Dodge County election recap
With a total of 16,548 ballots cast out of 22,579 registered voters in Dodge County, the area amassed a 73.29% turnout for the 2024 election.
Each of the five city level candidates ran uncontested — Mayor Joey Spellerberg was reelected with 8,487 votes. Jeff Peterson, the Fremont City Council candidate for the Ward 1 seat left vacant by Tad Dinkins, received 2,405 votes. Ward 2's Dev Sookram received 1,931 votes, Ward 3's James Vaughan received 1,179 votes, and Ward 4's Sally Ganem received 2,433 votes.
The Fremont Public Schools Board of Education's three open positions went to Todd Hansen with 6,364 votes, Pamela Murphy with 5,861 and Jon Ludvigsen with 6,620.
Scribner-Snyder's school board sees Dyann Bradbury at 647 votes for one of three positions, with 400 write-in ballots looking to fill the other two seats.
Logan View School Board's four positions saw Carrie Beacom at 830 votes, Scott L. Wulf at 773 and Houston Moseman at 881 with one remaining position. There were 92 write-in candidates.
The North Bend School Board's three positions went to Amy Williams at 855 votes, Bob Feurer at 799 votes and R. Douglas Hoops at 772 votes.
Arlington's three positions saw Chase Kratochvil with 41 votes, Steve Slykhuis with 38 votes and Gene Scrivner with 35 votes.
The Howells/Dodge School board's Carly Ulrich was reelected with 288 of the 380 votes for the position.
Dodge County District 2 Supervisor Greg Beam was reelected with 693 votes while his opponent, Jerrod Jaeger, received 453 votes. Patrick Tawney was reelected as the District 4 supervisor with 2,271 votes, while Ron Giesselmann ran unopposed for the District 4 supervisor seat formerly held by Dan Weddle, which he won with 1,784 votes.
The Nebraska State Legislative District 15 race between Dave Wordekemper and Roxie Kracl went to Wordekemper with 7,940 votes to Kracl's 6,758.
The official numbers will be tabulated approximately seven days after the election and updated as needed.
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