Winner, unofficial result · U.S. House, NE-02
Denise Powell
American politician
- Over
- Brinker Harding (Republican), 40.8%
- Votes
- 143,785 (40,291 ahead)
- Term begins
- January 3, 2027
Unofficial result, not yet certified. Source: Wikipedia (House results table) · read 2026-11-10
Called it. Before the polls closed, Vugol.Me called this race for the Democrat (D +4.5, from verified polls) and the Democrat won. Every call, frozen before polls closed
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Overview
Denise Blaya Powell is an American politician and political organizer from Nebraska. She was the Democratic Party nominee for Nebraska's 2nd congressional district in the 2026 election.
More
She became the first Latina elected to Congress from Nebraska, and the first Democratic woman elected to the House from Nebraska.
Source: Wikipedia · retrieved 2026-11-12 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Education
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The race
U.S. House, NE-02. Won with 56.6%, 15.9 points ahead over Brinker Harding.
- Denise Powell Democratic · winner56.6%
- Brinker Harding Republican40.8%
- Eric Foreman L2.6%
Source: Wikipedia (House results table) · retrieved 2026-11-10 · unofficial until certified
Polls and models against the result
- Frozen call
- Democrat (D +4.5, from verified polls)
- Result
- D +15.9
- Difference
- 11.4 points
Source: Vugol.Me calls ledger, frozen before polls closed and never edited after. Margins are Republican minus Democrat.
Money
Principal campaign committee: DENISE POWELL FOR CONGRESS. Covers May 1, 2025 to October 14, 2026; latest report: Pre-General. Money raised after that date appears once the next report is filed.
Where the money came from
21.2% of the $4,090,636 from individuals came in contributions the FEC does not itemize (donors who gave $200 or less in total).
- Individuals, unitemized (donors giving $200 or less in total)17.0%$865,387
- Individuals, itemized63.3%$3,225,249
- Other political committees (PACs)9.9%$506,267
- Party committees0.1%$5,317
- The candidate (own money and loans)1.3%$65,033
- Transfers, other loans and other receipts8.4%$425,851
Employers donors listed
- UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER$19,45022 contributions
- WEITZ FAMILY FOUNDATION$14,0004 contributions
- UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA$10,70013 contributions
- HEARTLAND CENTER$8,6506 contributions
- ALLEY POYNER MACCHIETTO ARCHITECTURE$8,35034 contributions
- LINKEDIN$7,5003 contributions
- LOZIER CORPORATION$7,1003 contributions
- PGSA$7,1004 contributions
- BH EQUITIES INC$7,0002 contributions
- BLAIR FREEMAN$7,0002 contributions
Sum of itemized individual contributions by the employer the donor listed. These are employees giving as individuals, not donations by the companies. Entries such as retired, not employed or self-employed are left out of this list.
Source: Federal Election Commission (OpenFEC) · reports filed through October 14, 2026 · retrieved 2026-11-08 · filings can be amended · response hash 87f726e7c674
Industries
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Record
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Issues and positions
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Contact and links
- Website
- deniseforcongress.org official
- Campaign email
- hello@deniseforcongress.org · source
- Social
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Timeline
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All sources
- Result: Wikipedia (House results table), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2026_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Nebraska&oldid=1384859933
- Call time: Called by Wikipedia editors 4:55 AM ET (revision)
- Pre-election call: Vugol.Me calls ledger (frozen), /calls
- Background: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denise_Powell
- Term start: U.S. Constitution, 20th Amendment, section 1
- Campaign finance: Federal Election Commission
- Roster, FEC filing https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H6NE02174/
- photo_curated_gallery https://deniseforcongress.org/
- photo_curated https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Denise_Powell_talking_at_Campaign_Rally_(cropped).jpg
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