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Two Douglas County Democratic primary races are separated by narrow margins, with first-time candidates in the lead.Douglas County Attorney, Democratic PrimaryMakayla Danner, a longtime assistant city prosecutor, leads the race for county attorney by nearly three points against longtime county prosecutor Amy Jacobsen. “I’m new to politics,” Danner told KETV Wednesday. “I’m an attorney by trade, and so I just went in positive, feeling good about the work that we had done.” Despite her lead, Danner is cautious about celebrating. “A lot of people are congratulating me, and I’m telling them, ‘Hey, the numbers aren’t finalized.’ We got to wait till Friday, at least at the bare minimum,” she said. Fewer than 1,400 votes separate Danner and Jacobsen, but it’s nearly a three-point lead.Jacobsen has held off on commenting until all ballots are counted. Douglas County Board of Commissioners District 2, Democratic PrimaryIn the race for District 2 on the Douglas County Board of Commissioners, high school teacher Whitney Hansen leads incumbent Jim Cavanaugh by 188 votes, a margin of more than two points. Hansen describes herself as “a renter, a working-class person,” and a community organizer.”I’m elated,” Hansen said about her lead on Wednesday. “Honestly, even if I don’t end up keeping the lead, just getting this close to unseating a two-time incumbent on my first political run has been amazing.”Cavanaugh, first elected in 2018, congratulated Hansen online but said Wednesday that his congratulations was for running. He is waiting to comment until Friday. No other party ran a candidate in the commissioner race, meaning the winner of the primary will almost certainly join the board.Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |
Two Douglas County Democratic primary races are separated by narrow margins, with first-time candidates in the lead.
Douglas County Attorney, Democratic Primary
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Makayla Danner, a longtime assistant city prosecutor, leads the race for county attorney by nearly three points against longtime county prosecutor Amy Jacobsen.
“I’m new to politics,” Danner told KETV Wednesday. “I’m an attorney by trade, and so I just went in positive, feeling good about the work that we had done.”
Despite her lead, Danner is cautious about celebrating.
“A lot of people are congratulating me, and I’m telling them, ‘Hey, the numbers aren’t finalized.’ We got to wait till Friday, at least at the bare minimum,” she said.
Fewer than 1,400 votes separate Danner and Jacobsen, but it’s nearly a three-point lead.
Jacobsen has held off on commenting until all ballots are counted.
Douglas County Board of Commissioners District 2, Democratic Primary
In the race for District 2 on the Douglas County Board of Commissioners, high school teacher Whitney Hansen leads incumbent Jim Cavanaugh by 188 votes, a margin of more than two points.
Hansen describes herself as “a renter, a working-class person,” and a community organizer.
“I’m elated,” Hansen said about her lead on Wednesday. “Honestly, even if I don’t end up keeping the lead, just getting this close to unseating a two-time incumbent on my first political run has been amazing.”
Cavanaugh, first elected in 2018, congratulated Hansen online but said Wednesday that his congratulations was for running. He is waiting to comment until Friday.
No other party ran a candidate in the commissioner race, meaning the winner of the primary will almost certainly join the board.
Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.
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