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Evangelos Argyrakis
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Evangelos Argyrakis (Democratic Party) (also known as Van) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.
Argyrakis completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Evangelos Argyrakis was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He earned a high school diploma from Omaha Central High School. His career experience includes working as an immigration attorney.[1]
Elections
2026
See also: Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District election, 2026
General election
The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.
General election for U.S. House Nebraska District 2
The following candidates are running in the general election for U.S. House Nebraska District 2 on November 3, 2026.
Candidate | ||
Evangelos Argyrakis (D)  | ||
 | Kishla Askins (D) | |
 | John Cavanaugh (D) | |
 | Mark Johnston (D) | |
 | Denise Powell (D) | |
 | Brinker Harding (R) | |
 | Brett Lindstrom (R) | |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Don Bacon (R)
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2018
General election
General election for Attorney General of Nebraska
Incumbent Doug Peterson won election in the general election for Attorney General of Nebraska on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Doug Peterson (R) | 100.0 | 516,777 |
| Total votes: 516,777 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Attorney General of Nebraska
Evangelos Argyrakis advanced from the Democratic primary for Attorney General of Nebraska on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Evangelos Argyrakis | 100.0 | 67,022 | |
| Total votes: 67,022 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Attorney General of Nebraska
Incumbent Doug Peterson advanced from the Republican primary for Attorney General of Nebraska on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Doug Peterson | 100.0 | 140,675 |
| Total votes: 140,675 | |||
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2016
- See also: Nebraska State Senate elections, 2016
Elections for the Nebraska State Senate were held in 2016. The primary election took place on May 10, 2016. The general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was February 16, 2016, for incumbents. Challengers were required to file by March 1, 2016.[2]
Incumbent Sara Howard defeated Larry Roland in the Nebraska State Senate District 9 general election.[3][4]
| Nebraska State Senate, District 9 General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Sara Howard Incumbent |
79.19% | 10,552 |
| Larry Roland | 20.81% | 2,773 |
| Total Votes | 13,325 | |
| Source: Nebraska Secretary of State | ||
Incumbent Sara Howard and Larry Roland defeated Van Argyrakis in the Nebraska State Senate District 9 primary.[5][6]
| Nebraska State Senate, District 9 Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Sara Howard Incumbent |
76.96% | 3,491 |
| Larry Roland |
19.27% | 874 |
| Van Argyrakis | 3.77% | 171 |
| Total Votes | 4,536 | |
2014
- See also: Nebraska attorney general election, 2014
Argyrakis began his campaign for attorney general in 2013 before withdrawing in December 2013 due to other commitments.[7] The general election took place on November 4, 2014.
2010
- See also: Attorney General elections, 2010
Argyrakis entered the race for Nebraska Attorney General in 2010 as a Democrat. In 1988, Argyrakis worked with former U.S. Rep. Hal Daub, a Republican, as a paid intern. As time went on, Argyrakis switched to the Democratic Party citing frustrations with the Republican Party and former president George W. Bush. [8] Argyrakis withdrew his candidacy after three weeks and switched back to the Republican Party.[9]
2000
- See also: Nebraska State Senate elections, 2000
Argyrakis ran for Nebraska State Senate in 2000 in District 9.
Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Evangelos Argyrakis completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Argyrakis' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Fighting for our immigrant population in America…
- Fiscal conservatism
- Champion for women’s rights, women are the key to our future, and I believe that we must protect women’s rights, including reproductive rights.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2026 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 18, 2025
- ↑ Nebraska Secretary of State, "Official Election Calendar," accessed December 7, 2015
- ↑ Nebraska Secretary of State, "Statewide Candidate List for general election," accessed August 19, 2016
- ↑ Nebraska Secetary of State, "General election results, 2016," accessed December 21, 2016
- ↑ Nebraska Secretary of State, "Statewide Candidate List," accessed May 16, 2016
- ↑ Nebraska Secretary of State, "Primary Election May 10, 2016," accessed October 14, 2016
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedemail - ↑ Journal Star, Omaha attorney to run for Nebraska Attorney General, January 15, 2010
- ↑ Leavenworth Street, "Whoops," February 17, 2013
