Omahans are heading to the polls Tuesday to back the candidates and issues that matter most to them this midterm election. Here's what they had to say.
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Photos: 2026 Election Day in Nebraska
Voters file into two lines for the two voting precincts at St. Leo the Great Catholic Church in Omaha, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026.
Voters cast their ballots at St. Leo the Great Catholic Church in Omaha, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026.
Voters walk through the rain to queue inside St. Leo the Great Catholic Church in Omaha, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026.
Voters queue in the hallway of St. Leo the Great Catholic Church before polls opened in Omaha, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026.
Workers bring out additional tables and chairs for voters to use at St. Leo the Great Catholic Church in Omaha, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026.
Voters cast their ballots at St. Leo the Great Catholic Church in Omaha, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026.
Voters queue in the hallwayat St. Leo the Great Catholic Church in Omaha, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026.
A voter runs into St. Leo the Great Catholic Church as rain continues to fall in Omaha, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026.
A voter heads to their polling place at Dundee Presbyterian Church in Omaha, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026.
About 50 people line up two vote at Dundee Presbyterian Church in Omaha, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026.
The line to vote goes up they stairs at Dundee Presbyterian Church in Omaha, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026.
People cast their ballots at Dundee Presbyterian Church in Omaha, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026.
A woman deposits her ballot as people in line wait for theirs at the Omaha Community Playhouse in Omaha, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026.
People fill out their ballot as others in line wait for theirs at the Omaha Community Playhouse in Omaha, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026.
Nisa Salmen, right, casts her ballot while Miles Scott plays with their son, Thatcher Scott, 10 months old, at Center Mall in Omaha, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. Ezra Weiss, 7, Salmen's son, stays busy on a phone at left. The couple took turns watching the children while they voted as Ezra and other Omaha Public Schools students didn't have school today.
People vote at the Center Mall in Omaha, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026.
People vote at the Center Mall in Omaha, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026.
Nisa Salmen, right, casts her ballot while Miles Scott plays with their son, Thatcher Scott, 10 months old, at Center Mall in Omaha, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. Ezra Weiss, 7, Salmen's son, stays busy on a phone at left. The couple took turns watching the children while they voted as Ezra and other Omaha Public Schools students didn't have school today.
People vote at the Center Mall in Omaha, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026.
People vote at the Center Mall in Omaha, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026.
Voters cast their ballots at Metropolitan Community College's Fort Omaha Campus in Omaha, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026.
A voter checks in at Wakonda Elementary School to cast their ballot in Omaha, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026.
Pam Lunbeck fills out her ballot as her granddaughter, Kaylee, 8, watches on at Wakonda Elementary School in Omaha, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026.
Voters utilize all the voting booths and tables at Motto McLean Ice Arena in Omaha, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026.
