2026 race — Nebraska — 2nd District
9 candidates have filed with the FEC for this seat, including the incumbent, Don Bacon (R). The seat was decided by under 5 points last time (1.9 points in 2024).
Who is running
Statutory candidates on file with the FEC. Challengers keep filing all cycle and primaries run into September, so this is a snapshot of who has filed — not a final ballot.
D Democratic (6)
- Crystal Rhoadesopen seat · FEC filings & money
- Denise Powellopen seat · FEC filings & money
- James Leuschenopen seat · FEC filings & money
- John Cavanaughopen seat · FEC filings & money
- Kishla Askinsopen seat · FEC filings & money
- Mark Edmund Johnstonopen seat · FEC filings & money
R Republican (3)
- Donald J Baconincumbent · FEC filings & money
- Brett Lindstromopen seat · FEC filings & money
- Brinker Hardingopen seat · FEC filings & money
How the incumbent has voted, by issue
Every roll call Don Bacon cast this Congress, grouped by the bill's official policy area (the Congressional Research Service subject assigned on congress.gov). These are votes, not stated positions — no stance is inferred from them.
- YeaH.R. 7008 — On Passage (Jul 2026)
- AyeH.Res. 1438 — On Agreeing to the Resolution (Jul 2026)
- AyeH.Res. 1423 — On Agreeing to the Resolution (Jul 2026)
- YeaH.Res. 1399 — On Agreeing to the Resolution (Jun 2026)
- YeaH.Con.Res. 113 — On Agreeing to the Resolution (Jul 2026)
- YeaH.R. 9770 — On Passage (Jul 2026)
- YeaH.R. 8595 — On Passage (Jul 2026)
- YeaH.R. 8646 — On Passage (Jun 2026)
- YeaH.R. 5625 — On Passage (May 2026)
- AyeH.R. 6260 — On Passage (May 2026)
- YeaH.Con.Res. 96 — On Agreeing to the Resolution (May 2026)
- YeaH.Res. 1252 — On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree (May 2026)
Why challengers have no voting record here
Only people who have held the office have cast roll-call votes, so a voting record exists for the incumbent alone. We do not fill that gap with campaign-website summaries or third-party scorecards: deciding which vote counts as “the” vote on an issue is an editorial act, and two advocacy groups routinely produce opposite grades from the same record.
What is on the record for every candidate equally is money — who funds them, and who is spending independently for or against them. Each name above links to that candidate's FEC filings.
Last time this seat was contested (2024)
- DON BACON (R) — 160,198 votes
- TONY VARGAS (D) — 154,369 votes
314,567 ballots cast out of an estimated 453,615 eligible voters — 69% turnout.
Sources: FEC candidate filings (who is running), House Clerk and Senate roll-call records with congress.gov policy areas (the voting record), and MEDSL/MIT Election Lab official returns with Census citizen voting-age population (the last result). All public records.