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Nebraska's 1st congressional district

Coordinates: 41°10′N 96°45′W / 41.167°N 96.750°W / 41.167; -96.750
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Nebraska's 1st congressional district
Nebraska's 1st congressional district (from 2023)
Representative
Distribution
  • 65.21% urban
  • 34.79% rural
Population (2023)659,725
Median household
income
$76,484[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVIR+9[2]

Nebraska's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Nebraska that encompasses most of its eastern quarter, except for Omaha and some of its suburbs, which are part of the 2nd congressional district. It includes the state capital Lincoln, as well as the cities of Bellevue, Fremont, and Norfolk. Following the 2010 United States census, the 1st congressional district was changed to include an eastern section of Sarpy County; Dakota County was moved to the 3rd congressional district. Following the 2020 United States Census, the 1st congressional district was changed to include the eastern section of Sarpy County, the 10 entire counties of Cass, Lancaster, Seward, Butler, Dodge, Colfax, Platte, Cuming, Stanton, Madison, and the northeast quarter of Polk County to include the city of Osceola.[3]

Under the lines of redistricting following the 2010 census, The Cook Partisan Voting Index (CPVI) for the 1st congressional district was R+11.[4] However, in 2022, the CPVI adjusted the district's rating to R+9, as a result of redistricting.[5]

Recent results in statewide elections

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Year Office Results
1992 President George H.W. Bush 43% – Bill Clinton 29%
1996 President Bob Dole 50% – Bill Clinton 38%
2000 President George W. Bush 59% – Al Gore 36%
2004 President George W. Bush 63% – John Kerry 36%
2008 President John McCain 54% – Barack Obama 44%
2012 President Mitt Romney 57% – Barack Obama 41%
2016 President Donald Trump 58% – Hillary Clinton 36%
2020 President Donald Trump 56% – Joe Biden 41%
2022 Governor Jim Pillen 56% – Carol Blood 41%

List of members representing the district

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Member
(District Home)
Party Term Cong
ress
Electoral history
District established March 4, 1883

Archibald J. Weaver
(Falls City)
Republican March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1887
48th
49th
Elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1884.
Retired.

John A. McShane
(Omaha)
Democratic March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1889
50th Elected in 1886.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.

William J. Connell
(Omaha)
Republican March 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1891
51st Elected in 1888.
Lost re-election.

William Jennings Bryan
(Lincoln)
Democratic March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1895
52nd
53rd
Elected in 1890.
Re-elected in 1892.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.

Jesse B. Strode
(Lincoln)
Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1899
54th
55th
Elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Retired.

Elmer Burkett
(Lincoln)
Republican March 4, 1899 –
March 3, 1905
56th
57th
58th
Elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Resigned when elected U.S. Senator.
Vacant March 4, 1905 –
July 18, 1905
59th

Ernest M. Pollard
(Nehawka)
Republican July 18, 1905 –
March 3, 1909
59th
60th
Elected to finish Burkett's term.
Re-elected in 1906.
Lost re-election.

John A. Maguire
(Lincoln)
Democratic March 4, 1909 –
March 3, 1915
61st
62nd
63rd
Elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
Lost re-election.

C. Frank Reavis
(Falls City)
Republican March 4, 1915 –
June 3, 1922
64th
65th
66th
67th
Elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Resigned to become special assistant to the U.S. Attorney General.
Vacant June 3, 1922 –
November 7, 1922
67th

Roy H. Thorpe
(Lincoln)
Republican November 7, 1922 –
March 3, 1923
Elected to finish Reavis's term.
Retired.

John H. Morehead
(Falls City)
Democratic March 4, 1923 –
January 3, 1935
68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd
73rd
Elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Re-elected in 1932.
Retired.

Henry C. Luckey
(Lincoln)
Democratic January 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1939
74th
75th
Elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Lost re-election.

George H. Heinke
(Nebraska City)
Republican January 3, 1939 –
January 2, 1940
76th Elected in 1938.
Died.
Vacant January 2, 1940 –
April 19, 1940

John H. Sweet
(Nebraska City)
Republican April 19, 1940 –
January 3, 1941
Elected to finish Heinke's term.
Retired.

Oren S. Copeland
(Lincoln)
Republican January 3, 1941 –
January 3, 1943
77th Elected in 1940.
Lost renomination.

Carl Curtis
(Minden)
Republican January 3, 1943 –
December 31, 1954
78th
79th
80th
81st
82nd
83rd
Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Resigned when appointed U.S. Senator.
Vacant December 31, 1954 –
January 3, 1955
83rd

Phillip H. Weaver
(Falls City)
Republican January 3, 1955 –
January 3, 1963
84th
85th
86th
87th
Elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Lost renomination.

