Denise Powell’s NE-02 race against Brinker Harding joins DCCC’s ‘Red-to-Blue’ program for House Dems

OMAHA — Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District Democratic nominee Denise Powell is, like many of the swing district’s candidates before her, part of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s “Red to Blue” program.

The slightly right-leaning swing district has been on the DCCC’s donor investment program since 2016. The program steers organizational and fundraising support to Democratic candidates in districts where House Democrats believe they can flip a Republican-held seat. The seat will open after the retirement …