This rare Nebraska district backed Harris but sent a Republican to Congress. Can Democrats win here?
Will Weissert, Associated Press Will Weissert, Associated Press
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — "Do they still like Trump in Nebraska? I think so," the president said during a recent event in Washington.
Given that the state easily backed Republican Donald Trump three times and hasn't supported a Democrat for the White House since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, the answer may seem obvious.
But in Nebraska's largest city, it's an open question and could decide one of the country's most-watched congressional races. Retiring Rep. Don Bacon's open seat pits fellow Republican and Omaha City Councilmember Brinker Harding against Democratic activist Denise Powell.
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The district encompasses an increasingly Democratic-leaning Omaha metro area of 1 million-plus and its more conservative suburbs — famous for steaks and the Reuben sandwich's birthplace, though New York disputes that.
It's one of just eight districts nat…