Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022 (May 10 Democratic primary)

Elections in Nebraska, 2022

• Primary date: May 10
• Mail-in registration deadline: April 22
• Online reg. deadline: April 22
• In-person reg. deadline: May 2

• Early voting starts: April 11
• Early voting ends: May 9
• Poll times: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Absentee/mail-in deadline: May 10

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Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District
Democratic primary Republican primary General election
Election details
Filing deadline: February 15, 2022/March 1, 2022
Primary: May 10, 2022 General: November 8, 2022
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Poll times: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Central time zone); 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. (Mountain time zone) Voting in Nebraska
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Cook Partisan Voter Index (2022): EVEN Cook Political Report: Toss-up Inside Elections: Toss-up Sabato's Crystal Ball: Lean Republican
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Tony Vargas defeated Alisha Shelton in the May 10, 2022, Democratic Party primary for Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District. Incumbent Don Bacon (R) ran for re-election in the Republican primary.

Shelton worked as a clinical supervisor, program director, and therapist and ran for U.S. Senate in 2020, where she finished third in the Democratic primary behind primary winner Chris Janicek (D) and Angie Philips (D). In a campaign email, Shelton said “we need a leader who will fight for change," and said she was "an everyday Nebraskan who understands what it is like to try and succeed in an economy that does not work for all of us and navigate a healthcare system that is ridden with red tape.” Shelton also said she was "always going to be for whatever is going to be best for this community, what's best for Nebraska, and what's best for Nebraska is someone who can think clearly and level-headed without money dangling in front of them."

Vargas served on the Omaha Board of Education from 2013 to 2016 and won election to Nebraska State Senate District 7 in 2016, defeating John Synowiecki in the general election with 62% of the vote to Synowiecki's 38%. He was re-elected in 2020, defeating Jorge Sotolongo 78% to 22%. Before taking office, Vargas worked in the nonprofit sector and as a public school teacher. He said, "Congress is not doing enough. And I know how to do it in the legislature, and I'm going to do it in Congress.” Vargas also said he was a bipartisan leader in the state senate and would work with Republicans in Congress. "I've served on the Appropriations Committee, passing balanced budgets that also focus on people, on businesses, on our schools, and our healthcare. I've worked and chaired our planning committee. I've been in leadership in the legislature not because of anything other than the way I lead and the way that I operate,” Vargas said. If elected, Vargas would become the first Latino Congressman to represent Nebraska.

Since 1999, the only Democrat elected to represent Nebraska’s Second Congressional District was Brad Ashford (D), who assumed office in 2015. Ashford defeated incumbent Lee Terry (R), who held the seat from 1999 to 2015, in the 2014 general election with 49% of the vote to Terry's 46%. Ashford was then defeated 49%-48% in the 2016 general election by the current incumbent, Don Bacon (R).

At the time of the primary election, The Cook Political Report rated the 2022 general election for Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District as Likely Republican, and both Inside Elections and Sabato's Crystal Ball rated it Lean Republican.

This page focuses on Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District Democratic primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Republican primary and the general election, see the following pages:

• Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022 (May 10 Republican primary)
• Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022

Candidates and election results

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 2

Tony Vargas defeated Alisha Shelton in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 2 on May 10, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tony Vargas	68.6	31,930
		Alisha Shelton	31.4	14,585

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 46,515
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Cornelius Williams (D)

Candidate comparison

Candidate profiles

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Alisha Shelton

Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Biography:  Shelton received a Bachelor of Science degree from Xavier University and two Masters of Science degrees from Bellevue University in Human Services and Clinical Counseling. She worked as a clinical supervisor at the Winnebago Tribal Health Department and also worked as a program director and therapist at the Children's Respite Care Center and the Charles Drew Health Center.

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Key Messages

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Shelton said she "knows we have been left behind for too long by career politicians like Don Bacon," and would "always put working Nebraskans ahead of big corporations."

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Shelton said, "We need an economic recovery that puts us first. We need quality education and job training programs that help us land better quality and higher paying jobs. We need health care that we can actually afford. And most of all, we need confidence that our Representatives are willing to work together to ensure a bright future for our region and our families."

