Nebraska Seat Could Determine Who Rules Next House

In Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District, it is taken for granted that Republican Rep. Don Bacon will retire in 2026 after a decade in Congress.

Among national Republicans, there is also growing nervousness that Democrats will capture the Omaha-based district and, in the most closely divided House since 1930, that such a pickup could well tip the House from Republican to Democrat next year.

“We are a true purple district, albeit leaning more Democrat than Republican,” David Kramer, an Omaha attorney and former Nebraska Republican Party chair, told Newsmax.

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