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2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska

For related races, see 2024 United States House of Representatives elections.

The 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska were held on November 5, 2024, to elect the three U.S. representatives from the State of Nebraska, one from each of the state's congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections. The Primary elections were held on May 14, 2024.

2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska
← 2022 November 5, 2024 2026 →
All 3 Nebraska seats to the United States House of Representatives
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 3 0
Seats won 3 0
Seat change Steady Steady
Results by district

District 1

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2024 Nebraska's 1st congressional district election
 
← 2022
2026 →
     
Nominee Mike Flood Carol Blood
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 184,252 121,523
Percentage 60.3% 39.7%
 
County results
Flood:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
U.S. Representative before election

Mike Flood
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Mike Flood
Republican

See also: Nebraska's 1st congressional district

The 1st district is located in eastern Nebraska surrounding Omaha and its suburbs, taking in Lincoln, Bellevue, Fremont, and Norfolk. The incumbent is Republican Mike Flood, who was re-elected with 57.9% of the vote in 2022.[1]

Republican primary

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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  • Michael Connely, education advisor and candidate for governor in 2022[3]

Endorsements

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Mike Flood
Organizations

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of April 24, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Michael Connely (R) $0 $0 $0
Mike Flood (R) $1,279,065 $928,355 $357,582
Source: Federal Election Commission[9]

Results

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Republican primary results[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Flood (incumbent) 56,846 81.52%
Republican Michael Connely 12,884 18.48%
Total votes 69,730 100.00%

Democratic primary

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Nominee

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Endorsements

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Carol Blood
State legislators
Organizations
Labor unions

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of April 24, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Carol Blood (D) $36,076 $20,647 $15,428
Source: Federal Election Commission[9]

Results

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Democratic primary results[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Carol Blood 34,888 100.00%
Total votes 34,888 100.00%

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[15] Solid R April 29, 2024
Inside Elections[16] Solid R March 10, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball[17] Safe R February 23, 2023
Elections Daily[18] Safe R October 5, 2023
CNalysis[19] Solid R November 16, 2023

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Mike
Flood (R) 		Carol
Blood (D) 		Undecided
YouGov[A] October 21–28, 2024 406 (LV) – 53% 39% 8%[b]

Results

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Nebraska's 1st congressional district, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Flood (incumbent)
Democratic Carol Blood
Total votes

District 2

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2024 Nebraska's 2nd congressional district election
 
← 2022
2026 →
     
Nominee Don Bacon Tony Vargas
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 157,246 150,096
Percentage 51.2 48.8%
 
County results
Bacon:      60–70%      70–80%
Vargas:      50–60%
U.S. Representative before election

Don Bacon
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Don Bacon
Republican

See also: Nebraska's 2nd congressional district

The 2nd district covers the Omaha metropolitan area, including all of Douglas County, home to the city of Omaha, Saunders County, and suburban parts of northern Sarpy County, including La Vista and Papillon. The incumbent is Republican Don Bacon, who was re-elected with 51.3% of the vote in 2022.[1]

Republican primary

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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Withdrawn

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  • Michael Connely, education advisor and candidate for governor in 2022 (endorsed Frei, switched to the 1st district)[3]

Declined

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  • Robert Anthony, real estate broker (endorsed Frei)[22]

Endorsements

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Don Bacon
U.S. Executive Branch officials
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives
State officials
State legislators
  • 26 state senators[28]
Local officials
Individuals
Organizations
Labor unions
Dan Frei
Political parties

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of April 24, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Don Bacon (R) $3,465,982 $1,929,712 $1,727,525
Dan Frei (R) $125,759 $84,491 $41,268
Source: Federal Election Commission[39]

Results

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Republican primary results[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Don Bacon (incumbent) 35,748 61.96%
Republican Dan Frei 21,946 38.04%
Total votes 57,694 100.00%

Democratic primary

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Nominee

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Endorsements

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Tony Vargas
Statewide officials
Organizations
Labor unions

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of April 24, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Tony Vargas (D) $2,407,207 $819,341 $1,641,255
Source: Federal Election Commission[39]

Results

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Democratic primary results[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tony Vargas 39,038 100.00%
Total votes 39,038 100.00%

Independents

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Declined

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General election

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Debates and forums

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2024 Nebraska 2nd congressional district debates and forums
No. Date Host Moderator Link Participants
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Non-invitee   I  Invitee W  Withdrawn
Bacon Vargas
1[58] October 4, 2024 WOWT Brian Mastre [59] P P
2[60] October 8, 2024 Nebraska Public Media Aaron Sanderford [61] P P
3[62] October 13, 2024 KETV Rob McCartney [63] P P

Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[15] Lean D (flip) November 1, 2024
Inside Elections[16] Tilt D (flip) October 10, 2024
Sabato's Crystal Ball[17] Lean D (flip) September 30, 2024
Elections Daily[18] Lean D (flip) October 10, 2024
CNalysis[19] Tilt D (flip) October 7, 2024
Roll Call[64] Tilt D (flip) October 15, 2024
Fox News[65] Tossup September 25, 2024
DDHQ[66] Lean D (flip) November 4, 2024
FiveThirtyEight[67] Lean D (flip) October 8, 2024
The Economist[68] Lean D (flip) October 10, 2024

