Rep. Don Bacon (R) defeated businessman Steve Kuehl in the Nebraska 2nd Congressional District GOP primary on Tuesday.
With 61 percent of the districts reporting, Bacon received 81.77 percent of the vote while Kuehl received 18.23 percent, according to Decision Desk HQ.
During his speech at a rally in Nebraska on May 1, Donald Trump called Bacon “a bad guy” and offered his best wishes to opponent Steve Kuehl, saying, “Good luck, Steve, whoever the hell you are.”
Trump never issued a formal endorsement for Kuehl. He offered a shout-out to Kuehl because Bacon criticized the former president after the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol breach and voted for Democratic President Joe Biden’s infrastructure package.
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