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{{short description|U.S. House district in Eastern Nebraska}}
{{Infobox U.S. congressional district
|state = Nebraska
|district number = 2
|image name = Nebraska US Congressional District 2 (since 2013).tif
|image width = 400
|image caption = Nebraska's 2nd congressional district since January 3, 2013
|representative = [[Don Bacon]]
|party = Republican
|residence = Papillion
|english area =
|percent urban = 97.86
|percent rural = 2.14
|population = 684,882
|population year = 2019
|median income = $71,277<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=31&cd=02|title=My Congressional District|first=US Census Bureau|last=Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP)|website=www.census.gov}}</ref>
|percent white = 81.6
|percent black = 9.8
|percent asian = 3.1
|percent native american = 0.6
|percent hispanic = 10.9
|percent other race = 2
|percent blue collar =
|percent white collar =
|percent gray collar =
|cpvi = R+4<ref name=Cook>{{cite web|url=http://cookpolitical.com/file/Arranged_by_State_District.pdf|title=Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress|publisher=The Cook Political Report|date=April 7, 2017|access-date=April 7, 2017}}</ref>
}}
'''Nebraska's 2nd congressional district''' is a [[List of United States congressional districts|congressional district]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Nebraska]] that encompasses the core of the [[Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area]]. It includes all of [[Douglas County, Nebraska|Douglas County]], which includes [[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]], as well as the suburban areas of the western part of [[Sarpy County, Nebraska|Sarpy County]]. It has been represented in the [[United States House of Representatives]] since 2017 by [[Don Bacon]], a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]].

== Demographics ==
According to the APM Research Lab's Voter Profile Tools<ref>{{Cite web|title=Representing US: 2020 Voter Profiles|url=https://www.apmresearchlab.org/representingus/2020profiles|access-date=2020-10-22|website=APM Research Lab|language=en-US}}</ref> (featuring the U.S. Census Bureau's 2019 American Community Survey), the district contained about 473,000 potential voters (citizens, age 18+). Of these, 80% are White, 9% Black, and 6% Latino. Immigrants make up 5% of the district's potential voters. Median income among households (with one or more potential voter) in the district is about $73,400, while 8% of households live below the poverty line. As for the educational attainment of potential voters in the district, 40% hold a bachelor's or higher degree.

==Electoral vote in presidential elections==
[[Nebraska]] and [[Maine]] are the only two states in the [[United States]] which distribute their [[electoral votes]] for [[President of the United States|president]] based on presidential candidates' performance in their respective [[congressional district]]s in addition to their statewide performance. The statewide [[wikt:popular vote|popular vote]] winner for president receives two electoral votes, and the winner of each of Nebraska's congressional districts—there are currently three such districts—receives an electoral vote from the respective district.

While the rest of the state's electorate tends to be solidly [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], the 2nd district is much more closely divided between the two main parties—Republican and [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]].

In the [[2008 United States presidential election]], Democratic presidential candidate [[Barack Obama]] targeted the district as a strategy of breaking a potential electoral-vote tie.<ref name=MSNBC>{{cite web  |author = Curry, Tom    | title = Is Obama-Terry the winning ticket in Omaha?  | publisher = NBC News  | date = 2008-11-02  | url = http://www.nbcnews.com/id/27489004  | access-date = 2008-11-20  | quote = If the national electoral vote tally is close, then the one electoral vote in Omaha would loom large. But with Obama apparently ahead in competitive states such as Virginia, the presidency may not hinge on Omaha's vote. }}</ref> He won the district's electoral vote by a margin of 3,325 votes over his chief [[General election#In the United States of America|general election]] opponent, Republican [[John McCain]].<ref name=AP/> However, McCain won Nebraska's statewide popular vote, as well as the district-wide popular vote for the other two Nebraska congressional districts, thus receiving four electoral votes from Nebraska.<ref name=AP>{{cite web  |author = Staff reporter  | title = Obama wins 1 of Nebraska's electoral votes  | publisher = AP  | date = 2008-11-14  | url = http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/14/politics/main4604957.shtml  | access-date = 2009-10-17  }} (Archived by WebCite at https://www.webcitation.org/5kaEXuAwS)</ref>