Polling

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Aggregate polls
Source of poll
aggregation 		Dates
administered 		Dates
updated 		Don
Bacon (R) 		Tony
Vargas (D) 		Undecided
[c] 		Margin
The Hill/DDHQ through October 28, 2024 October 30, 2024 44.9% 50.2% 4.9% Vargas +5.3%
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Don
Bacon (R) 		Tony
Vargas (D) 		Undecided
YouGov[A] October 21–28, 2024 389 (LV) ± 6.2% 46% 50% 4%[d]
The New York Times/Siena College September 24–26, 2024 663 (LV) ± 4.1% 46% 49% 6%
663 (RV) ± 4.0% 44% 48% 8%
SSRS[B] September 20-25, 2024 749 (RV) ± 4.0% 44% 50% 6%
September 19-23, 2024 Republican efforts to move Nebraska to a winner-take-all electoral vote system for President[69][70]
Change Research (D)[C] September 16-23, 2024 548 (LV) – 41% 49% 10%
Global Strategy Group[D] September 9-13, 2024 600 (LV) ± 4.4% 45% 49% 6%
SurveyUSA[E] August 23–27, 2024 507 (RV) ± 5.6% 40% 46% 14%
Change Research (D)[C] August 10–17, 2024 2,429 (V) ± 2.2% 43% 48% 9%
Remington Research Group (R) August 14–17, 2024 656 (LV) ± 3.8% 46% 44% 10%
GQR (D)[F] July 16–21, 2024 400 (LV) – 45% 49% 6%
July 21, 2024 Joe Biden withdraws from the presidential race
Torchlight Strategies (R)[G] July 8–11, 2024 300 (LV) ± 6.3% 46% 43% 11%
Global Strategy Group (D)[D] June 25–30, 2024 700 (LV) ± 4.4% 44% 46% 9%
Global Strategy Group (D)[D] February 20–25, 2024 500 (A) ± 4.4% 43% 46% 11%

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of September 30, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Don Bacon (R) $5,630,302 $3,638,458 $2,006,079
Tony Vargas (D) $6,189,421 $4,718,757 $1,524,052
Source: Federal Election Commission[39]

Results

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Nebraska's 2nd congressional district, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Don Bacon (incumbent)
Democratic Tony Vargas
Total votes

District 3

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2024 Nebraska's 3rd congressional district election
 
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Nominee Adrian Smith Daniel Ebers
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 242,480 59,014
Percentage 80.4% 19.6%
 
County results
Smith:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
U.S. Representative before election

Adrian Smith
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Adrian Smith
Republican

See also: Nebraska's 3rd congressional district

The 3rd district covers most of the rural central and western part of the state, and includes Grand Island, Kearney, Hastings, North Platte, Alliance, and Scottsbluff. The incumbent is Republican Adrian Smith, who was re-elected with 78.3% of the vote in 2022.[1]

Republican primary

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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  • Robert McCuiston, former mayor of Tamora[73]
  • John Walz, mechanical engineer[74]

Endorsements

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Adrian Smith
Organizations
John Walz
Political parties

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of April 24, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Adrian Smith (R) $1,236,502 $945,970 $1,205,069
John Walz (R) $19,932 $18,380 $1,570
Source: Federal Election Commission[76]

Results

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Primary results by county:
  Smith
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
Republican primary results[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Adrian Smith (incumbent) 68,056 74.16%
Republican John Walz 17,060 18.59%
Republican Robert McCuiston 6,654 7.25%
Total votes 91,770 100.00%

Democratic primary

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Nominee

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  • Daniel Ebers, hotel manager[73]

Eliminated in primary

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  • David Else, farmer and nominee for this district in 2022[73]

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of April 24, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
David Else (D) $0 $0 $0
Source: Federal Election Commission[76]

Results

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Primary results by county:
  Ebers
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Else
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Tie
Democratic primary results[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Daniel Ebers 7,841 52.90%
Democratic David Else 6,982 47.10%
Total votes 14,823 100.00%

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[15] Solid R April 29, 2024
Inside Elections[16] Solid R March 10, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball[17] Safe R February 23, 2023
Elections Daily[18] Safe R October 5, 2023
CNalysis[19] Solid R November 16, 2023

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Adrian
Smith (R) 		Daniel
Ebers (D) 		Undecided
YouGov[A] October 21–28, 2024 404 (LV) – 68% 22% 10%[e]

Results

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Nebraska's 3rd congressional district, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Adrian Smith (incumbent)
Democratic Daniel Ebers
Total votes

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ "Someone Else" with 1%
  3. ^ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  4. ^ "Someone Else" with 1%
  5. ^ "Someone Else" with 2%
Partisan clients
  1. ^ a b c Poll sponsored by The Economist
  2. ^ Poll sponsored by CNN
  3. ^ a b Poll sponsored by Future Majority PAC, a Democratic group[71]
  4. ^ a b c Poll sponsored by Vargas's campaign
  5. ^ Poll sponsored by Split Ticket
  6. ^ Poll sponsored by House Majority PAC, a Democratic group
  7. ^ Poll sponsored by the campaign of U.S. Senator Deb Fischer, who has endorsed Bacon

References

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Official campaign websites for 2nd district candidates
Official campaign websites for 3rd district candidates
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