DCCC Announces Nebraska's First Congressional District Is Now in the Districts in Play Program

DCCC announces Nebraska's First Congressional District is now in the Districts in Play program

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Chris Backemeyer, the Democratic candidate for Nebraska’s First Congressional District, announced today that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) added the seat he is running for to its Districts in Play program. The Districts in Play program targets certain districts that are currently held by Republicans across the country. According to DCCC, there are 46 districts...

National Democrats target Nebraska's Mike Flood in rare 1st District push

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has, for the first time in two decades, identified a Nebraska House contest outside of Omaha as worthy of investment.

National Democrats target Mike Flood's Nebraska seat for first time in 20 years

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has, for the first time in two decades, identified a Nebraska House contest outside of Omaha as worthy of investment.

DCCC Adds CO-03 To Districts In Play As Democrats Expand Battlefield for 2026 Midterms

DCCC’s 2026 offensive target list grows to include Jeff Hurd in CO-03 as Coloradans sour on higher costs, less health care, and D.C. corruption Today, the DCCC is expanding House Democrats’ Districts in Play for the 2026 election cycle to include Colorado’s Third Congressional District, signaling Democrats’ readiness to reclaim the House majority by widening the battlefield and working to defeat Jeff Hurd. The DCCC’s Districts in Play are compe…

National Democrats put NE-01 in its ‘districts in play’ program

Chris Backemeyer at a Nebraska Democratic Party fundraiser at the Omaha Hilton on Nov. 8, 2025. (Juan Salinas II/Nebraska Examiner)LINCOLN — National Democrats are putting Nebraska’s 1st Congressional District in their “districts in play,” a program for districts seen as competitive in the eyes of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee this cycle.  The DCCC, the campaign arm for U.S. House Democrats, announced the move Wednesday; the pr…

DCCC Adds NE-01 to Districts in Play as Democrats Expand Battlefield for 2026 Midterms

For Immediate Release: August 5, 2026 CONTACT: Madison Andrus | (337) 212-9155 DCCC’s 2026 offensive target list grows to include Mike Flood as Nebraskans sour on higher costs, less health care, and D.C. corruption Today, the DCCC is expanding House Democrats’ Districts in Play for the 2026 election cycle to include Nebraska’s 1st Congressional District, ...