican mayor Jean Stothert was re-elected to a third term in office.[1] Stothert is the first person elected to a third consecutive term as mayor of Omaha in the modern era.[2]
The position of mayor in Omaha is officially a non-partisan position. A blanket primary was held on April 6, 2021.[3] The top two finishers in the primary moved on to the general election which was held on May 11, 2021.
Alongside the mayor, the Omaha City Council was up for re-election. It is also officially non-partisan. However, it remained controlled by a Democratic majority, as only district 7 has a general election between a Democrat and a Republican. Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 remained Democratic whereas districts 5 and 6 remained Republican. The incumbent Republican in district 7 was re-elected as well.
| Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Participants | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < | ----> Participant Absent Non-invitee < | ----> Invitee Withdrawn | ||||||
| Stothert | Neary | |||||||
| 1 | April 22, 2021 | WOWT | Brian Mastre | |||||
| 2 | April 26, 2021 | KMTV | Jon Kipper | |||||
| 3 | May 2, 2021 | KETV | Rob McCartney | KETV | ||||
| 4 | May 4, 2021 | Omaha by Design | N/A | |||||
| 5 | May 6, 2021 | KFAB | N/A | |||||
| Campaign finance reports as of April 26, 2021 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate (party) | Total receipts | Total disbursements | Cash on hand | ||||
| Jean Stothert (R) | align="right" | $1,129,681 | align="right" | $1,535,900 | align="right" | $406,219 | |
| RJ Neary (D) | align="right" | $675,381 | align="right" | $728,668 | align="right" | $53,287 | |
| Source: Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission[9] [10] | |||||||
| District | Jean Stothert Republican | RJ Neary Democratic | Write-ins | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | ||||||||
| 1 | 8,538 | 56.36% | 6,424 | 42.41% | 186 | 1.23% | 15,148 | |||
| 2 | 3,101 | 40.51% | 4,433 | 57.92% | 120 | 1.57% | 7,654 | |||
| 3 | 6,345 | 48.72% | 6,425 | 49.34% | 253 | 1.94% | 13,023 | |||
| 4 | 4,563 | 64.13% | 2,485 | 34.93% | 67 | 0.94% | 7,115 | |||
| 5 | 12,195 | 75.23% | 3,959 | 24.42% | 56 | 0.35% | 16,210 | |||
| 6 | 15,389 | 74.96% | 5,058 | 24.64% | 83 | 0.40% | 20,530 | |||
| 7 | 12,515 | 70.92% | 5,038 | 28.55% | 94 | 0.53% | 17,647 | |||