Nearly $50 million flowing to influence Nebraska's congressional races. And there are weeks left

Source: Omaha World Herald

Henry J. Cordes Oct 17, 2024 Updated 43 mins ago

In what will be no surprise to anyone who watches television, the Omaha-area congressional battle between U.S. Rep. Don Bacon and challenger Tony Vargas is producing record fundraising and spending.

The reports filed by the campaigns this week showed Democratic State Sen. Vargas had raised $6.1 million by Sept. 30, compared with $5.6 million for Bacon, a Republican. Both of those figures are the most ever accumulated by candidates in the 2nd Congressional District.

The money being raised and spent by the candidates themselves, however, pales in comparison to the massive dollars outside groups are spending to affect the race.

With almost three weeks before Election Day, those outside groups have already spent some $12.7 million, according to reports tracked by OpenSecrets. That included $7.6 million spent by political action committees backing Bacon and another $5.1 million in support of Vargas — the vast majority of those dollars spent on hard-hitting ads targeting the opposing candidate.

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