Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Don Bacon

Official portrait of Don Bacon
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Nebraska’s 2nd district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Papillion, NE
Born
1963
In Congress
House since 2017 · 9 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
BACON, DONALD J
Next election
Primary May 10, 2022 · General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Nebraska with the current district highlighted

Nebraska, District 2

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. House · Nebraska District 2IncumbentWon the general election (51.3%)

FEC candidate ID H6NE02125 · Principal campaign committee: DON BACON FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Nebraska District 2$1,502,945.80Not running (declined to run)
2023–2024U.S. House · Nebraska District 2$6,358,739.35Won the general election (50.93%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Nebraska District 2$3,919,222.53Won the general election (51.3%)
2019–2020U.S. House · Nebraska District 2$3,790,454.61Won the general election (50.8%)
Total raised$3,919,222.53
Total spent$3,990,000.64
Cash on hand$14,235.50
Debts owed by the campaign$138,272.83
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $1,909,935.62PACs and other committees: $1,666,050.00Party committees: $5,000.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $1,375.87Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $310,763.25Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $26,097.79
  • Individual contributions$1,909,935.6249%
  • PACs and other committees$1,666,050.0043%
  • Party committees$5,000.000%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$1,375.870%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$310,763.258%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$26,097.791%

Self-funding: $1,375.87 (0% of money raised): $1,375.87 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

416 committees reported giving $1,647,783.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

Show all 416 committees

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Donald J Bacon$1,470,729.59
  • Independent expenditures opposing Donald J Bacon$3,610,162.31
  • Electioneering communications naming Donald J Bacon$200,000.00
  • Company and union communications to members about Donald J Bacon$39,629.92

FEC totals for the 2022 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Nebraska U.S. House, District 2, 2022 · 4 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Donald J Bacon (R)$3,919,222.53$14,235.502022-12-31
Anthony 'Tony' Vargas (D)$3,409,925.52$53,388.232022-12-31
Alisha Shelton (D)$340,913.94−$3,682.062022-12-21
Stephen Matthew Kuehl (R)$5,141.00−$1,391.702022-03-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Sabato's Crystal BallLean RNovember 2, 2022
  • RCPLean RSeptember 1, 2022
  • Fox NewsLean RNovember 1, 2022
  • DDHQLikely RSeptember 5, 2022
  • FiveThirtyEightLikely RSeptember 6, 2022

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Impact Research (D)August 3–7, 2022501 (LV)± 4.5%Don Bacon 47% · Tony Vargas 46%
GBAO (D)June 27–30, 2022500 (LV)± 4.4%Don Bacon 47% · Tony Vargas 48%
RMG ResearchMay 19–20, 2022500 (LV)± 4.5%Don Bacon 52% · Tony Vargas 37%
Change Research (D)May 6–10, 2022564 (LV)± 4.6%Don Bacon 39% · Tony Vargas 42%
Change Research (D)March 26–29, 2022550 (LV)± 4.5%Don Bacon 39% · Tony Vargas 40%
Public Policy Polling (D)October 18, 2022––Generic Republican 44% · Generic Democrat 47%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: DON BACON FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

TerraCivic shows public filings without scores, grades or judgments about any candidate.

Federal law prohibits using information copied from FEC reports to solicit contributions or for commercial purposes. Do not use TerraCivic for fundraising, donor prospecting, or contact lists. TerraCivic shows no individual contributor names, addresses, employers or amounts. Data use & privacy