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Shelton said her "job as a counselor is to listen to people first--something Washington has all but forgotten how to do," and she "has dedicated her career to helping those most in need, understanding the challenges real people face everyday."

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Show sources

Sources: Alisha Shelton for Congress, "Meet Alisha," accessed March 24, 2022; Linkedin, "Alisha Shelton, LIMHP" accessed March 24, 2022

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Nebraska District 2 in 2022.

Tony Vargas

Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: 

• Nebraska State Senate District 7 (Assumed office: 2017)
• Omaha Board of Education (2013-2016)

Biography:  Vargas received a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Rochester and a Masters in Education at Pace University. He worked as a public school teacher before being elected to the Omaha Public Schools Board in 2013.

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Key Messages

The following key messages were curated by Ballotpedia staff. For more on how we identify key messages, click here.

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Vargas said he "believes we must act to lower the cost of prescription drugs and that everyone deserves access to quality, affordable healthcare."

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Vargas said "inflation has created an even bigger economic crunch with rising costs at the gas pump and the grocery store and housing and childcare shortages," and "Congress needs to take this seriously, take action to get costs under control, and put more money back in people’s pockets."

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Vargas said he would "vote to codify the protections earned from the Roe v. Wade decision into federal law to preserve the ability of Nebraska women to make the reproductive health decisions that work best for them."

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Show sources

Sources: Vargas for Nebraska, "Issues," accessed March 24, 2022; Vargas for Nebraska, "About," accessed March 24, 2022

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Nebraska District 2 in 2022.

Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

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No candidate in this race completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign advertisements

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Alisha Shelton

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Election competitiveness

Polls

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General election race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

• Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
• Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
• Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.
• Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.

Race ratings: Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022
Race tracker	Race ratings
	November 8, 2022	November 1, 2022	October 25, 2022	October 18, 2022
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter	Toss-up	Toss-up	Toss-up	Toss-up
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Toss-up	Toss-up	Toss-up	Toss-up
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Lean Republican	Lean Republican	Lean Republican	Lean Republican
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Election spending

Campaign finance

This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election. It does not include information on fundraising before the current campaign cycle or on spending by satellite groups. The numbers in this section are updated as candidates file new campaign finance reports. Candidates for Congress are required to file financial reports on a quarterly basis, as well as two weeks before any primary, runoff, or general election in which they will be on the ballot and upon the termination of any campaign committees. Click here to view the reporting schedule for candidates for U.S. Congress in 2022.

U.S. Congress campaign reporting schedule, 2022
Report	Close of books	Filing deadline
Year-end 2021	12/31/2021	1/31/2022
April quarterly	3/31/2022	4/15/2022
July quarterly	6/30/2022	7/15/2022
October quarterly	9/30/2022	10/15/2022
Pre-general	10/19/2022	10/27/2022
Post-general	11/28/2022	12/08/2022
Year-end 2022	12/31/2022	1/31/2023

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Alisha Shelton	Democratic Party	$340,914	$360,381	$-3,682	As of December 21, 2022
Tony Vargas	Democratic Party	$3,409,926	$3,356,537	$53,388	As of December 31, 2022
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2022. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). * According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." ** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.

Satellite spending

See also: Satellite spending

Satellite spending describes political spending not controlled by candidates or their campaigns; that is, any political expenditures made by groups or individuals that are not directly affiliated with a candidate. This includes spending by political party committees, super PACs, trade associations, and 501(c)(4) nonprofit groups.

If available, this section includes links to online resources tracking satellite spending in this election. To notify us of a resource to add, email us.

By candidate	By election
Alisha Shelton Tony Vargas	OpenSecrets - Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District election Federal Election Commission - Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District election

Election context

Ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Nebraska in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Nebraska, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2022
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Filing fee	Filing deadline	Source
Nebraska	U.S. House	Ballot-qualified party	N/A	$1,740.00	2/15/2022	Source
Nebraska	U.S. House	Unaffiliated	20% of registered voters in the district who voted for president in 2020, or 2,000, whichever is less	$1,740.00	9/1/2022	Source

District election history

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2016.

