Democratic primary · May 12, 2026
Nebraska house Democratic primary
Denise Powell won the Democratic primary on May 12, 2026, advancing to the general election on November 3, 2026.
Caution · early warning
Editorial raters moved while polling has gone quiet
The last rating change here was 22d ago, but only 0 polls have landed in the last 60 days. When raters move and pollsters don't, the rating shift may be running ahead of the data. Watch for a late-cycle correction in either direction.
Where this race stands
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Primary result · Democratic primary
Official outcome · May 12, 2026 · forecast shown for reference1Denise PowellThe 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect the three U.S. representati…
2John Cavanaugh
3Crystal Rhoades
4Kishla Askins
All polls · 2 results
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| Date | Pollster · trust signals | n · pop | Powell | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 26 | GBAO | 600 · LV | 10 | — |
| Jul 22, 25 | GBAO | 400 · LV | 9 | — |
Endorsements · Democratic primary · 18 total
Source · Wikipedia · 0 candidates with no endorsements yetDenise Powell · 18
DDenise Powell18 endorsers
Most notable · Dunixi Guereca · state senator from the 7th district (2025–present)
Elected officials10
Federal 6State 3Local 1
Elected officials · 10
- Dunixi Guereca · state senator from the 7th district (2025–present)
- Margo Juarez · state senator from the 5th district (2025–present)
- Tony Vargas · former state senator from the 7th district (2017–2025)
- Andrea Salinas · OR-06 (2003–present)
- Greg Stanton · AZ-04 (2019–present)
- Norma Torres · CA-35 (2003–present)
- Annie Kuster · former NH-02 (2013–2025)
- Emily Randall · WA-06 (2025-present)
- Leirion Gaylor Baird · mayor of Lincoln (2019–present)
- Linda Sánchez · CA-38 ) (2003–present)
Organizations7
Organizations · 7
- Congressional Hispanic Caucus BOLD PAC
- EMILY's List
- Elect Democratic Women
- Latino Victory · Fund
- NewDem Action Fund
- PODER PAC
- Vote Mama
Other1
Other · 1
- Human Rights Campaign
Money in this primary
FEC · per-candidate committees · last filing 2026-05-13In the news
3 shown · last 30d · Google NewsNews volume · 30d
3 articles · building history
News volume · last 30d
Articles3
Trendbuilding history
Article counts indexed by Google News; the sparkline traces weekly volume across the window.
Net favorability
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Coverage lean (D−R) · first week of data
Net favorability
Score+1.00
Week-over-weekfirst week of data
Tone of coverage, D minus R, scored from −1 (all R-favorable) to +1 (all D-favorable). 0 is balanced.
Coverage tilt
D 100%
100% of outlets rated · by editorial lean
Coverage tilt · by outlet lean
D-leaning outlets100%
Neutral0%
R-leaning outlets0%
100% of outlets classified by editorial lean
Verification trail
Polls verified0 / 2deterministic
Polls flagged—none
Markets ingested2 platformsupdated 11h ago
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE · 2026-05-13
Endorsements56 totalWikipedia scrape
News coverage3 / 30dGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks