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Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Melanie Williams

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Nebraska District 2
Filing address
Omaha, NE (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
WILLIAMS, MELANIE
Next election
Primary May 12, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Nebraska with the 2026 district highlighted

Nebraska, District 2

FEC page

DemocraticU.S. House · Nebraska District 2Open seatLost primary

FEC candidate ID H6NE02265 · Principal campaign committee: MELANIE WILLIAMS FOR CONGRESS 2026

Total raised$2,419.00
Total spent$1,740.00
Cash on hand$679.00
Debts owed by the campaign$1,740.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through April 22, 2026, 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: $679.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $1,740.00
  • Individual contributions$679.0028%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$1,740.0072%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$679.00100%
  • Contributions over $200$0.000%

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$2K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $2,123.00APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $1,740.00PRE-PRIMARY: raised $296.00PRE-PRIMARY: spent $0.002026-032026-04

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

The race

Nebraska U.S. House, District 2, 2026 · 12 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Melanie Williams (D)$2,419.00$679.002026-04-22
Denise Powell (D)$5,093,103.99$480,473.262026-10-14
Brinker Harding (R)$2,850,577.02$313,372.852026-10-14
Donald J Bacon (R)$1,502,945.80$372,311.072026-09-30
John Cavanaugh (D)$1,368,619.20$11,846.212026-09-30
Kishla Askins (D)$901,522.43$0.002026-06-30
James Leuschen (D)$393,803.69$118,337.772026-09-30
Brett Lindstrom (R)$375,098.51$0.002026-07-15
Crystal Rhoades (D)$182,791.25$112.002026-05-31
Mark Edmund Johnston (D)$10,146.58$0.002026-03-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
National Public AffairsOctober 2–5, 2026800 (LV)± 5.0%Brinker Harding 38% · Denise Powell 50%
SurveyUSASeptember 8–13, 2026182 (LV)± 12.2%Brinker Harding 42% · Denise Powell 46%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska (retrieved October 22, 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: MELANIE WILLIAMS FOR CONGRESS 2026.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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