How did Denise Powell beat an Omaha dynasty in NE-02?

By: Juan Salinas II

Outlets: Nebraska Examiner

Published: May 20, 2026

Words: 1,557

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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OMAHA — Business and nonprofit consultant Denise Powell beat two elected officials who had been on Omaha-area ballots for years, surviving a heated, six-person primary that Democratic voters in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District hadn’t seen in years.

Powell won partly because her campaign and outside groups aligned with her outraised and outspent her competitors on television, digital, direct mail and handbill advertising.

Those ads introduced her as a “fighter” and stressed the potential risk …

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