NE-02: What the heck is the GOP up to in this Nebraska House race?
A deep-pocketed Republican group is ostensibly trying to thwart state Sen. John Cavanaugh’s chances of winning the Democratic primary in Nebraska’s open 2nd Congressional District—a goal that seemingly runs counter to advice from an anonymous GOP strategy memo that circulated earlier this year.
A new digital ad from the American Action Network, which has close ties to House GOP leaders, overtly seeks to link Cavanaugh to the most toxic name in Democratic politics.
“Democrat John Cavanaugh is working to enact Trump’s policy,” a narrator says. “Cavanaugh’s bill would ‘exactly mirror’ the law from Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ because John Cavanaugh is quote ‘in agreement with President Trump.’ So thank John Cavanaugh for sponsoring Trump’s MAGA agenda.”
The quotations come from an article published by Nebraska Public Media earlier this year, which explained that Cavanaugh had sponsored a bill to “exempt overtime pay and tips from state income taxes,” which would align the state with federal tax law.
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