Rep. Don Bacon, a centrist Republican in Nebraska, is preparing to announce his retirement from Congress. The departure could ...

The Nebraska lawmaker’s district, which includes Omaha, is seen as a key battleground for Democrats as they attempt to retake ...

U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, a centrist Republican who represents Nebraska's second district, will not seek reelection to a fifth ...

Nebraska's "Blue Dot" will live on for now as the state Legislature rejected a bill Tuesday that would revert Nebraska's presidential election system to a winner-take-all model.

Just once. In 1800, Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr tied in the Electoral College. It went to the House, which ultimately chose Jefferson as president and Burr as his vice president. (The Senate did ...

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The first was Thomas Jefferson in 1800, and the second was John Quincy Adams in 1824. The 15 electors reflect the number of senators and representatives the state has in the U.S. Congress.

In the 1800 election, ... Michigan, Arizona, Nevada, and one electoral vote in Nebraska, ... right after Congress determines that no candidate has a majority, ...

In Nebraska and Maine, a “district system” is used, meaning that an Electoral College vote is given to the candidate who wins in each of the state’s Congressional districts.

Ruby-red Nebraska has long been ignored in presidential elections, only voting for the Democrat once since 1936. But the state has become now an electoral focal point. The Cornhusker State is one ...

It never mattered until 2008, when Barack Obama became the first Democratic presidential candidate to win a single congressional district in the Nebraska, in the district that encompasses Omaha.

WTA then took root in more states for largely partisan reasons: political majorities in individual states wanted to guarantee that their candidate would win all of the state’s electoral votes.