Elections · U.S. House, District 2 · Nebraska
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Raised for this seat
$2.0M
Through June 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$1.1M
Through June 30, 2026
On the November ballot
Harding faces Denise Powell for this seat on November 3, 2026.
The ballot as filed by the nominee source, recorded August 27, 2026, not a prediction. Minor-party and write-in filers are on the race page.
Where the money comes from
- Small donors
- 3%$52K
- Large donors
- 65%$1.3M
- PACs
- 13%$256K
- Party
- --
- Self-funding
- <1%$4K
- Other
- 20%$407K
Separately, $17K 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, 2026In 10 weeks
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, in ballot order, not money order.
- Kishla Askins$902K
- John Cavanaugh$1.4M
- Brinker Hardingthis page$2.0M
- James Leuschen$394K
- Brett Lindstrom$375K
- Denise Powell$2.7M
- Crystal Rhoades$183K
Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; their money is still their own filed record.
Spending to support them
No committee has filed independent spending in this direction.
Spending to oppose them
$17K- LGBTQ Connection PAC$16K
- Field Team 6$448
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.
Record in office
Harding has not held this office, so there is no federal voting record, no cosponsorships and no committee service to report.
That absence is not a position for or against anything; it is what a first federal campaign looks like in the public record.
What the campaign says, on brinkerharding.comCandidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Portrait: Campaign photo, campaign website (reference use, candidate's own published headshot). Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.