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Election 2026: Democrat announces bid for Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District as others consider run

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May 2, 2025

Election 2026: Democrat announces bid for Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District as others consider run

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – We are a year and a half away from ballots being cast in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District, and a new name has entered the race.

Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) has held his seat in Congress for four election cycles, but will the Nebraska Republican run again in 2026?

For now, that is up in the air.

“You know, I’ve been married for 41 years right now; but I spent 40 of those years in the Air Force and Congress — and I have eight grandchildren,” Congressman Bacon said Thursday. “So there are the family considerations as well on this.”

But family isn’t the only factor in his decision.

“I am not going to lie to you: The dysfunction does wear on me,” Bacon said. “It’s one thing to fight the other party; but when you have fights in your own party, in Congress, but the Republicans back home.”

Bacon said he does not want to put Republicans behind in the primary process, so he will make a final decision this summer.

In the meantime, a new Democratic contestant entered the field on Thursday: Women Who Run Nebraska co-founder Denise Powell threw her name in the ring.

“This just seems like the time and the need for kind of a regular Nebraskan who is feeling it too, to step in and speak up for our neighbors and our friends who are really scared right now,” Powell said.

Women Who Run Nebraska supports and promotes women of all parties who run for office in the state.

“I think watching those women who come from all walks of life, run and do this big courageous thing, definitely inspires me to feel like maybe I can do this courageous thing too,” Powell tells First Alert 6.

Fellow Democrat John Cavanaugh told First Alert 6 on Thursday that he is also considering a run. However, the state senator says a final decision won’t come until after the legislative session concludes in Lincoln.

“I have got a very strong record; and so because of that, a lot of people have reached out to me and have asked me to consider running,” Cavanaugh said. “So I am thinking about it.”

First Alert 6 asked each potential candidate what issues will be top of mind for voters this time around. Each touched on different topics, but the economy was a common theme among each of them.

“We need to protect Social Security, the VA, Medicaid, Medicare, and we need to make sure that people can afford to buy groceries,” Cavanaugh said. “I have a track record of protecting affordability at the grocery store.”

Powell said she also has her eye on the toll the economy could take on programs Nebraskans rely on.

“I am worried about my parents, and their abilities to access Social Security and Medicaid — and what that is going to mean for my family,” she said. “I just think this is a consistent issue we hear across the board, that people are just worried about their ability to thrive.”

Bacon acknowledged the importance of the economy, but said he’s just as concerned about

“The economy is always going to be the No. 1 issue, good or bad; and right now, we have had a retraction in the economy. I think a lot of people think it’s because of tariffs, but there is a debate about that,” he said. “I think we can surely talk about how the border is better — the border is 95% better than it was under Joe Biden.”

First Alert 6 also reached out to former congressional candidate Tony Vargas. He said Thursday that he will not run again for the Dist. 2 seat, which he lost twice in close races with Bacon.

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Challenging Week Ahead in Nebraska Men’s Basketball

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If this were a football road trip for Nebraska, yikes. The Huskers this week visit Ohio State and Indiana.
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But maybe, given Nebraska’s 14-0 basketball start, it’s the Buckeyes and Hoosiers who should be concerned.
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The basketball version of the Buckeyes and Hoosiers is difficult enough, as both Nebraska opponents are formidable, both are capable of making the NCAA Tournament and both are capable of pinning that first loss on the Huskers.

Nebraska has played one true road game, a victory at Illinois. The Huskers play Ohio State on Monday and Indiana on Saturday, Jan. 10. The No. 13 Huskers are flying, coming off a 58-56 victory over No. 9 Michigan State on Friday night at Pinnacle Bank Arena.

Defeating the Spartans was the kind of tense victory over a legitimate basketball powerhouse that could define the Huskers’ season.

Back to reality for Huskers

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“Everybody that played, I think, made a big contribution,” Nebraska coach Fred Hoiberg said at a postgame news conference about the victory over Michigan State.

The victory led to a wild, court-filled celebration at Pinnacle Bank Arena.

But, now, back to the harsh reality of life in the difficult Big Ten. There’s not much turnaround time for Nebraska before the Ohio State game.

“We’ve got to bounce back [Saturday, Jan. 3] with a good mental day [of] prep and get one more day,” Hoiberg said.
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Nebraska coach Fred Hoiberg has led his team to a 14-0 record with road games this week at Ohio State and Indiana. | Dylan Widger-Imagn Images

“We’ll practice a little bit, and travel day, but it was a hell of a tough turnaround to play back-to-back 8 o’clock games with two days’ prep, and now you go on the road for two.

