Nebraskans head to the polls as Democrats vote in primaries ahead of House and Senate races

Candidates jostle to represent the second congressional district, and a Republican’s Senate seat looks ripe to flip US politics live – latest updates Nebraska Democrats are bullish about Republican losses in the right-leaning Plains state – but their prospects depend on today’s Democratic primaries, which include accusations of planted candidates and inadvertently depriving Democrats of power.A crowded Democratic primary in the state’s second congressional district, referred to as its “blue dot”, has focused around concerns that if a state senator wins, the Republican governor will replace him with a Republican who would help overturn Nebraska’s divided electoral college vote system. Continue reading...