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==Government== Douglas County is governed by a board of seven county commissioners, elected to staggered<ref>"Board members are elected to four-year terms, staggered, with three or four members elected every two years." [https://www.douglascounty-ne.gov/about-dc]</ref> four–year terms. County courthouse positions are also elected on a [[political parties|partisan]] basis. Most of the county's offices are located at the [[Douglas County Courthouse (Omaha)|Douglas County Courthouse]]. {{Hidden begin |titlestyle=background:#ccccff; |title=Douglas County Commission }} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left; clear:left; margin: 0 0 0.5em 1em;" |- !District !!Commissioner |-{{party shading/Democratic}} |1 || Roger Garcia |-{{party shading/Democratic}} |2 || James Cavanaugh |-{{party shading/Democratic}} |3 || Chris Rodgers ''(Vice-chair)''<ref name="commissioners.douglascounty-ne.gov">Douglas County Commissioners. (January 10, 2017). ''Board of County Commissioners.'' Retrieved from [https://commissioners.douglascounty-ne.gov/search-minutes]</ref> |-{{party shading/Republican}} |4 || P.J. Morgan |-{{party shading/Democratic}} |5 || Maureen Boyle |-{{party shading/Republican}} |6 || Mary Ann Borgeson ''(Chair)''<ref name="commissioners.douglascounty-ne.gov"/> |-{{party shading/Republican}} |7 || Mike Friend |} {{Hidden end}} {{Hidden begin |titlestyle=background:#ccccff; |title=Douglas County Officeholders }} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left; clear:left; margin: 0 0 0.5em 1em;" |- !Office !!Officeholder |-{{party shading/Republican}} |[[Tax assessment|Assessor]]/[[Register of Deeds]] || Walt Peffer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://omaha.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/unopposed-for-douglas-county-assessor-walt-peffer-outlines-plans-to-review-valuations/article_07792696-d5fe-11ec-b264-e745529de8f5.html|title=Unopposed for Douglas County assessor, Walt Peffer outlines plans to review valuations|date=May 18, 2022 |publisher=Omaha World-Herald|access-date=January 20, 2023}}</ref> |-{{party shading/Republican}} |[[County Attorney]] || Donald Kleine<ref>{{cite web|url=https://omaha.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/douglas-county-attorney-don-kleine-switching-to-gop-after-democrats-critical-resolution/article_17e4003a-8959-5815-9eb8-91ec4aa7c23c.html|title=Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine switches to GOP after Democrats' critical resolution|date=October 7, 2020 |publisher=Omaha World-Herald|access-date=October 7, 2020}}</ref> |-{{party shading/Democratic}} |[[County Clerk]]/[[Comptroller]] || Dan Esch<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.douglascountyclerk.org/|title=Home - Douglas County Clerk/Comptroller|publisher=Douglas County|access-date=January 26, 2017}}</ref> |-{{party shading/Democratic}} |[[Court clerk|Clerk of the District Court]] || Crystal Rhoades |-{{party shading/Republican}} |County Engineer || Todd Pfitzer |-{{party shading/Republican}} |[[County Sheriff]] || Aaron Hanson |-{{party shading/Democratic}} |[[Treasurer|County Treasurer]] || John W. Ewing |-{{party shading/Democratic}} |[[Public Defender]] || Tom Riley |} {{Hidden end}} For much of the time after World War II, Douglas County was one of the more conservative urban counties in the United States. It supported the Republican candidate for president in all but one election from 1952 to 2004. However, it has become a far more competitive county in national elections compared to the rest of the state in the last ten years. [[Barack Obama]] won a majority of the county's votes in 2008, becoming the first Democrat to do so since 1964. He also narrowly carried the 2nd congressional district as well, garnering him one electoral vote statewide. It swung back to the Republican column in 2012 with [[Mitt Romney]] winning the county by an even closer majority. The county swung back to Democratic hands in 2016 with [[Hillary Clinton]] winning a plurality of its votes, but unlike Obama eight years prior she failed to carry the 2nd congressional district. In 2020, [[Joe Biden]] won the county by 11 points, a 56-year high for Democrats, and flipped the 2nd district back into the Democratic column. As of January 2025, Douglas County is one of the only two counties in Nebraska (alongside [[Thurston County, Nebraska|Thurston]]) to have a plurality of registered Democrats.