“So, it’s a great win for us. I’m not going to discount that. Huge win for our program but we got to get past it and move on to Ohio State.”
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The Huskers are tied for first place in the Big Ten with Michigan and Purdue at 3-0. One of these teams is not the like the others, at least based on preseason projections and historical precedent. Purdue and Michigan were expected to be Big Ten contenders. Nebraska was not, but has become one of the best national college basketball success stories so far this season.

‘It’s been a fun ride’

“We’ve done something that hasn’t been done in this program ever … running the table in the non-conference hasn’t been done in almost 100 years,” Hoiberg said. “So, there’s a lot of things these guys can be proud of, but at the same time, the most impressive thing to me about this group is how they’ve handled it. They haven’t gotten big-headed.

“You know, a lot of things have been written and listen, if it flips, it’s going to go the other way and they got to handle that well.
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“Hopefully, it doesn’t, but it’s been a fun ride with this team and they’ve seen how much effort and time you’re putting into it to go out and execute game plans, get chewed out at halftime and handle it and respond.
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“Again, I’ve talked a lot about this group. They’ve been a joy to be around and they’ve been fun because of their daily approach …

“When you go on the road, you got to be fresh physically and mentally as much as possible. Had guys play a lot. Rienk [Mast] hadn’t played this amount of minutes in awhile. So, it’s going to be important to get him back fresh and go out and hopefully play well on the road.”
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Nebraska at Ohio State

When: Monday, 5:30 p.m. CT
Where: Schottenstein Center, Columbus
Records: Nebraska 14-0, 3-0 in Big Ten; Ohio State, 10-3, 2-1 in Big Ten. The Buckeyes are 7-1 at home.
TV: FS1

Rankings updated based on games through Saturday.

Ohio State rankings

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* Associated Press Top 25: Not ranked
* NCAA Net Ratings: 46 (dropped two places)
* USA Today Coaches Poll: Not ranked
* Kenpom.com: 39
* ESPN Power Rankings: 36
* Top 25 and 1: Not ranked
* Team Rankings.com: 62

In Joe Lunardi’s latest Bracketology projections, Ohio State is an 11-seed as one of the “last four in” for the 68-team NCAA Tournament.
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Nebraska rankings

* Associated Press Top 25: 13 (new poll is released Monday)
* NCAA Net Ratings: 11 (improved four places)
* USA Today Coaches Poll: 13
* Kenpom.com: 22
* ESPN Power Rankings: 26 (dropped one place)
* Top 25 and 1: 9 (improved four places)
* Team Rankings.com: 7 (improved one place)
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In Joe Lunardi’s latest Bracketology projections, Nebraska is a 4-seed for the 68-team NCAA Tournament.

Nebraska-Ohio State analysis

Something to watch: How Nebraska bounces back from a highly emotional win over Michigan State. The Ohio State crowd will be revved up at the sight of the 14-0 Huskers. The Buckeyes can enhance their NCAA resume with a win over the Huskers. If Hoiberg has his team focused and the players are “business-like” as the coach says they are, Nebraska could be in good position to keep the winning streak going. Last season, the Huskers lost in Columbus, 116-114, in double overtime on March 4, a defeat that likely hurt their NCAA chances.
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Nebraska at Indiana

When: Saturday, 11 a.m. CT
Where: Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, Bloomington
Records: Nebraska 14-0, 3-0 in Big Ten; Indiana, 10-3, 1-1 in Big Ten. The Hoosiers are 9-0 at home.
TV: BTN
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Indiana rankings

* Associated Press Top 25: Not ranked
* NCAA Net Ratings: 33
* USA Today Coaches Poll: 39
* Kenpom.com: 28
* ESPN Power Rankings: 17 (improved by two places)
* Top 25 and 1: Not ranked
* Team Rankings.com: 68 (dropped three places)

In Joe Lunardi’s latest Bracketology projections, Indiana is an 11-seed as one of the “last four byes” for the 68-team NCAA Tournament.

