Voters in Omaha, Nebraska, elected Democrat John Ewing Jr. as their next mayor in an upset election that denied incumbent Republican Mayor Jean Stothert a historic fourth term. Ewing will serve as ...

The city of Omaha, Nebraska, swore in its first ever black mayor Monday after Douglas County Treasurer John Ewing Jr. defeated the incumbent. Ewing, a Democrat, won the general election in May against ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - John Ewing Jr. is making history as Omaha’s first elected Black mayor. The Douglas County Treasurer and former Omaha deputy chief of police unseated Mayor Jean Stothert on Tuesday ...

The supposedly unbeatable Republican mayor of Nebraska’s largest city used the GOP’s anti-LGBTQ+ playbook in her reelection bid. And lost! John Ewing pumps his fist after the second round of results ...

John Ewing Sr. and his wife, DeLores, grew up in 1940s and 1950s Omaha, at a time Black Omahans saw their economic opportunities restricted by redlining and job discrimination and when the Jim Crow ...