» Exact comparisons among City Council districts are difficult because of changes in the boundaries since 2013, the uncounted ballots and other factors. However, it appears that the 32 percent turnout in the city’s eastern districts this year was only marginally above the roughly 30 percent turnout from 2013. The 37 percent turnout in the three western districts was roughly the same as in 2013.

» It appears that Republicans who voted for Taylor Royal during the April primary largely came back into the mayor’s fold in the general. While Stothert picked up 54 percent of the vote in the western districts during the primary, that figure increased to 64 percent Tuesday. Royal had garnered 12 percent during the primary in those districts. In the eastern districts, Stothert’s support jumped between the primary and general from 34 percent to more than 41 percent. Royal received 10 percent of the primary vote in those districts.

» Mello barely won District 4, made up of many of the South Omaha neighborhoods that he represented while a member of the Legislature. His advantage over Stothert there was 139 votes. Mello also appears to have lost the South Omaha voting precinct where he lives by three votes, though many provisional ballots remain to be counted.