Nebraska rankings

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* Associated Press Top 25: 13 (new poll is released Monday)
* NCAA Net Ratings: 11 (improved four places)
* USA Today Coaches Poll: 13
* Kenpom.com: 22
* ESPN Power Rankings: 26 (dropped one place)
* Top 25 and 1: 9 (improved four places)
* Team Rankings.com: 7 (improved one place)

In Joe Lunardi’s latest Bracketology projections, Nebraska is a 4-seed for the 68-team NCAA Tournament.
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Indiana guard Lamar Wilkerson is averaging 20.2 points in home games. Nebraska is at Indiana on Saturday. | Robert Goddin-Imagn Images

Nebraska-Indiana analysis

Indiana is 9-0 at home and has two games before Nebraska comes to Bloomington — Sunday vs. Washington (the Hoosiers’ first game since Dec. 22), and Wednesday at Maryland.

If the Hoosiers can stay focused and not be distracted by the football team’s run to the College Football Playoff semifinals, IU won’t be easy for Nebraska.
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Indiana features balanced scoring. Indiana guard Lamar Wilkerson — no relation to the legendary Hoosier Bobby Wilkerson of the 1976 NCAA championship team — should be the focus of the Huskers’ defense. Wilkerson, a 6-foot-6 senior, can light it up, averaging 20.2 points in home games and 19.0 points overall.

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So Far, so Good for Huskers in the Transfer Portal

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College Football’s 2026 transfer portal process is in its very early stages. Right now, we’re in the period where teams are losing players into the portal, while hosting visitors they hope to sign and bring in sometime in the next couple of weeks. So pretty much everyone is a net negative at this moment.
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With that being the case, the negative impact of the portal for Nebraska so far has been minimal…if you consider losing your former five-star, two-year starting quarterback minimal.
Dylan Raiola is the only Husker of real note to enter the portal thus far. Former starting kicker Tristan Alvano and legacy defensive lineman Maverick Noonan announced early, along with several others. The small number (13 so far) is a win. Several starters and reserve contributors have also confirmed they are staying put, while the reserve players who are leaving are presumably looking for a chance at more playing time and/or a slightly bigger payday.
Next season will be the second year of college football under the NCAA mandated roster limit of 105. Teams will still be allowed to go slightly over that limit to accommodate returning players being “grandfather in.” This exception is for players who have been in their program prior to last season when the rule took effect. It allows them to exhaust their eligibility. Right now, Nebraska still has over 100 players on the roster, so depending on how many players stay and how many more they sign out of the portal, some level of roster reduction will still likely need to take place.
As for who head coach Matt Rhule and his staff are targeting, that list starts with now-former Notre Dame quarterback Kenny Minchey. Minchey lost out on the starting job for the Fighting Irish last preseason and played only sparingly 2025. He’s set to visit Lincoln soon.
With only TJ Lateef returning as a scholarship QB, Rhule will likely need to also bring in a second transfer portal signal caller for depth purposes. Nebraska has not signed a quarterback in it’s 2026 high school recruiting class.
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Also targeted and set to visit are several of the defensive players transferring from San Diego State, where new Husker Defensive Coordinator Rob Aurich coached last season. At the top of that list is All-Mountain West Linebacker Owen Chambliss. Chambliss racked up 110 tackles during his Aztec career, plus 9.5 tackles for loss that includes four sacks. He’ll have two years of eligibility remaining. Chambliss was one of six Aztecs to garner All-MW honors last season, and at least two of these former SDSU standouts are set to visit Aurich at his new job site.
Right now, the visitor list is extensive, which is a good thing for Rhule considering the players he’s chasing will all have multiple other offers. When his contract extension was announced back on October 30^th, Rhule pointed out that he expected Nebraska to have a good deal more financial resources available to help lure transfers to Lincoln starting this off season. That time has arrived.

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What to watch for in Las Vegas Bowl game between Utah and Nebraska

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The stage is set for Utah and Nebraska to go toe-to-toe in the 2025 Las Vegas Bowl.

The Utes (10-2, 7-2 Big 12) and Cornhuskers (7-5, 4-5 Big Ten) are set to kick off from Allegiant Stadium on Dec. 31 at 1:30 p.m. MT. Fans not making the trip to Las Vegas will be able to tune in via ESPN.

With several bowl game opt-outs and a significant head coaching change headlining the major storylines, here’s what to watch for when Utah and Nebraska take the field on New Year’s Eve.
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Morgan Scalley Takes The Wheel

Kyle Whittingham’s expedited takeover in Ann Arbor, Michigan, puts Utah’s longtime defensive coordinator, Morgan Scalley, at the helm of the Utes for the first time as the head coach.