Obama's victory in the 2nd district meant that Nebraska's electoral delegation was split for the first time ever. It also marked the first Nebraskan electoral vote for a Democrat since 1964.<ref name=AP/> By contrast, in [[2012 United States presidential election|2012]] and [[2016 United States presidential election|2016]], Republican presidential nominees [[Mitt Romney]] and [[Donald Trump]] won the 2nd district, as well as the overall statewide vote and the electoral votes of the first and third districts.<ref name=Lincoln>{{cite web  |author = Walton, Don  | title = Romney wins 2nd District electoral vote  | publisher = Lincoln Journal Star  | date = 2012-11-07  | url = http://journalstar.com/elections/president/romney-wins-nd-district-electoral-vote/article_2686c6ef-8b5e-577c-ba69-2353becf8ccd.html  | access-date = 2012-11-07  | quote = Republican nominee Mitt Romney appeared to have won the battle for Nebraska's only competitive presidential electoral vote Tuesday night. [...] Romney held comfortable leads in both the 1st District, which includes Lincoln, and the vast 3rd District, as well as statewide.  }} (Archived by WebCite at https://www.webcitation.org/6Bzdk9RLy)</ref> The district flipped back to the Democratic Party in [[2020 United States presidential election|2020]], giving its one electoral vote to [[Joe Biden]].<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/</ref>

== Recent elections ==
This district is known as a swing district; it was one of six districts with a margin of less than 5% in all four elections after the 2010 Census. It has also backed the overall winner of every presidential election who won the Electoral College vote since 2000, except for when it voted for the losing candidate [[Mitt Romney]] over [[Barack Obama]] in 2012. As of {{CURRENTYEAR}}, it is one of nine districts that voted for [[Joe Biden]] in 2020 while being held or won by a Republican.

=== 2006 election ===
{{Election box begin
 | title      = [[2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District Election, 2006]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
 | party      = Republican Party (US)
 | candidate  = [[Lee Terry]] (Incumbent)
 | votes      = 99,475
 | percentage = 54.7%
 | change     = −6.4%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 | party      = Democratic Party (US)
 | candidate  = Jim Esch
 | votes      = 82,504
 | percentage = 45.3%
 | change     = +9.1%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
 | winner     = Republican Party (US)
 | loser      = Democratic Party (US)
 | swing      = 
}}
{{Election box turnout
 | votes      = 181,979|percentage=|change=
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2008 election ===
{{Election box begin
 | title      = [[2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District Election, 2008]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
 | party      = Republican Party (US)
 | candidate  = [[Lee Terry]] (Incumbent)
 | votes      = 142,473
 | percentage = 51.9%
 | change     = −2.8%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 | party      = Democratic Party (US)
 | candidate  = Jim Esch
 | votes      = 131,901
 | percentage = 48.1%
 | change     = +2.8%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
 | winner     = Republican Party (US)
 | loser      = Democratic Party (US)
 | swing      = 
}}
{{Election box turnout
 | votes      = 274,374|percentage=|change=
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2010 election ===
{{Election box begin
 | title      = [[2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District Election, 2010]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
 | party      = Republican Party (US)
 | candidate  = [[Lee Terry]] (Incumbent)
 | votes      = 93,840
 | percentage = 60.8%
 | change     = +8.9%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 | party      = Democratic Party (US)
 | candidate  = Tom White
 | votes      = 60,486
 | percentage = 39.2%
 | change     = −8.9%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
 | winner     = Republican Party (US)
 | loser      = Democratic Party (US)
 | swing      = 
}}
{{Election box turnout
 | votes      = 154,326|percentage=|change=
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2012 election ===
{{Election box begin
 | title      = [[2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District Election, 2012]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
 | party      = Republican Party (US)
 | candidate  = [[Lee Terry]] (Incumbent)
 | votes      = 133,964
 | percentage = 50.8%
 | change     = −10.0%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 | party      = Democratic Party (US)
 | candidate  = John Ewing
 | votes      = 129,767
 | percentage = 49.2%
 | change     = +10.0%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
 | winner     = Republican Party (US)
 | loser      = Democratic Party (US)
 | swing      = 
}}
{{Election box turnout
 | votes      = 263,731|percentage=|change=
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2014 election ===
{{Election box begin
 | title      = [[2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District Election, 2014]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
 | party      = Democratic Party (US)
 | candidate  = [[Brad Ashford]]
 | votes      = 83,872
 | percentage = 49.0%
 | change     = −0.2%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 | party      = Republican Party (US)
 | candidate  = [[Lee Terry]] (Incumbent)
 | votes      = 78,157
 | percentage = 45.7%
 | change     = −5.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 | party      = Libertarian Party (US)
 | candidate  = Steven Laird
 | votes      = 9,021
 | percentage = 5.3%
 | change     = +5.3%
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
 | winner     = Democratic Party (US)
 | loser      = Republican Party (US)
 | swing      = 
}}
{{Election box turnout
 | votes      = 171,050|percentage=|change=
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2016 election ===
{{Election box begin
 | title      = [[2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District Election, 2016]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
 | party      = Republican Party (US)
 | candidate  = [[Don Bacon (politician)|Don Bacon]]
 | votes      = 141,066
 | percentage = 48.9%
 | change     = +3.2%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 | party      = Democratic Party (US)
 | candidate  = [[Brad Ashford]] (Incumbent)
 | votes      = 137,602
 | percentage = 47.7%
 | change     = −1.3%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 | party      = Libertarian Party (US)
 | candidate  = Steven Laird
 | votes      = 9,640
 | percentage = 3.3%
 | change     = −2.0%
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
 | winner     = Republican Party (US)
 | loser      = Democratic Party (US)
 | swing      = 
}}
{{Election box turnout

