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 and Eric Michael Foreman for this seat on November 3, 2026.
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.
Where the money comes from
- Small donors
- 2%$52K
- Large donors
- 65%$1.3M
- PACs
- 13%$256K
- Party
- --
- Self-funding
- <1%$3.5K
- Other
- 20%$407K
Other includes $407K transferred in from committees this candidate authorized, such as a joint fundraising committee, which reports its own donors to the FEC.
Separately, $1.7M 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.
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 Cavanaugh$1.4M
- Eric Michael Foreman-
- Brinker Hardingthis page$2.0M
- James Leuschen$394K
- Denise Powell$2.7M
- Crystal Rhoades$183K
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.
Spending to support them
$111K- Civic Renewal Fund$70K
- No Going Back PAC$39K
- National Rifle Association of America Political Victory Fund$2.3K
Spending to oppose them
$1.5M- HMP$1.5M
- CFFE PAC$32K
- LGBTQ Connection PAC$16K
- Neighbor Voices PAC$675
- Field Team 6$448
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
Harding 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 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.
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