Scalley was previously in charge of the Utah defense for 10 seasons, helping reaffirm the same principles Whittingham established when he was the team’s defensive coordinator; relentless, smart, tough and not prone to giving up a lot of points.

Since 2019, the Utes have held opponents to 15 points or fewer in 36 games, including seven times during the 2025 regular season. Scalley’s defense in 2025 ranked No. 5 in the Football Bowl Subdivision in passing efficiency defense, No. 15 in interceptions (14) and No. 16 in scoring defense, allowing just 18.7 points per game. Utah was No. 2 in the Big 12 in passing yards, allowing 177.5 per game.
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It’s safe to assume the transition to Scalley — a Salt Lake City native who’s been on the Utes’ sidelines in some capacity since 2007 — will be seamless for the most part, and that Utah’s defense will continue to be stout as it faces a Nebraska offense that’s being led by a true freshman making his fourth career start. How the Utes as a whole come out of the gate and their intensity and focus on both sides of the ball after the abrupt head coaching switch, will be worth monitoring, though.

Utah’s Bowl Game Opt-Outs

From the sidelines to the field itself, Utah will be without several key figures for its postseason game.

The offensive line, especially, won’t look the same, as both Spencer Fano and Caleb Lomu have opted out of the Las Vegas Bowl while declaring for the 2026 NFL Draft.
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It’ll be interesting to monitor how the Utes — who averaged the second-most rushing yards per game (269.8) in the Football Bowl Subdivision in the regular season — function without their two best offensive linemen bookending their front line against a Cornhuskers defense that allowed the third-highest yards per carry average in the Big Ten (4.8).
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According to reports, Keith Olsen and Zereoue Williams will fill in for Fano and Lomu along the offensive line. Olsen, a 6-foot-6 junior, started at right tackle for the Kansas game and has allowed one pressure and one hurry in 64 pass blocking opportunities this season, according to Pro Football Focus. Williams, a 6-foot-8 Arizona native, played in all 12 regular season, mainly at left tackle, and recorded 79 total snaps, including 59 on run plays.

As for the other side of the ball, Utah will be down without its main edge rushers in John Henry Daley and Logan Fano. Daley’s absence has been felt since his season-ending injury against Kansas State in November; Logan, meanwhile, recently announced with his brother that he’ll be entering the 2026 NFL Draft.
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Utah’s Offensive Play-Calling

First-year offensive coordinator Jason Beck has orchestrated the Utes offense to the tune of 41.1 points per game — the third time since 1930 that Utah averaged over 40 points per game — and 478.6 total yards of offense per game, ranking No. 6 in the Football Bowl Subdivision. He’s been creative, too; from wildcat packages, flea flickers, defensive players lined up at skill positions and designed run plays for both the starting and backup quarterback.
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A standalone postseason game to cap off the 2025 campaign will give Beck more opportunities to show what he’s got up his sleeves as a play-caller. And given his name has been attached to the list of assistants Whittingham will reportedly target to join him at Michigan, it’ll be interesting to see how Beck approaches what could be his final game as the Utes’ offensive coordinator.

Not to mention, Utah won’t have its top two tackles leading the way in the run game. If the Utes can’t move the ball with the same consistency they had in the regular season, it’ll be worth monitoring how Beck adjusts.
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Will Ryan Davis Play?

Utah’s top receiver wasn’t involved during the home finale against Kansas State and was ruled out for the Kansas game in the days leading up to kickoff. It’s unclear what sort of ailment Davis has been dealing with, though he’d certainly like to be on the field for what will likely be the final college football game of his career.
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Davis, a New Mexico transfer who began his career at UAB in 2019, led Utah with 659 receiving yards on 57 receptions, hauling in four touchdowns across 11 regular season appearances.

Nebraska Without Emmett Johnson

The Cornhuskers were middle of the pack in the Big Ten in rushing, averaging 144.7 yards per game during the regular season, due in large part to Emmett Johnson’s success on the ground. The 5-foot-11, 200-pound junior from Minnesota was named the Big Ten Running Back of the Year after totaling 1,451 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns, plus 46 catches for 370 yards and three more touchdowns. His 1,821 scrimmage yards ranked No. 2 in the country.
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The Utes won’t have to worry about trying to slow down Nebraska’s dynamic tailback, though, given he’s already declared for the 2026 NFL Draft.
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Utah struggled defending the run down the stretch of the regular season, giving up 275.3 rushing yards per game and yielded 7.1 yards per carry in November, including 472 yards on the ground to Kansas State on Nov. 22.

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