Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
Kara Eastman
- Party
- Democratic
- Running for
- U.S. House · Nebraska District 2
- Filing address
- Omaha, NE (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- EASTMAN, KARA
- Next election
- General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Nebraska, District 2
FEC candidate ID H8NE02220 · Principal campaign committee: EASTMAN FOR CONGRESS
Total raised$4,524,583.42
Total spent$4,578,198.75
Cash on hand$29,231.89
Debts owed by the campaign$16,057.25
Loans from the candidate$0.00
2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, 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$3,830,988.8585%
- PACs and other committees$378,547.068%
- Party committees$5,000.000%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$242,764.555%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$67,282.961%
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
PAC and committee contributors
140 committees reported giving $388,252.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.
- CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS PACPAC$10,000.00
- ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMENPAC$10,000.00
- COURAGE TO CHANGELeadership PAC$10,000.00
- VOTER PROTECTION PROJECTHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- JUSTICE DEMOCRATS PACHybrid PAC$8,908.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- MEDICARE FOR ALLLeadership PAC$6,500.00
- DCCCParty committee$5,000.00
- COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA-COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- UNITED STEELWORKERS POLITICAL ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- OFFICE AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION (OPEIU) JB MOSS VOICE OF THE ELECTORATE (VOTE)PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATIONConnected PAC$5,000.00
- BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS & TRAINMEN PAC FUND Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- WOMEN'S POLITICAL COMMITTEE FEDERALConnected PAC$5,000.00
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICALeadership PAC$5,000.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC PAC, DBA PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERAL PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTIONHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- PAC TO THE FUTURELeadership PAC$5,000.00
Show all 140 committees
- SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FUNDLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- COMMITTEE FOR A DEMOCRATIC FUTURELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IN DIVERSE GEOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENTS PAC (BRIDGE PAC)Leadership PAC$5,000.00
- FRONTLINE USALeadership PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL NURSES UNITED PAC - A FUND FOR A HEALTHY AMERICA Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- HOUSE MAJORITY PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- CHERPACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- EQUALITY PACPAC$5,000.00
- BACKPACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- END CITIZENS UNITEDConnected PAC$5,000.00
- THE US CAMPAIGN FUNDLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECTHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- JOBS, EDUCATION, & FAMILIES FIRST - JEFF PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- ONWARD TOGETHER COMMITTEEPAC$5,000.00
- WORKING HERO PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE MAJORITY PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BRADY PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- INDIVISIBLE ACTIONHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- COMMITTEE FOR A LIVABLE FUTURELeadership PAC$4,500.00
- GENE GREEN CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGNCandidate committee$4,000.00
- GIFFORDS PACHybrid PAC$4,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE CHOICES PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- ONE VOICELeadership PAC$3,000.00
- FAIR SHOT PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- JAMIE RASKIN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$3,000.00
- I GOT YOUR BACK PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- BLUE MAJORITY PACLeadership PAC$2,800.00
- WAY TO LEAD PACHybrid PAC$2,800.00
- REBELLION PACHybrid PAC$2,800.00
- HUMANITY FORWARD PACConnected PAC$2,800.00
- TRUTH TO POWERLeadership PAC$2,800.00
- PEACE ACTION PAC/ FKA SANE/FREEZE PACPAC$2,348.00
- HOYER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- JOHN LEWIS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- NANCY PELOSI FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF JIM CLYBURNCandidate committee$2,000.00
- LOFGREN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- SHERMAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- SCHIFF FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- SHORE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- DEMOCRATS RESHAPING AMERICA (DREAMPAC)Leadership PAC$2,000.00
- BILL FOSTER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- JUDY CHU FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- MICHIGAN'S FUTURE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- JULIA BROWNLEY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- OFF THE SIDELINES PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- HUDSON VALLEY PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- MAKING A REAL CHANGE - MARC PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- BLUE MOMENTUM PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- DEB HAALAND FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BE A HERO PACHybrid PAC$2,000.00
- REPAIR THE WORLD PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- DIGIDEMS PACHybrid PAC$1,943.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS INC. POLITICAL ACTION FOR CANDIDATE ELECTION (PACE) Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- SIERRA CLUB POLITICAL COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,500.00
