Don Bacon Defeats Tony Vargas for House Seat in Nebraska
by The victory of the four-term Republican, who has resisted his party’s veer to the right, dashed Democratic hopes of flipping a critical district.
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Voters to Reject Private School Vouchers in Colorado, Nebraska and Kentucky
The results were part of a wave of ballot measure outcomes that teachers’ unions had sought. Nevertheless, private-school choice is growing nationwide.
In Nebraska, Separate Referendums on Abortion Create Confusion for Voters
Referendum 434 would enshrine the state’s current ban after 12 weeks. Referendum 439 would create a right to abortion “until fetal viability.”
Republicans Cling to Slim Leads in Nebraska and Texas Senate Races
In Nebraska, Dan Osborn, an independent, is in a tight race with Senator Deb Fischer, and in Texas, Representative Colin Allred is four percentage points …
Nebraska Senate Race Tightens as Osborn Gains
Dan Osborn, a labor leader and mechanic who is running as an independent, is making Republicans sweat with his dark horse bid to oust Senator …
A Swing District in Red Nebraska Hosts a Hotly Contested House Race
Tony Vargas, a Democrat vying to become the state’s first Latino representative, lost to Don Bacon, the Republican incumbent, in 2022. But the presidential election …
Nebraska Supreme Court Upholds Voting Rights for Felons
Legislators voted to restore voting rights to more people convicted of felonies, but a dispute over that law’s constitutionality created pre-election confusion.
Key Nebraska Republican Rejects Trump’s Push to Shake Up Electoral Map
Mike McDonnell, a state senator, said he would not support an effort to change the state’s electoral system to winner take all, an outcome that …
How One Man’s Vote in Nebraska Could Change the Presidential Election
A single Republican state senator appears to be holding back a push by Donald J. Trump to net a potentially pivotal electoral vote even before …
Trump’s Allies Try to Revive Push to Make Nebraska Winner-Take-All Electorally
Nebraska could deliver a critical electoral vote to Vice President Kamala Harris under its hybrid system of splitting votes in an otherwise red state.