Aaron Sanderford

U.S. Rep. Don Bacon declared victory Wednesday over State Sen. Tony Vargas in another close race in Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District.

OMAHA — U.S. Rep. Don Bacon has survived another close race in Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District, declaring victory Wednesday morning after pulling away from State Sen. Tony Vargas overnight to secure a fifth term.

U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., addresses supporters outside of his west Omaha campaign office on Wednesday morning at a press conference claiming victory. (Aaron Sanderford/Nebraska Examiner)

Republican U.S. Rep. Adrian Smith cruised to re-election over Democrat Dan Ebers in Nebraska's 3rd Congressional District, which includes Dakota, Cedar, Dixon, Thurston and Wayne counties.

BELLEVUE, Neb. — Nebraska voters faced a first-in-the-nation test Tuesday by voting on two competing constitutional amendments on abortion in the same election — and they appeared poised to buck the national trend by favoring abortion restrictions.

President of the Nebraska State Education Association was 'proud to see right- and left-leaning counties agree that vouchers were the wrong choice.'

OMAHA — Dan Osborn, the former Nebraska nonpartisan U.S. Senate candidate, announced a political action committee Tuesday aimed at boosting working-class candidates for Congress like him.

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OMAHA — Before kicking off his bid for mayor Thursday, Nebraska State Sen. Mike McDonnell, who turned Republican in April, shook hands and spoke with nonpartisan U.S. Senate candidate Dan Osborn. In a crowd of more than 300 people at McDonnell’s former fire union hall, the two Omaha union leaders greeted each other warmly. Osborn […]

A group of Iowa farmers and landowners from Story and Shelby counties exits the federal courthouse in Omaha, Nebraska, after a hearing before the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals