Inside the closing sprint to be the Dem nominee in NE-02

By: Juan Salinas II

Outlets: Nebraska Examiner

Published: April 20, 2026

Words: 1,953

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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OMAHA — Hours before a live forum this month, Democratic candidate Crystal Rhoades did what she has done with her downtime for months. She knocked on voters’ doors in Nebraska’s most populous city.

Rhoades — and her husband, Ben Onkka — mapped out which doors to knock using a program on their phones — choosing those occupied by people likely to vote in the upcoming Democratic primary.

More often than not, over a …

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