 | votes      = 288,308
 | percentage = 
 | change     = 
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2018 election ===
{{Election box begin
 | title      = [[2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District Election, 2018]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
 | party      = Republican Party (US)
 | candidate  = [[Don Bacon (politician)|Don Bacon]] (Incumbent)
 | votes      = 126,715
 | percentage = 51.0%
 | change     = +2.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 | party      = Democratic Party (US)
 | candidate  = [[Kara Eastman]]
 | votes      = 121,770
 | percentage = 49.0%
 | change     = +1.3%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
 | winner     = Republican Party (US)
 | loser      = Democratic Party (US)
 | swing      = 
}}
{{Election box turnout
 | votes      = 248,485
 | percentage = 
 | change     = 
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2020 election ===
{{Election box begin
 | title      = [[2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District Election, 2020]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
 | party      = Republican Party (US)
 | candidate  = [[Don Bacon (politician)|Don Bacon]] (Incumbent)
 | votes      = 171,071
 | percentage = 50.8%
 | change     = -0.2%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 | party      = Democratic Party (US)
 | candidate  = Kara Eastman
 | votes      = 155,706
 | percentage = 46.2%
 | change     = -2.8%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 | party      = Libertarian Party (US)
 | candidate  = Tyler Schaeffer 
 | votes      = 10,185
 | percentage = 3%
 | change     = +3%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
 | winner     = Republican Party (US)
 | loser      = Democratic Party (US)
 | swing      = 
}}
{{Election box turnout
 | votes      = 336,962
 | percentage = 
 | change     = 
}}
{{Election box end}}

==Redistricting==
In 2011, Nebraska lawmakers changed the district to excise Offutt Air Force Base and the city of [[Bellevue, Nebraska|Bellevue]] — an area with a large minority population — and moved the borders to include the Republican-heavy Omaha suburbs in Sarpy County. The move was expected to dilute the city's urban Democratic vote, which Democrats criticized for [[gerrymandering]].<ref name=3rd>{{cite web  |author = Schulte, Grant  | title = Nebraska Redistricting Maps Approved  | publisher = AP  | date = May 27, 2011  | url = http://www.yankton.net/articles/2011/05/27/news/doc4ddf21f03ad0b578942267.txt  | access-date = August 10, 2012  }}</ref>

== List of members representing the district ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Member
! Party
! Years of Service
! Cong<br/>ress
! Electoral history
! Counties

|- style="height:3em"
| colspan=6 | District created March 4, 1883

|-
| align=left |[[File:James Laird (Nebraska Congressman).jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[James Laird (politician)|James Laird]]'''
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| nowrap | March 4, 1883 –<br/>August 17, 1889
| {{USCongressOrdinal|48|50}}
| [[1882 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Elected in 1882]].<br/>[[1884 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 1884]].<br/>[[1886 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 1886]].<br/>[[1888 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 1888]].<br/>Died.
| [[Cass County, Nebraska|Cass]], [[Douglas County, Nebraska|Douglas]], [[Gage County, Nebraska|Gage]], [[Johnson County, Nebraska|Johnson]], [[Lancaster County, Nebraska|Lancaster]], [[Otoe County, Nebraska|Otoe]], [[Pawnee County, Nebraska|Pawnee]], [[Richardson County, Nebraska|Richardson]], [[Sarpy County, Nebraska|Sarpy]], [[Saunders County, Nebraska|Saunders]], [[Washington County, Nebraska|Washington]]

