A perennially close Congressional seat covering what’s called “the blue dot” in one of the reddest states in the country, Nebraska, looks like it’ll be tight again in the November elections.
Incumbent Republican Don Bacon, representing Nebraska’s second district since 2016, seeks to hold his seat against state legislator Tony Vargas, the Democratic nominee.
As drawn since redistricting, including the city of Omaha and various environs, the district voted for Joe Biden over Donald Trump in 2020 by six points. Real Clear Politics rates it “Leans Republican,” but two other forecasters, Larry J. Sabato and Nathan L. Gonzalez, now rate it a toss-up. And that’s despite a redistricting that removed some of the more Democratic urban areas and added a large, more rural outlying county….