On September 11, a lower state court in Nebraska ruled that if a party holds a primary for a particular office and no one runs in it, later that same party can nominate someone by convention. The Democratic Party won this case, and was able to nominate a candidate for State Auditor by convention held after the primary (no one had run for that office in the Democratic primary in May). State ex rel Witek v Gale, Lancaster Co. Dist. Court. The precedent will help other parties in Nebraska in the future.