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Elections · U.S. House, District 2 · Nebraska

Denise Powell

Democrat On the November ballot

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Raised for this seat

$2.7M

Through June 30, 2026

Cash on hand

$997K

Through June 30, 2026

On the November ballot

Powell faces Brinker Harding and Eric Michael Foreman for this seat on November 3, 2026.

Brinker HardingRepublican · $2.0MDenise Powellthis pageDemocrat · $2.7M

The general-election ballot as recorded September 21, 2026, not a prediction. Final candidate list: Nebraska Secretary of State. Minor-party and write-in filers are on the race page.

The whole race

Where the money comes from

19%from small donors
Small donors
19%$494K
Large donors
67%$1.8M
PACs
12%$309K
Party
<1%$1.1K
Self-funding
2%$65K
Other
<1%$5K

Separately, $3.7M in independent expenditures was reported for and against this candidate by outside committees. That money is not the candidate's receipts and is not part of the mix above.

Receipts reported through June 30, 2026. Source: FEC.

How to vote in Nebraska

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026 

Register 18 days before online or by mail, or 11 days before in person.

All dates and rules

The district they want to represent

People
664K
Median household income
$84K
Unemployment
3.6%
Living below the poverty line
11.0%
Without health insurance
7.6%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

Against the field for this seat

Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, incumbent first and then by name, never in money order.

Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; their money is still their own filed record. A hollow row is a candidate with no finance report on file yet, not one who raised nothing.

The whole race

Spending to support them

$3.5M
  • Fight for Nebraska PAC$1.3M
  • CHC Bold PAC$577K
  • Bold America$419K
  • Elect Democratic Women$214K
  • EDW Action Fund$199K

The top 5 committees of the $3.5M filed in this direction.

Spending to oppose them

$127K
  • No Going Back PAC$122K
  • Civic Renewal Fund$4.5K
How these directions are decided

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC, through October 9, 2026. The supporting or opposing direction is each committee's own declared filing, not an interpretation, and a group spending against a candidate is not necessarily spending for their opponent. Outside money is not the campaign's money and is never added to what they raised.

Record in office

Powell does not hold a seat in Congress now, so there is no current voting record, cosponsorships or committee service to show here.

That absence is not a position for or against anything.

What the campaign says, on deniseforcongress.org

Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Portrait: Campaign photo, campaign website (reference use). Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.

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