|-
| align=left |[[File:Gilbert L. Laws (Nebraska Congressman).jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[Gilbert L. Laws]]'''
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| nowrap | December 2, 1889 –<br/>March 3, 1891
| {{USCongressOrdinal|51}}
| [[1889 United States House of Representatives elections|Elected to finish Laird's term]].<br/>Retired.
| [[Cass County, Nebraska|Cass]], [[Douglas County, Nebraska|Douglas]], [[Gage County, Nebraska|Gage]], [[Johnson County, Nebraska|Johnson]], [[Lancaster County, Nebraska|Lancaster]], [[Otoe County, Nebraska|Otoe]], [[Pawnee County, Nebraska|Pawnee]], [[Richardson County, Nebraska|Richardson]], [[Sarpy County, Nebraska|Sarpy]], [[Saunders County, Nebraska|Saunders]], [[Washington County, Nebraska|Washington]]

|-
| align=left |[[File:William A. McKeighan (Nebraska Congressman).jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[William A. McKeighan]]'''
| {{Party shading/Populist}} | [[People's Party (United States)|Populist]]
| nowrap | March 4, 1891 –<br/>March 3, 1893
| {{USCongressOrdinal|52}}
| [[1890 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Elected in 1890]].<br/>Redistricted to the {{ushr|Nebraska|5|C}}.
| [[Cass County, Nebraska|Cass]], [[Douglas County, Nebraska|Douglas]], [[Gage County, Nebraska|Gage]], [[Johnson County, Nebraska|Johnson]], [[Lancaster County, Nebraska|Lancaster]], [[Otoe County, Nebraska|Otoe]], [[Pawnee County, Nebraska|Pawnee]], [[Richardson County, Nebraska|Richardson]], [[Sarpy County, Nebraska|Sarpy]], [[Saunders County, Nebraska|Saunders]], [[Washington County, Nebraska|Washington]]

|-
| align=left |[[File:Portrait of David Henry Mercer from Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography 1914.png|100px]]<br/>'''[[David Henry Mercer]]'''
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| nowrap | March 4, 1893 –<br/>March 3, 1903
| {{USCongressOrdinal|53|57}}
| [[1892 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Elected in 1892]].<br/>[[1894 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 1894]].<br/>[[1896 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 1896]].<br/>[[1898 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 1898]].<br/>[[1900 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 1900]].<br/>Lost re-election.
| [[Douglas County, Nebraska|Douglas]], [[Sarpy County, Nebraska|Sarpy]], [[Washington County, Nebraska|Washington]]

|-
| align=left | [[File:GMHitchcock.jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[Gilbert M. Hitchcock]]'''
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| nowrap | March 4, 1903 –<br/>March 3, 1905
| {{USCongressOrdinal|58}}
| [[1902 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Elected in 1902]].<br/>Lost re-election.
| [[Douglas County, Nebraska|Douglas]], [[Sarpy County, Nebraska|Sarpy]], [[Washington County, Nebraska|Washington]]

|-
| align=left |[[File:John L. Kennedy (Nebraska Congressman).jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[John L. Kennedy]]'''
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| nowrap | March 4, 1905 –<br/>March 3, 1907
| {{USCongressOrdinal|59}}
| [[1904 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Elected in 1904]].<br/>Lost re-election.
| [[Douglas County, Nebraska|Douglas]], [[Sarpy County, Nebraska|Sarpy]], [[Washington County, Nebraska|Washington]]

|-
| align=left | [[File:GMHitchcock.jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[Gilbert M. Hitchcock]]'''
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| nowrap | March 4, 1907 –<br/>March 3, 1911
| {{USCongressOrdinal|60|61}}
| [[1906 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Elected in 1906]].<br/>[[1908 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 1908]].<br/>Retired to [[1910 United States Senate election in Nebraska|run for U.S. senator]].
| [[Douglas County, Nebraska|Douglas]], [[Sarpy County, Nebraska|Sarpy]], [[Washington County, Nebraska|Washington]]