- SOCIAL SECURITY WORKS PACConnected PAC$1,400.00
- NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY & MEDICARE PACConnected PAC$1,117.00
- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PACConnected PAC$1,012.00
- NARAL PRO-CHOICE AMERICA PACPAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- KIDSPACPAC$1,000.00
- KAPTUR FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- DOGGETT FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY VOTERS ALLIANCEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- JERRY'S POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (JERRY'S PAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- INDIVIDUALS DEDICATED TO ETHICS AND SCIENCE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BRINGING EVERYONE TOGETHER THROUGH ADVOCACYLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SYNERGY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUNDConnected PAC$1,000.00
- DEMOCRATS WIN SEATS (DWS PAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- GIVING WILLINGLY EMPOWERING NATIONALLY (GWEN) PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- HIMES FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- ENVIRONMENT AMERICA INC. VOTER ACTION (ABBV. 'ENVIRONMENT AMERICA VOTER ACTION')Connected PAC$1,000.00
- PAUL TONKO FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- ARTICLE 1 POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- HUSKY PACPAC$1,000.00
- TED DEUTCH FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEECandidate committee$1,000.00
- ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- VISION FOR AMERICALeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SEA CHANGE LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BLUE HEN FEDERAL PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- CASTRO FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- TONY CARDENAS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- GRACE FOR NEW YORKCandidate committee$1,000.00
- GOOD FRIENDS PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- INLAND EMPIRE STRIKES PAC; THELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- AT THE TABLE!Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- DEBBIE DINGELL FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- CLEAN PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- RANDY BRYCE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- DR KIM SCHRIER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- THE SIX PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ELECT MORE DEMOCRATS PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- IRON PACPAC$1,000.00
- MOMS IN OFFICEPAC$1,000.00
- A WOMAN'S PLACE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- HOPE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- MONDAIRE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- THE PROGRESSIVE LISTHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- DEFEAT REPUBLICANS PACHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- MAKING A DIFFERENCE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- COHEN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$750.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RADON SCIENTISTS AND TECHNOLOGISTS, INC. (AARST) RADON PAC Company pageConnected PAC$600.00
- SMART TD PAC Company pagePAC$500.00
- PINGREE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$500.00
- LIZ FOR INDIANACandidate committee$500.00
- TAKING THE HILL PACPAC$500.00
- KAHELE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$500.00
- FIGHT FOR PROGRESS PACHybrid PAC$500.00
- YOUTH PROGRESSIVE ACTION CATALYSTHybrid PAC$330.00
- PROGRESSIVE RISING PACConnected PAC$200.00
- PROGRESSIVE CHANGE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEEConnected PAC$144.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Kara Eastman$889,789.70
- Independent expenditures opposing Kara Eastman$5,446,056.03
FEC totals for the 2020 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.
- NRCCOpposing$2,578,917.00
- CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUNDOpposing$830,473.00
- DEFENDING MAIN STREET SUPERPAC INC.Opposing$336,250.00
- JUSTICE DEMOCRATS PACSupporting$325,000.00
- ESAFUNDOpposing$304,400.00
- CHANGE CAMPAIGN SUPER PACSupporting$204,995.00
- DCCCSupporting$153,952.00
- CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS PACSupporting$94,958.00
- WFP IE COMMITTEESupporting$50,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECTSupporting$26,876.00
- FRIENDS OF THE EARTH (ACTION) INCSupporting$23,800.00
- REBELLION PACSupporting$7,041.00
The race
Nebraska U.S. House, District 2, 2020 · 5 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kara Eastman (D) | $4,524,583.42 | $29,231.89 | 2020-12-31 |
| Donald J Bacon (R) | $3,790,454.61 | $85,038.61 | 2020-12-31 |
| Ann Ashford (D) | $511,333.55 | $77.54 | 2020-12-31 |
| Gladys Lucretia Harrison (D) | $34,276.27 | $0.00 | 2020-05-31 |
| Morgann Freeman (D) | $5,209.00 | −$1,026.73 | 2019-12-31 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNLV Lee Business School | October 30 – November 2, 2020 | 191 (LV) | ± 7% | Don Bacon 47% · Kara Eastman 46% |
| Change Research | October 29 – November 2, 2020 | 920 (LV) | ± 3.5% | Don Bacon 47% · Kara Eastman 48% · Tyler Schaeffer 2% |
| Emerson College | October 29–30, 2020 | 806 (LV) | ± 3.5% | Don Bacon 50% · Kara Eastman 47% |
| FM3 Research (D) | October 1–4, 2020 | 450 (LV) | ± 4.6% | Don Bacon 45% · Kara Eastman 47% · Tyler Schaeffer 6% |
| Siena College/NYT Upshot | September 25–27, 2020 | 420 (LV) | ± 5.3% | Don Bacon 45% · Kara Eastman 43% · Tyler Schaeffer 3% |
| Global Strategy Group (D) | September 14–16, 2020 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | Don Bacon 45% · Kara Eastman 45% · Tyler Schaeffer 4% |
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 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: EASTMAN 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.
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