Nebraska's 1st Congressional District special election, 2022
- Election date: June 28
- Online registration: Yes
- Same-day registration: No
- Early voting ballot request deadline: June 17
- Voter ID: No
- Poll times: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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A special general election to fill the seat representing Nebraska's 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House was held on June 28, 2022.
The Democratic and Republican parties nominated candidates directly rather than holding primaries. Candidates could also qualify for the ballot by filing petitions. The filing deadline passed on April 22, 2022.[1]
The special election filled the vacancy left by Jeffrey Fortenberry (R). Fortenberry resigned from the U.S. House on March 31, 2022, after being convicted of one count of scheming to falsify and conceal material facts and two counts of making false statements to federal investigators.[2][3]
| Nebraska voter? Dates you need to know. | |
|---|---|
| Candidate Filing Deadline | April 22 |
| Early Voting Ballot Request Deadline | June 17 |
| General Election | June 28 |
| Voting information | |
| Polling place hours | 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. |
As of March 24, 2025, 17 special elections have been called during the 117th Congress. From the 113th Congress to the 116th Congress, 50 special elections were held. For more data on historical congressional special elections, click here.
Candidates and election results
General election
Special general election for U.S. House Nebraska District 1
Mike Flood defeated Patty Pansing Brooks in the special general election for U.S. House Nebraska District 1 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Mike Flood (R) | 52.7 | 61,017 | |
| Patty Pansing Brooks (D) | 47.3 | 54,783 | ||
| Total votes: 115,800 | ||||
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District analysis
Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.
- District map - A map of the district before and after redistricting.
- Effect of redistricting - How districts in the state changed as a result of redistricting following the 2020 census.
- Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2022 U.S. House elections in the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
- Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.
- State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
District map
Below was the map in use at the time of the election, enacted as part of the 2020 redistricting cycle, compared to the map in place before the election.
Nebraska District 1
until January 2, 2023
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Nebraska District 1
starting January 3, 2023
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Effect of redistricting
The table below details the results of the 2020 presidential election in each district at the time of the 2022 election and its political predecessor district.[4] This data was compiled by Daily Kos Elections.[5]
| 2020 presidential results by Congressional district, Nebraska | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District | 2022 district | Political predecessor district | ||
| Joe Biden |
Donald Trump |
Joe Biden |
Donald Trump | |
| Nebraska's 1st | 43.3% | 54.3% | 41.3% | 56.3% |
| Nebraska's 2nd | 52.2% | 45.8% | 52.2% | 45.7% |
| Nebraska's 3rd | 23.1% | 74.9% | 22.4% | 75.6% |
Competitiveness
This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Nebraska.
| Nebraska U.S. House primary competitiveness, 2022 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office | Districts/ offices |
Seats | Open seats | Candidates | Possible primaries | Contested Democratic primaries | Contested Republican primaries | % of contested primaries | Incumbents in contested primaries | % of incumbents in contested primaries | ||||
| 2022 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | 2 | 100.0% | ||||
| 2020 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 66.7% | 2 | 66.7% | ||||
| 2018 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | 1 | 33.3% | ||||
| 2016 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16.7% | 0 | 0.0% | ||||
| 2014 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 66.7% | 3 | 100.0% | ||||
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Nebraska in 2022. Information below was calculated on March 25, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
In 2022, 16 candidates filed to run for Nebraska’s three U.S. House districts, including nine Republicans, six Democrats, and one Legal Marijuana Now candidate. That's 5.3 candidates per district, more than the 4.7 candidates per district in 2020 and 3.7 in 2018.
This was the first candidate filing deadline to take place under new district lines adopting during Nebraska's decennial redistricting process. Nebraska was apportioned three congressional districts, the same number it had after the 2010 census.
Incumbent Reps. Don Bacon (R) and Adrian Smith (R) filed for re-election and both drew primary challengers. Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R) also filed for re-election in the 1st District. On March 31, Fortenberry resigned from Congress following his conviction on campaign finance-related charges in federal court. This resignation came after the election withdrawal deadline, meaning Fortenberry's name would remain on the primary ballot.[6]
Since Fortenberry would no longer be an incumbent at the time of the primary, the 1st District was counted as an open seat in this analysis. This created the first open-seat regular election for U.S. House in Nebraska since 2006. The last time an incumbent lost in the state was in 2016 when Bacon defeated one-term incumbent Brad Ashford (D).
Presidential elections
Partisan Voter Index
Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+9. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 9 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Nebraska's 1st the 156th most Republican district nationally.[7]
2020 presidential election results
The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.
| 2020 presidential results in Nebraska's 1st based on 2022 district lines | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Biden |
Donald Trump | |||
| 43.3% | 54.3% | |||
Presidential voting history
- See also: Presidential election in Nebraska, 2020
Nebraska presidential election results (1900-2020)
- 6 Democratic wins
- 25 Republican wins
| Year | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1916 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 |
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| Winning Party | R | R | D | D | D | R | R | R | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
Demographics
The table below details demographic data in Nebraska and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.
| Demographic Data for Nebraska | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | United States | |
| Population | 1,961,504 | 331,449,281 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 76,817 | 3,531,905 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 85.3% | 70.4% |
| Black/African American | 4.8% | 12.6% |
| Asian | 2.5% | 5.6% |
| Native American | 0.9% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Two or more | 3.9% | 5.2% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 11.2% | 18.2% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 91.6% | 88.5% |
| College graduation rate | 32.5% | 32.9% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $63,015 | $64,994 |
| Persons below poverty level | 10.4% | 12.8% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
State party control
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of Nebraska's congressional delegation as of November 2022.
| Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Nebraska, November 2022 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
| Democratic | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 3 | 5 |
State executive
The table below displays the officeholders in Nebraska's top four state executive offices as of November 2022.
| State executive officials in Nebraska, November 2022 | |
|---|---|
| Office | Officeholder |
| Governor | |
| Lieutenant Governor | |
| Secretary of State | |
| Attorney General | |
State legislature
The table below highlights the partisan composition of the Nebraska State Senate as of November 2022.
Nebraska State Senate
| Party | As of November 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 17 | |
| Republican Party | 32 | |
| Independent | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 49 | |
Trifecta control
As of November 2022, Nebraska was a Republican trifecta, with a majority in the state legislature and control of the governorship. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.
Nebraska Party Control: 1992-2022
Seven years of Democratic trifectas • Twenty-four years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
See also
- Special elections to the 117th United States Congress (2021-2022)
- Nebraska's 1st Congressional District election, 2022
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Nebraska Secretary of State, "2022 Special Election - U.S. Congressional District 1," accessed April 4, 2022
- ↑ KETV Omaha, "Nebraska Congressman Jeff Fortenberry convicted for lying to FBI about foreign campaign contribution," March 24, 2022
- ↑ AP News, "US Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska announces resignation," accessed March 26, 2022
- ↑ Political predecessor districts are determined primarily based on incumbents and where each chose to seek re-election.
- ↑ Daily Kos Elections, "Daily Kos Elections 2020 presidential results by congressional district (old CDs vs. new CDs)," accessed May 12, 2022
- ↑ KMTV, "Fortenberry resignation sets up unique situation with special election," March 28, 2022
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023