|-
| align=left | [[File:CharlesOLobeck.jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[Charles O. Lobeck]]'''
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| nowrap | March 4, 1911 –<br/>March 3, 1919
| {{USCongressOrdinal|62|65}}
| [[1910 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Elected in 1910]].<br/>[[1912 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 1912]].<br/>[[1914 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 1914]].<br/>[[1916 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 1916]].<br/>Lost re-election.
| [[Douglas County, Nebraska|Douglas]], [[Sarpy County, Nebraska|Sarpy]], [[Washington County, Nebraska|Washington]]

|-
| align=left | [[File:AlbertWJefferis.jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[Albert W. Jefferis]]'''
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| nowrap | March 4, 1919 –<br/>March 3, 1923
| {{USCongressOrdinal|66|67}}
| [[1918 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Elected in 1918]].<br/>[[1920 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 1920]].<br/>Retired to [[1922 United States Senate election in Nebraska|run for U.S. senator]].
| [[Douglas County, Nebraska|Douglas]], [[Sarpy County, Nebraska|Sarpy]], [[Washington County, Nebraska|Washington]]

|-
| align=left | [[File:WillisGSears.jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[Willis G. Sears]]'''
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| nowrap | March 4, 1923 –<br/>March 3, 1931
| {{USCongressOrdinal|68|71}}
| [[1922 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Elected in 1922]].<br/>[[1924 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 1924]].<br/>[[1926 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 1926]].<br/>[[1928 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 1928]].<br/>Lost renomination.
| [[Douglas County, Nebraska|Douglas]], [[Sarpy County, Nebraska|Sarpy]], [[Washington County, Nebraska|Washington]]

|-
| align=left | [[File:Howard Malcolm Baldrige, Sr.png|100px]]<br/>'''[[Howard M. Baldrige|H. Malcolm Baldrige]]'''
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| nowrap | March 4, 1931 –<br/>March 3, 1933
| {{USCongressOrdinal|72}}
| [[1930 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Elected in 1930]].<br/>Lost re-election.
| [[Douglas County, Nebraska|Douglas]], [[Sarpy County, Nebraska|Sarpy]], [[Washington County, Nebraska|Washington]]

|-
| align=left | [[File:BURKE, Edward Raymond,.jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[Edward R. Burke]]'''
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| nowrap | March 4, 1933 –<br/>January 3, 1935
| {{USCongressOrdinal|73}}
| [[1932 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Elected in 1932]].<br/>Retired to [[1934 United States Senate election in Nebraska|run for U.S. senator]].
| [[Douglas County, Nebraska|Douglas]], [[Sarpy County, Nebraska|Sarpy]], [[Washington County, Nebraska|Washington]]

|-
| align=left | [[File:Charles F. McLaughlin.jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[Charles F. McLaughlin]]'''
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| nowrap | January 3, 1935 –<br/>January 3, 1943
| {{USCongressOrdinal|74|77}}
| [[1934 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Elected in 1934]].<br/>[[1936 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 1936]].<br/>[[1938 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 1938]].<br/>[[1940 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 1940]].<br/>Lost re-election.
| [[Douglas County, Nebraska|Douglas]], [[Sarpy County, Nebraska|Sarpy]], [[Washington County, Nebraska|Washington]]

|-
| align=left | [[File:Howard Buffett.jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[Howard Buffett]]'''
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| nowrap | January 3, 1943 –<br/>January 3, 1949
| {{USCongressOrdinal|78|80}}
| [[1942 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Elected in 1942]].<br/>[[1944 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 1944]].<br/>[[1946 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 1946]].<br/>Lost re-election.
| [[Cass County, Nebraska|Cass]], [[Douglas County, Nebraska|Douglas]], [[Otoe County, Nebraska|Otoe]], [[Sarpy County, Nebraska|Sarpy]], [[Washington County, Nebraska|Washington]]

|-
| align=left |[[File:Eugene D. O'Sullivan (Nebraska Congressman).jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[Eugene D. O'Sullivan]]'''
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| nowrap | January 3, 1949 –<br/>January 3, 1951
| {{USCongressOrdinal|81}}
| [[1948 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Elected in 1948]].<br/>Lost re-election. 
| [[Cass County, Nebraska|Cass]], [[Douglas County, Nebraska|Douglas]], [[Otoe County, Nebraska|Otoe]], [[Sarpy County, Nebraska|Sarpy]], [[Washington County, Nebraska|Washington]]

