Vote 2006: The Nebraska Primary

Congressman Tom Osborne conceded the G-O-P gubernatorial race tonight to governor Dave Heineman.  Heineman garnered 49-percent of the vote to Osborne's 45-percent with 97-percent of the statewide vote counted.  Osborne said this was a tough one to take.  He also said it was tough to lose the last one.  Osborne was initially considered a pohibitive favorite.  Heineman faces Democrat David Hahn in the general election.

After spending $4.7 million dollars of his own money in the Nebraska primary, Pete Rickets won the G-O-P race for U.S. Senate.  Ricketts won the nomination with 48-percent of the vote compared with 36-percent for former attorney general Don Stenberg and 16-percent for David Kramer.  Ricketts will face popular Democratic incumbent Senator Ben Nelson in the November general election.

Navy-Hero Shane Osborn says he was surprised to beat incumbent Ron Ross by such a large margin in the Republican primary for State Treasurer.  Osborn says we all know the power of incumbency.  We didn't expect to win by such a wide margin.

To see your vote count,  Channel 8 Eyewitness News has established links to Nebraska and local election returns. If you want to view the Nebraska governor, congressional, senate  and legislative races, sign on the Secretary of State's web sites at:  http://www.sos.state.ne.us/elec/

For local information from the Lincoln/Lancaster County Election Commissioner's web site log on to  http://www.lincoln.ne.gov/cnty/election/results/resul06m.htm

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