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=December 1, 2020|title=2020 Eligible Voter Statistics|url=https://sos.nebraska.gov/sites/sos.nebraska.gov/files/doc/elections/vrstats/2020vr/Statewide-December-2020.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109235434/https://sos.nebraska.gov/sites/sos.nebraska.gov/files/doc/elections/vrstats/2020vr/Statewide-December-2020.pdf |archive-date=January 9, 2021 |url-status=live|access-date=|website=Nebraska Secretary of State}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan="2" |Political Party !Number of registered voters (January 1, 2025)<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 2, 2025|title=Voter Registration Statistics|url=https://sos.nebraska.gov/sites/sos.nebraska.gov/files/doc/elections/vrstats/2025VR/Statewide-January-2025.pdf|access-date=January 11, 2025|website=nebraska.gov}}</ref> !% |- | {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}} |[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |135,721 |36.54 |- | {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}} |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |132,438 |35.65 |- | {{party color cell|Independent (United States)}} |Independent |93,810 |25.25 |- | {{party color cell|Libertarian Party (United States)}} |[[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]] |5,650 |1.52 |- | {{party color cell|Legal Marijuana Now Party}} |[[Legal Marijuana Now Party|Legal Marijuana Now]] |3,859 |1.04 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !371,478 !100.00 |} {{PresHead|place=Douglas County, Nebraska|source=<ref>[http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS Election Results]</ref>}} <!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} --> {{PresRow|2024|Democratic|120,919|148,733|5,493|Nebraska}} {{PresRow|2020|Democratic|119,159|150,350|7,031|Nebraska}} {{PresRow|2016|Democratic|108,077|113,798|18,558|Nebraska}} {{PresRow|2012|Republican|113,220|106,456|4,251|Nebraska}} {{PresRow|2008|Democratic|106,291|116,810|3,600|Nebraska}} {{PresRow|2004|Republican|120,813|83,330|2,928|Nebraska}} {{PresRow|2000|Republican|101,025|73,347|8,784|Nebraska}} {{PresRow|1996|Republican|92,334|70,708|16,679|Nebraska}} {{PresRow|1992|Republican|93,512|67,097|39,512|Nebraska}} {{PresRow|1988|Republican|99,916|76,541|1,108|Nebraska}} {{PresRow|1984|Republican|112,676|58,979|1,003|Nebraska}} {{PresRow|1980|Republican|96,908|51,668|15,354|Nebraska}} {{PresRow|1976|Republican|93,204|61,877|3,626|Nebraska}} {{PresRow|1972|Republican|101,579|48,201|0|Nebraska}} {{PresRow|1968|Republican|69,808|51,617|15,739|Nebraska}} {{PresRow|1964|Democratic|61,613|77,480|0|Nebraska}} {{PresRow|1960|Republican|72,005|64,060|0|Nebraska}} {{PresRow|1956|Republican|73,270|50,110|0|Nebraska}} {{PresRow|1952|Republican|71,457|55,591|0|Nebraska}} {{PresRow|1948|Democratic|47,175|49,258|0|Nebraska}} {{PresRow|1944|Democratic|53,443|63,762|0|Nebraska}} {{PresRow|1940|Democratic|53,325|66,840|0|Nebraska}} {{PresRow|1936|Democratic|35,349|70,245|1,482|Nebraska}} {{PresRow|1932|Democratic|33,938|59,347|1,483|Nebraska}} {{PresRow|1928|Republican|47,551|42,267|587|Nebraska}} {{PresRow|1924|Republican|29,390|18,672|17,278|Nebraska}} {{PresRow|1920|Republican|28,543|18,439|2,393|Nebraska}} {{PresRow|1916|Democratic|14,557|24,796|2,084|Nebraska}} {{PresRow|1912|Democratic|6,185|12,908|10,189|Nebraska}} {{PresRow|1908|Democratic|14,066|15,583|1,064|Nebraska}} {{PresRow|1904|Republican|15,248|6,831|4,270|Nebraska}} {{PresRow|1900|Republican|14,266|13,241|530|Nebraska}} {{PresRow|1896|Republican|12,326|11,755|596|Nebraska}} {{PresRow|1892|Republican|10,702|2,904|8,566|Nebraska}} {{PresRow|1888|Democratic|10,237|10,810|493|Nebraska}} {{PresRow|1884|Republican|4,894|4,516|73|Nebraska}} {{PresFoot|1880|Republican|3,290|2,407|192|Nebraska}}
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