2020

See also: Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Nebraska District 2

Incumbent Don Bacon defeated Kara Eastman and Tyler Schaeffer in the general election for U.S. House Nebraska District 2 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Don Bacon (R)	50.8	171,071
		Kara Eastman (D)	46.2	155,706
	Submit photo	Tyler Schaeffer (L)	3.0	10,185

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 336,962
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 2

Kara Eastman defeated Ann Ashford and Gladys Harrison in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 2 on May 12, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kara Eastman	62.2	45,953
		Ann Ashford	31.2	23,059
	Submit photo	Gladys Harrison	6.7	4,920

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 73,932
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Morgann Freeman (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 2

Incumbent Don Bacon defeated Paul Anderson in the Republican primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 2 on May 12, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Don Bacon	90.6	68,531
	Submit photo	Paul Anderson	9.4	7,106

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 75,637
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 2

Tyler Schaeffer advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 2 on May 12, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Tyler Schaeffer	100.0	964

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 964
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2018

See also: Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Nebraska District 2

Incumbent Don Bacon defeated Kara Eastman in the general election for U.S. House Nebraska District 2 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Don Bacon (R)	51.0	126,715
		Kara Eastman (D)	49.0	121,770

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 248,485 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 2

Kara Eastman defeated Brad Ashford in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 2 on May 15, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kara Eastman	51.6	21,357
		Brad Ashford	48.4	19,998

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 41,355
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 2

Incumbent Don Bacon advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 2 on May 15, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Don Bacon	100.0	33,852

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 33,852
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2016

See also: Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District election, 2016

Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District was a battleground district in 2016. Don Bacon (R) defeated Democratic incumbent Brad Ashford and Steven Laird (L) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Bacon defeated Chip Maxwell to win the Republican primary, while Laird defeated Andy Shambaugh and Jeffrey Lynn Stein to win the Libertarian nomination. The primary elections took place on May 10, 2016.

U.S. House, Nebraska District 2 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Don Bacon	48.9%	141,066
	Democratic	Brad Ashford Incumbent	47.7%	137,602
	Libertarian	Steven Laird	3.3%	9,640
Total Votes				288,308
Source: Nebraska Secretary of State

U.S. House, Nebraska District 2 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Don Bacon	66%	32,328
Chip Maxwell	34%	16,677
Total Votes		49,005
Source: Nebraska Secretary of State

U.S. House, Nebraska District 2 Libertarian Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Steven Laird	46.2%	108
Andy Shambaugh	38%	89
Jeffrey Lynn Stein	15.8%	37
Total Votes		234
Source: Nebraska Secretary of State

District analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.

• District map - A map of the district before and after redistricting.
• Effect of redistricting - How districts in the state changed as a result of redistricting following the 2020 census.
• Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2022 U.S. House elections in the state.
• Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
• Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.
• State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.

District map

Below was the map in use at the time of the election, enacted as part of the 2020 redistricting cycle, compared to the map in place before the election.

Nebraska District 2
until January 2, 2023

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Nebraska District 2
starting January 3, 2023

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Effect of redistricting

See also: Redistricting in Nebraska after the 2020 census

The table below details the results of the 2020 presidential election in each district at the time of the 2022 election and its political predecessor district. This data was compiled by Daily Kos Elections.

2020 presidential results by Congressional district, Nebraska
District	2022 district		Political predecessor district
	Joe Biden	Donald Trump	Joe Biden	Donald Trump
Nebraska's 1st	43.3%	54.3%	41.3%	56.3%
Nebraska's 2nd	52.2%	45.8%	52.2%	45.7%
Nebraska's 3rd	23.1%	74.9%	22.4%	75.6%

Competitiveness

See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2022

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Nebraska.

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Nebraska in 2022. Information below was calculated on March 25, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

In 2022, 16 candidates filed to run for Nebraska’s three U.S. House districts, including nine Republicans, six Democrats, and one Legal Marijuana Now candidate. That's 5.3 candidates per district, more than the 4.7 candidates per district in 2020 and 3.7 in 2018.

