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Votes Appear Scarce for Terry’s House Seat
It appears that the future of Omaha’s Congressional seat—held by Republican Lee Terry — is in the hands of just a handful of voters. As Nebraska Watchdog’s Joe Jordan reports election officials expect that eight out of ten registered voters in Douglas County are staying home today—and didn’t bother to cast an early ballot either.
Who knew? There’s a mayor’s race in Gretna. It’s a race that attracted little attention until the town’s city administrator, Colleen Lawry , was fired following an investigation which eventually linked her to Bellevue Police Chief John Stacey
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Party insiders tells Nebraska Watchdog that when it comes to the congressional primary fight between Democrats John Ewing and Gwen Howard ”it’s a coin-flip.” Maybe so but in interviews with Nebraska Watchdog both make the case why the other guy should not be the party’s nominee.
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Democratic Senate hopeful Bob Kerrey tells Nebraska Watchdog he supports same-sex marriage; he also wants voters to know that when it comes to gay marriage he and Dick Cheney agree. One day after President Barack Obama made history announcing his support for gay marriage, Nebraska Watchdog asked Kerrey for his view on the highly controversial issue. In a statement released exclusively to Nebraska Watchdog , Kerrey echoed the President’s position including Mr.
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Nebraska Watchdog has learned that you can now add WUI, working under the influence, to the lengthy list of problems surrounding OPPD’s Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant. According to a report from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission obtained by Nebraska Watchdog “a non-licensed supervisory employee was determined to be under the influence of illegal drugs during a random test.” O PPD spokesman Jeff Hanson tells Nebraska Watchdog the worker is an OPPD employee. The NRC report, which indicates that the incident occurred last Friday afternoon, says the worker’s “access to the plant has been terminated.” The report does not say which illegal drugs were involved
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Nebraska Watchdog has learned that Douglas County Election Commissioner Dave Phipps has been questioned by federal investigators looking into accusations that Phipps was out to stop some voters from casting ballots.
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There’s a chance Omaha voters will see the name Johanns on the ballot this November. Not U.S. Senator Mike Johanns .
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Following weeks of criticism, including a call for a federal investigation , Governor Dave Heineman and Secretary of State John Gale announced today that Douglas County will reopen some closed polling places, but the move will only involve the general election in November not the upcoming May 15 primary.
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Following Nebraska Watchdog’s exclusive interview (see video below) with Bob Kerrey , where Kerrey claims a Jon Bruning TV ad is “disrespectful” of President Obama , the Bruning campaign now claims Kerrey has no room to talk and is going back 20 years to make its case. Kerrey— who is running for the Senate seat being vacated by Ben Nelson —criticized a 30 second commercial in which Bruning refers to President Obama as “Barack Obama” and “Obama” but never as “President Obama.” “It’s disrespectful,” says Kerrey
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