Ralph F. Beermann
(Dakota City)
Republican January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1965
88th Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1962.
Lost re-election.

Clair A. Callan
(Odell)
Democratic January 3, 1965 –
January 3, 1967
89th Elected in 1964.
Lost re-election.

Robert V. Denney
(Fairbury)
Republican January 3, 1967 –
January 3, 1971
90th
91st
Elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Retired.

Charles Thone
(Lincoln)
Republican January 3, 1971 –
January 3, 1979
92nd
93rd
94th
95th
Elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Retired to run for Governor of Nebraska.

Doug Bereuter
(Lincoln)
Republican January 3, 1979 –
August 31, 2004
96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
Elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Resigned to become president of The Asia Foundation.
Vacant August 31, 2004 –
January 3, 2005
108th

Jeff Fortenberry
(Lincoln)
Republican January 3, 2005 –
March 31, 2022
109th
110th
111th
112th
113th
114th
115th
116th
117th
Elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Resigned due to criminal conviction.
Vacant March 31, 2022 –
July 12, 2022
117th

Mike Flood
(Norfolk)
Republican July 12, 2022 –
present
117th
118th
Elected to finish Fortenberry's term.
Re-elected in 2022.

Election history

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2002

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2002 Nebraska's 1st congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Doug Bereuter (incumbent) 133,013 85.35% +19.10
Libertarian Robert Eckerson 22,831 14.65% +12.03
Total votes 155,844 100.0%
Republican hold

2004

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2004 Nebraska's 1st congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jeff Fortenberry 143,756 54.23% –31.12
Democratic Matt Connealy 113,971 43.00% N/A
Green Steve Larrick 7,345 2.77% N/A
Total votes 265,072 100.0%
Republican hold

2006

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2006 Nebraska's 1st congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jeff Fortenberry (incumbent) 121,015 58.36% +4.13
Democratic Maxine Moul 86,360 41.64% –1.36
Total votes 207,375 100.0%
Republican hold

2008

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2008 Nebraska's 1st congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jeff Fortenberry (incumbent) 184,923 70.36% +12.00
Democratic Max Yashirin 77,897 29.64% –12.00
Total votes 262,820 100.0%
Republican hold

2010

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2010 Nebraska's 1st congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jeff Fortenberry (incumbent) 116,871 71.27% +0.91
Democratic Ivy Harper 47,106 28.73% –0.91
Total votes 163,977 100.0%
Republican hold

2012

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2012 Nebraska's 1st congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jeff Fortenberry (incumbent) 174,889 68.29% –2.98
Democratic Korey L. Reiman 81,206 31.71% +2.98
Total votes 256,095 100.0%
Republican hold

2014

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2014 Nebraska's 1st congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jeff Fortenberry (incumbent) 123,219 68.82% +0.53
Democratic Dennis Crawford 55,838 31.18% –0.53
Total votes 179,057 100.0%
Republican hold

2016

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2016 Nebraska's 1st congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jeff Fortenberry (incumbent) 189,771 69.45% +0.63
Democratic Daniel M. Wik 83,467 30.55% –0.63
Total votes 273,238 100.0%
Republican hold

2018

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2018 Nebraska's 1st congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jeff Fortenberry (incumbent) 141,172 60.36% –9.09
Democratic Jessica McClure 93,069 39.64% +9.09
Total votes 234,241 100.0%
Republican hold

2020

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2020 Nebraska's 1st congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jeff Fortenberry (incumbent) 189,006 59.52% –0.84
Democratic Kate Bolz 119,622 37.67% –1.97
Libertarian Dennis B. Grace 8,938 2.81% N/A
Total votes 317,566 100.0
Republican hold

2022 (special)

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2022 Nebraska's 1st congressional district special election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Mike Flood 61,017 52.69% –6.83
Democratic Patty Pansing Brooks 54,783 47.31% +9.64
Total votes 115,800 100.0
Republican hold

2022

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2022 Nebraska's 1st congressional district election[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Flood (incumbent) 129,236 57.91%
Democratic Patty Pansing Brooks 93,929 42.09%
Total votes 223,165 100%
Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

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2013–2023

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "My Congressional District".
  2. ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter. July 12, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  3. ^ "Nebraska Legislature - Maps Clearinghouse". nebraskalegislature.gov. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  4. ^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  5. ^ "MIKE FLOOD WINS NEBRASKA CONGRESSIONAL SEAT". kscj.com. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
  6. ^ Evnen, Robert B. (November 8, 2022). 2022 General Canvass Book (PDF). Nebraska Secretary of State. p. 11. Retrieved December 14, 2022.

41°10′N 96°45′W / 41.167°N 96.750°W / 41.167; -96.750