|-
| align=left | [[File:Howard Buffett.jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[Howard Buffett]]'''
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| nowrap | January 3, 1951 –<br/>January 3, 1953
| {{USCongressOrdinal|82}}
| [[1950 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Elected in 1950]].<br/>Retired.
| [[Cass County, Nebraska|Cass]], [[Douglas County, Nebraska|Douglas]], [[Otoe County, Nebraska|Otoe]], [[Sarpy County, Nebraska|Sarpy]], [[Washington County, Nebraska|Washington]]

|-
| align=left | [[File:Hruskalee2.jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[Roman Hruska]]'''
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| nowrap | January 3, 1953 –<br/>November 8, 1954
| {{USCongressOrdinal|83}}
| [[1952 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Elected in 1952]].<br/>Resigned when [[1954 United States Senate special elections in Nebraska|elected U.S. Senator]].
| [[Cass County, Nebraska|Cass]], [[Douglas County, Nebraska|Douglas]], [[Otoe County, Nebraska|Otoe]], [[Sarpy County, Nebraska|Sarpy]], [[Washington County, Nebraska|Washington]]

|-
| align=left |[[File:Jackson B. Chase (Nebraska Congressman).jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[Jackson B. Chase]]'''
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| nowrap | January 3, 1955 –<br/>January 3, 1957
| {{USCongressOrdinal|84}}
| [[1954 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Elected in 1954]].<br/>Retired.
| [[Cass County, Nebraska|Cass]], [[Douglas County, Nebraska|Douglas]], [[Otoe County, Nebraska|Otoe]], [[Sarpy County, Nebraska|Sarpy]], [[Washington County, Nebraska|Washington]]

|-
| align=left | [[File:Glenn Cunningham 1969.jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[Glenn Cunningham (Nebraska)|Glenn Cunningham]]'''
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| nowrap | January 3, 1957 –<br/>January 3, 1971
| {{USCongressOrdinal|85|91}}
| [[1956 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Elected in 1956]].<br/>[[1958 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 1958]].<br/>[[1960 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 1960]].<br/>[[1962 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 1962]].<br/>[[1964 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 1964]].<br/>[[1966 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 1966]].<br/>[[1968 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 1968]].<br/>Lost renomination.
| [[Burt County, Nebraska|Burt]] (91st), [[Cass County, Nebraska|Cass]], [[Douglas County, Nebraska|Douglas]], [[Otoe County, Nebraska|Otoe]] (85th–87th), [[Sarpy County, Nebraska|Sarpy]], [[Washington County, Nebraska|Washington]]

|-
| align=left | [[File:John Y. McCollister.jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[John Y. McCollister]]'''
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| nowrap | January 3, 1971 –<br/>January 3, 1977
| {{USCongressOrdinal|92|94}}
| [[1970 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Elected in 1970]].<br/>[[1972 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 1972]].<br/>[[1974 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 1974]].<br/>Retired to [[1976 United States Senate election in Nebraska|run for U.S. Senator]].
| [[Burt County, Nebraska|Burt]], [[Cass County, Nebraska|Cass]], [[Douglas County, Nebraska|Douglas]], [[Sarpy County, Nebraska|Sarpy]], [[Washington County, Nebraska|Washington]]

|-
| align=left | [[File:John Cavanagh.png|100px]]<br/>'''[[John Joseph Cavanaugh III|John J. Cavanaugh]]'''
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| nowrap | January 3, 1977 –<br/>January 3, 1981
| {{USCongressOrdinal|95|96}}
| [[1976 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Elected in 1976]].<br/>[[1978 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 1978]].<br/>Retired.
| [[Burt County, Nebraska|Burt]], [[Cass County, Nebraska|Cass]], [[Douglas County, Nebraska|Douglas]], [[Sarpy County, Nebraska|Sarpy]], [[Washington County, Nebraska|Washington]]

|-
| align=left | [[File:Hal daub.jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[Hal Daub]]'''
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| nowrap | January 3, 1981 –<br/>January 3, 1989
| {{USCongressOrdinal|97|100}}
| [[1980 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Elected in 1980]].<br/>[[1982 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 1982]].<br/>[[1984 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 1984]].<br/>[[1986 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 1986]].<br/>Retired to [[1988 United States Senate election in Nebraska|run for U.S. Senator]].
| [[Burt County, Nebraska|Burt]], [[Cass County, Nebraska|Cass]], [[Douglas County, Nebraska|Douglas]], [[Sarpy County, Nebraska|Sarpy]], [[Washington County, Nebraska|Washington]]

