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Nebraska's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Nebraska that encompasses the core of the Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area.It includes all of Douglas County, which includes the state's largest city Omaha; it also includes Saunders County and areas of western Sarpy County.
Nebraska has three congressional districts due to its population, each of which elects a member to the United States House of Representatives.. Unlike every other U.S. state except for Maine, Nebraska apportions its Electoral College votes according to congressional district, making each district its own separate battleground in presidential elections.
The 1st district is located in eastern Nebraska surrounding Omaha and its suburbs, taking in Lincoln, Bellevue, Fremont, and Norfolk. The incumbent was Republican Mike Flood , who was elected with 52.7% of the vote in a 2022 special election after the previous incumbent, Jeff Fortenberry , resigned March 31, 2022, after having been indicted and ...
The 1st district is located in eastern Nebraska surrounding Omaha and its suburbs, taking in Lincoln, Bellevue, Fremont, and Norfolk. The incumbent was Republican Jeff Fortenberry , who was re-elected with 60.4% of the vote in 2018.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, to elect the three U.S. representatives from the U.S. state of Nebraska; one from each of the state's three congressional districts. Primaries were held on May 15, 2018.
Barack Obama carried the district in 2008 and Joe Biden in 2020, while Mitt Romney won it in 2012 and Donald Trump in 2016. All the while, Nebraska as a whole has leaned firmly red.
Tony Vargas, 39, a Nebraska state senator, is mounting a second challenge to four-term incumbent Rep. Don Bacon, a Republican, in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District. Vargas is drawing on his ...
Ruby-red Nebraska has long been ignored in presidential elections, only voting for the Democrat once since 1936. But the state has become now an electoral focal point. The Cornhusker State is one ...