In one of the most closely watched congressional races this year, U.S. Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska is looking to defeat a fellow Republican in Tuesday's primary election in his quest for reelection. He'll have to do it without the support of the state Republican Party, which has endorsed his primary challenger.
U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., a Republican moderate, speaks following a closed-door GOP meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. In one of the most closely watched congressional races of the year, Bacon is looking to defeat …OMAHA, Neb. — In one of the most closely watched congressional races this year, U.S. Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska is looking to defeat a fellow Republican in Tuesday’s primary election in his quest for reelection.
It’s an oddity that lays bare the bitter divide between Trump loyalists who control the Nebraska GOP, as well as several county Republican parties, and the more establishment-type Republicans who were previously at the helm, said John Hibbing, a longtime University of Nebraska-Lincoln political science professor.
“I think they’re probably wondering: ‘What else can we do?’” Hibbing said. “These are solidly conservative individuals.” Nebraska eschewed a winner-take-all system of awarding presidential electoral votes more than 30 years ago and instead allows its electoral votes tied to its three congressional districts to be split. Bacon’s district has seen its elector vote go to a Democratic presidential candidate twice - to Barack Obama in 2008 and to Biden in 2020.
The campaigns of Fischer, Flood, Ricketts and Smith did not immediately response to messages seeking comment.
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