Nebraskans head to the polls as Democrats vote in primaries ahead of House and Senate races
by Rachel Leingang from US news | The Guardian on (#75JKQ)
Candidates jostle to represent the second congressional district, and a Republican's Senate seat looks ripe to flip
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.
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