Kammala wannan jumla: Ko da yake 'yan Republican da aka yi rajista sun fi' yan Democrat a gundumar majalisa ta biyu, wanda ya hada da Omaha, dan takarar shugaban kasa na Democrat Barack Obama ya bude ofisoshin yakin neman zabe guda uku a cikin birnin tare da ma'aikatan ma'aikata 15 don rufe jihar a cikin kaka 2008. Mike Fahey, tsohon magajin garin Omaha na Democrat, ya ce zai yi duk abin da ya kamata don isar da kuri'un zaben gundumar ga Obama; kuma
Kungiyar yakin neman zaben Obama ta yi la'akari da gundumar "a cikin wasa". Tsohon Sanata Bob Kerrey da Sanata Ben Nelson sun yi yakin neman zabe a birnin don Obama, kuma a watan Nuwamba 2008 Obama ya lashe kuri'ar zaben gundumar. Wannan nasara ce mai ban mamaki, saboda tare da raba tsarin zaben Nebraska, Obama ya zama dan takarar shugaban kasa na farko na jam'iyyar Democrat da ya lashe kuri'ar zabe a Nebraska tun 1964.