Nebraska's 2nd congressional district
Nebraska's 2nd congressional district is a 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, which includes Omaha, as well as the suburban areas of the western part of Sarpy County. It has been represented in the United States House of Representatives since 2017 by Don Bacon, a member of the Republican Party.
Electoral vote; 2008 presidential race
and Maine are the only two states in the United States which distribute their electoral votes for president based on presidential candidates' performance in their respective congressional districts in addition to their statewide performance. The statewide 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 leans strongly towards the Republican Party, the 2nd district, being centered on the city of Omaha, is much more closely divided between the two main parties—Republican and 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. He won the district's electoral vote by a margin of 3,325 votes over his chief general election opponent, Republican John McCain. 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.
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. By contrast, in 2012 and 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.
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.2006 election
2008 election
2010 election
2012 election
2014 election
2016 election
2018 election
Redistricting
In 2011, Nebraska lawmakers moved Offutt Air Force Base and the city of Bellevue — an area with a large minority population — out of the Omaha-based 2nd District and shifted in the Republican-heavy Omaha suburbs in Sarpy County. The move was expected to dilute the city's urban Democratic vote, which Democrats criticized as gerrymandering.List of members representing the district
Election results from presidential races
| Year | Office | Results |
| 2000 | President | George W. Bush 57% - Al Gore 39% |
| 2004 | President | George W. Bush 60% - John Kerry 38% |
| 2008 | President | Barack Obama 50% - John McCain 49% |
| 2012 | President | Mitt Romney 53% - Barack Obama 46% |
| 2016 | President | Donald Trump 48% - Hillary Clinton 46% |