|-
| align=left | [[File:PeterHoagland.jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[Peter Hoagland]]'''
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| nowrap | January 3, 1989 –<br/>January 3, 1995
| {{USCongressOrdinal|101|103}}
| [[1988 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Elected in 1988]].<br />[[1990 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 1990]].<br />[[1992 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 1992]].<br/>Lost re-election.
| [[Burt County, Nebraska|Burt]] (101st–102nd), [[Cass County, Nebraska|Cass]], [[Douglas County, Nebraska|Douglas]], [[Sarpy County, Nebraska|Sarpy]], [[Washington County, Nebraska|Washington]] (101st–102nd)

|-
| align=left | [[File:Jon Christensen.jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[Jon Lynn Christensen|Jon L. Christensen]]'''
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| nowrap | January 3, 1995 –<br/>January 3, 1999
| {{USCongressOrdinal|104|105}}
| [[1994 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Elected in 1994]].<br />[[1996 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 1996]].<br/>Retired to [[1998 Nebraska gubernatorial election|run for Governor]].
| Part of [[Cass County, Nebraska|Cass]], [[Douglas County, Nebraska|Douglas]], [[Sarpy County, Nebraska|Sarpy]]

|-
| align=left | [[File:Lee Terry, Official Portrait,113th Congress.jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[Lee Terry]]'''
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| nowrap | January 3, 1999 –<br/>January 3, 2015
| {{USCongressOrdinal|106|113}}
| [[1998 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Elected in 1998]].<br />[[2000 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 2000]].<br />[[2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 2002]].<br/>[[2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 2004]].<br />[[2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 2006]].<br />[[2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 2008]].<br />[[2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 2010]].<br />[[2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 2012]].<br />Lost re-election.
| Part of [[Cass County, Nebraska|Cass]] (106th–107th), [[Douglas County, Nebraska|Douglas]], [[Sarpy County, Nebraska|Sarpy]]

|-
| align=left | [[File:Brad Ashford Congress.jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[Brad Ashford]]'''
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| nowrap | January 3, 2015 –<br/>January 3, 2017
| {{USCongressOrdinal|114}}
| [[2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Elected in 2014]].<br/>Lost re-election.
| [[Douglas County, Nebraska|Douglas]], Part of [[Sarpy County, Nebraska|Sarpy]]

|-
| align=left | [[File:Donald Bacon Official House Photo.jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[Don Bacon]]'''
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| nowrap | January 3, 2017 –<br/>present
| {{USCongressOrdinal|115|present}}
| [[2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Elected in 2016]].<br />[[2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 2018]].<br />[[2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska|Re-elected in 2020]].
| [[Douglas County, Nebraska|Douglas]], Part of [[Sarpy County, Nebraska|Sarpy]]

|}

==Election results from presidential races==

{| class=wikitable
|-
! Year
! Office
! Results
|-
| 2000
| [[2000 United States presidential election|President]]
| align="left" {{party shading/Republican}}|[[George W. Bush]] 57% – [[Al Gore]] 39%
|-
| 2004
| [[2004 United States presidential election|President]]
| align="left" {{party shading/Republican}}|[[George W. Bush]] 60% – [[John Kerry]] 38%
|-
| 2008
| [[2008 United States presidential election|President]]
| align="left" {{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Barack Obama]] 50% – [[John McCain]] 49%
|-
| 2012
| [[2012 United States presidential election|President]]
| align="left" {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Mitt Romney]] 53% – [[Barack Obama]] 46%
|-
| 2016
| [[2016 United States presidential election|President]]
| align="left" {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Donald Trump]] 48% – [[Hillary Clinton]] 46%
|-
| 2020
| [[2020 United States presidential election|President]]
| align="left" {{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Joe Biden]] 52% – [[Donald Trump]] 46%
|-
|}

==Historical district boundaries==
[[File:NE-districts-109-2.gif|thumb|left|<center>'''2003–2013'''</center>]]

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==See also==
{{portal|United States}}
* [[Nebraska's congressional districts]]
* [[List of United States congressional districts]]
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==References==
{{reflist|30em}}
* {{cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|year = 1989|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York}}
* {{cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|year = 1982|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York}}
* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present]

==External links==
* [https://bacon.house.gov/ Rep. Don Bacon's official House of Representatives website]

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[[Category:1883 establishments in Nebraska]]