This was the first candidate filing deadline to take place under new district lines adopting during Nebraska's decennial redistricting process. Nebraska was apportioned three congressional districts, the same number it had after the 2010 census.

Incumbent Reps. Don Bacon (R) and Adrian Smith (R) filed for re-election and both drew primary challengers. Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R) also filed for re-election in the 1st District. On March 31, Fortenberry resigned from Congress following his conviction on campaign finance-related charges in federal court. This resignation came after the election withdrawal deadline, meaning Fortenberry's name would remain on the primary ballot.

Since Fortenberry would no longer be an incumbent at the time of the primary, the 1st District was counted as an open seat in this analysis. This created the first open-seat regular election for U.S. House in Nebraska since 2006. The last time an incumbent lost in the state was in 2016 when Bacon defeated one-term incumbent Brad Ashford (D).

Presidential elections

Partisan Voter Index

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was EVEN. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were about the same as the national average. This made Nebraska's 2nd the 226th most Republican district nationally.

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.

2020 presidential results in Nebraska's 2nd based on 2022 district lines
Joe Biden	Donald Trump
52.2%	45.8%

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in Nebraska, 2020

Nebraska presidential election results (1900-2020)

• 6 Democratic wins
• 25 Republican wins

Year	1900	1904	1908	1912	1916	1920	1924	1928	1932	1936	1940	1944	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020
Winning Party	R	R	D	D	D	R	R	R	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R

Demographics

The table below details demographic data in Nebraska and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.

Demographic Data for Nebraska
	Nebraska	United States
Population	1,961,504	331,449,281
Land area (sq mi)	76,817	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White	85.3%	70.4%
Black/African American	4.8%	12.6%
Asian	2.5%	5.6%
Native American	0.9%	0.8%
Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Other (single race)	2.5%	5.1%
Multiple	3.9%	5.2%
Hispanic/Latino	11.2%	18.2%
Education
High school graduation rate	91.6%	88.5%
College graduation rate	32.5%	32.9%
Income
Median household income	$63,015	$64,994
Persons below poverty level	10.4%	12.8%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

State party control

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Nebraska's congressional delegation as of November 2022.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Nebraska, November 2022
Party	U.S. Senate	U.S. House	Total
Democratic	0	0	0
Republican	2	3	5
Independent	0	0	0
Vacancies	0	0	0
Total	2	3	5

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Nebraska's top four state executive offices as of November 2022.

State executive officials in Nebraska, November 2022
Office	Officeholder
Governor	Pete Ricketts
Lieutenant Governor	Mike Foley
Secretary of State	Bob Evnen
Attorney General	Doug Peterson

State legislature

The table below highlights the partisan composition of the Nebraska State Senate as of November 2022.

Nebraska State Senate

Party		As of November 2022
	Democratic Party	17
	Republican Party	32
	Independent	0
	Vacancies	0
Total		49

Trifecta control

As of November 2022, Nebraska was a Republican trifecta, with a majority in the state legislature and control of the governorship. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.

Nebraska Party Control: 1992-2022
Seven years of Democratic trifectas  •  Twenty-four years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Governor	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
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2022 battleground elections

See also: Battlegrounds

This election was a battleground race. Other 2022 battleground elections included:

• California's 22nd Congressional District election, 2022
• Hawaii gubernatorial election, 2022 (August 13 Democratic primary)
• Indiana's 1st Congressional District election, 2022
• Maine's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022
• Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 2022 (May 17 Republican primary)

See also

• Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022 (May 10 Republican primary)
• Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022
• United States House elections in Nebraska, 2022 (May 10 Democratic primaries)
• United States House elections in Nebraska, 2022 (May 10 Republican primaries)
• United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2022
• United States House Republican Party primaries, 2022
• United States House of Representatives elections, 2022
• U.S. House battlegrounds, 2022

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Nebraska's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Deb Fischer (R)

Pete Ricketts (R)

Representatives

District 1

Mike Flood (R)

District 2

Don Bacon (R)

District 3

Adrian Smith (R)

Republican Party (5)

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