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Don Bacon

Republican · NE-2 · U.S. House

On the ballot in 2026

NE-2 — U.S. House

Likely D 91%

Don Bacon is not among the listed candidates for this seat — the seat is still up in 2026, as every House seat is. Denise Powell vs. Brinker Harding.

D +2 points of win probability since September.

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Record of service

In office
9.7 years
First took office
2017 (5 terms)
Seniority
173 of 439 by time served
Age
63
District offices
  • Omaha, NE · 402-938-0300
  • Wahoo, NE · 402-607-0077
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Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.

Reported net worth

2019
$713k
2020
$713k
2021
−$2.0M
2022
−$1.4M
2023
−$1.7M
2024
$924k
2025
$1.6M
Most recent filing (2025)
Assets
$1.2M – $3.4M
Liabilities
$500k – $1.0M
Net worth
$231k – $2.9M
Since 2019
+$874k
Largest holdings in the 2025 filing · 72 assets reported
Hay Field$250k – $500k
LPL Financial ⇒ WLGAX Delaware Ivy Large Cap Growth Cl A$250k – $500k
Prudential PruLife UL Protector ⇒ Prudential Life Insurance (Universal)$250k – $500k
Athene Life Insurance (Whole)$50k – $100k
Fidelity IRA Rollover ⇒ iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV)$50k – $100k
Roth @ Fidelity (transfer from Franklin) ⇒ Franklin Mutual Shares Fund--Class A$50k – $100k
Athene Life Insurance (Whole)$15k – $50k
COBALT Federal Credit Union$15k – $50k
US Bank Savings Account$15k – $50k
Fidelity IRA Rollover ⇒ BNP Paribas Mtn Zero Coupon 6/11/2029$15k – $50k
Fidelity IRA Rollover ⇒ BNP Paribas Mtn Zero Cpn 06/11/2029$15k – $50k
Fidelity IRA Rollover ⇒ Carlyle Structured Lending Note 872280AA0$15k – $50k
Fidelity IRA Rollover ⇒ iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV)$15k – $50k
Fidelity IRA Rollover ⇒ MSD INVT Corp Sec B Note 55354LAB5$15k – $50k
Fidelity IRA Rollover ⇒ Schwab International Equity ETF (SCHF)$15k – $50k
Fidelity IRA Rollover ⇒ Schwab International Equity ETF (SCHF)$15k – $50k
Fidelity IRA Rollover ⇒ Schwab International Equity ETF (SCHF)$15k – $50k
Fidelity IRA Rollover ⇒ State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Value ETF (SPYV)$15k – $50k
Fidelity IRA Rollover ⇒ State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Value ETF (SPYV)$15k – $50k
Fidelity IRA Rollover ⇒ Stepstone Private Markets Class I (XPMIX)$15k – $50k
Fidelity IRA Rollover ⇒ StepStone Private Venture and Growth Fund - Class I Shares (XSPIX)$15k – $50k
Fidelity IRA Rollover ⇒ Vanguard Growth ETF (VUG)$15k – $50k
Fidelity IRA Rollover ⇒ Vanguard Growth ETF (VUG)$15k – $50k
Principle ⇒ Principle Investments (Prin Life Time 2030 Inst Fund)$15k – $50k
Roth @ Fidelity (transfer from Franklin) ⇒ Vanguard Growth ETF (VUG)$15k – $50k
US Bank Savings Account$1k – $15k
Fidelity IRA Rollover ⇒ Blue Owl Technology Fin Corp Note 6.12500% 01/23/2031 Call Make Wh$1k – $15k
Fidelity IRA Rollover ⇒ Carlyle Secured Lending Inc Note 6.75000% 02/18/2030 Call Make Who$1k – $15k
Fidelity IRA Rollover ⇒ iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV)$1k – $15k
Fidelity IRA Rollover ⇒ iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV)$1k – $15k
Fidelity IRA Rollover ⇒ iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV)$1k – $15k
Fidelity IRA Rollover ⇒ Oaktree Specialty Lending Note 6.34000% 02/27/2030 Call Make Whole$1k – $15k
Fidelity IRA Rollover ⇒ Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF (SCHE)$1k – $15k
Fidelity IRA Rollover ⇒ Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF (SCHE)$1k – $15k
Fidelity IRA Rollover ⇒ Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF (SCHE)$1k – $15k
Fidelity IRA Rollover ⇒ Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF (SCHC)$1k – $15k
Fidelity IRA Rollover ⇒ Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF (SCHC)$1k – $15k
Fidelity IRA Rollover ⇒ Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF (SCHC)$1k – $15k
Fidelity IRA Rollover ⇒ Schwab U.S. Mid Cap ETF (SCHM)$1k – $15k
Fidelity IRA Rollover ⇒ Schwab U.S. Mid Cap ETF (SCHM)$1k – $15k

Largest first, capped at 40 line items. Each is the asset's reported value bracket, not the income it produced.

From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →

Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)

LeftCenterRight

Issue profile

FiscalHealthImmig.GunsAbortionEnviron.CrimeDefenseEconomyForeignCivil R.Educ.GovtJudicial
Taxes & Fiscal
R+0.78
Healthcare
R+0.62
Immigration & Border
R+0.80
Guns
R+0.97
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
R+0.85
Environment & Energy
R+0.74
Crime & Policing
R+0.88
Defense & Veterans
R+0.73
Economy & Labor
R+0.72
Foreign Policy & Trade
R+0.51
Civil Rights & Social
R+0.10
Education
R+0.70
Government & Democracy
R+0.72
Judicial & Executive Nominations
R+0.49

Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.

How they score against the parties

Don Bacon's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.

Republican Party
93%
Libertarian Party
69%
Democratic Party
34%
Green Party
24%
Democratic Socialists (DSA)
20%
Communist Party USA
19%

On the political map

Don Bacon (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

Socially conservativeSocially progressiveEconomic leftEconomic rightBacon
Party platforms:Communist Party USADemocratic Socialists (DSA)Green PartyDemocratic PartyRepublican PartyLibertarian Party

Each small dot is a current member (Dem · Rep); the larger dots are party platforms — click one for its closest members. Economic axis: taxes, healthcare, labor, energy. Social axis: abortion, guns, immigration, civil rights, crime.

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Caucuses & committees

Where Baconsits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.

Caucuses

Committees

Most and least aligned members

Treating Bacon's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.

Most aligned

David Kustoff
R · TN-8 · House
+100%
Mario Diaz-Balart
R · FL-26 · House
+100%
Robert E. Latta
R · OH-5 · House
+100%
Steve Scalise
R · LA-1 · House
+100%
Mike Bost
R · IL-12 · House
+100%

Least aligned

Adelita S. Grijalva
D · AZ-7 · House
−97%
James R. Walkinshaw
D · VA-11 · House
−96%
Greg Casar
D · TX-35 · House
−96%
Sarah McBride
D · DE · House
−96%
Delia C. Ramirez
D · IL-3 · House
−96%

Recent notable votes

YEA
SEED Act
2026-09-16 · Passed · Taxes & Fiscal, Education
YEA
Retire through Ownership Act
2026-09-16 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
Ratepayer Protection Act
2026-09-16 · Passed · Environment & Energy, Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
YEA
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".
2026-09-16 · Passed · Environment & Energy
YEA
Water Resources Development Act of 2026
2026-09-16 · Passed · Environment & Energy, Economy & Labor
YEA
Retire through Ownership Act
2026-09-16 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Taxes & Fiscal
NAY
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.
2026-09-15 · Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Defense & Veterans, Government & Democracy
YEA
Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision Act
2026-09-15 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
YEA
Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025
2026-09-15 · Passed · Environment & Energy, Economy & Labor
YEA
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
2026-09-15 · Passed · Taxes & Fiscal, Crime & Policing
YEA
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9576) to establish the National Fraud Enforcement Division of the Department of Justice; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 10326) to enhance information-sharing capabilities between Federal law enforcement and State agencies to detect, investigate, and prosecute fraud in certain Federal programs, and to protect individual privacy; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 210) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to ‘‘California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision''; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 213) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the ‘‘California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision''; and providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 5334) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes.
2026-09-15 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Crime & Policing, Environment & Energy, Taxes & Fiscal, Education
NAY
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.
2026-09-15 · Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Defense & Veterans, Government & Democracy

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