Elections · U.S. House, District 2 · Nebraska
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Raised for this seat
$1.4M
Through June 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$82K
Through June 30, 2026
Not on the November ballot
Cavanaugh is not on the November ballot for this seat. Brinker Harding, Denise Powell and Eric Michael Foreman are.
Who is on the ballot is a filed fact about the contest, not a judgement about a candidate. Cavanaugh's campaign finance and record below are still their own record, and their committee may still be filing.
Where the money comes from
- Small donors
- 13%$173K
- Large donors
- 74%$1.0M
- PACs
- 12%$165K
- Party
- <1%$385
- Self-funding
- --
- Other
- <1%$9.2K
Separately, $2.5M 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.
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.
- Kishla Askins$902K
- John Cavanaughthis page$1.4M
- Eric Michael Foreman-
- Brinker Harding$2.0M
- James Leuschen$394K
- Denise Powell$2.7M
- Crystal Rhoades$183K
Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; this page's own row keeps its weight so the comparison stays readable. A hollow row is a candidate with no finance report on file yet, not one who raised nothing.
Spending to support them
$287K- Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC$287K
- Sierra Club Independent Action$10
Spending to oppose them
$2.3M- New Democrat Majority$735K
- Fight for Nebraska PAC$675K
- Lead Left PAC$435K
- EDW Action Fund$199K
- Pro-Choice Majority 2026$121K
The top 5 committees of the $2.3M filed in this direction.
How these directions are decided
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC. 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.
In their own words
What Cavanaugh's campaign says it would work on.
The priorities Cavanaugh's own campaign site lists, quoted as written there. They are what the campaign says. Nobody has voted on them.
- “Lower the Cost of Living”
- “Reduce the Cost of Healthcare and Improve Access”
- “Build More Affordable Homes”
- “Help Families with Child Care Costs”
- “Fight for our Democracy”
- “Protect our Environment and Reverse Climate Change”
- “Stop Violent Crime and Work for Safe Neighborhoods”
- “Reform Immigration Laws and Stop ICE Violence”
- “Restore Reproductive Rights”
- “Stop Trump's Corruption and Reform Congress”
- “Protect Social Security and Medicare”
Quoted from johncavanaugh.org, read August 14, 2026. A campaign site changes; this is what it said on that date. Curia quotes these and does not check, rate or rank them.
Record in office
Cavanaugh 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.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Portrait: Official portrait via Open States. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.
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