John Cavanaugh: Republicans want to take away Nebraskans' health care. I'll fight to stop them

[Omaha Steve]

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By John Cavanaugh 49 mins ago

When I’m in Congress, I will work to bring down health care costs.

Speaker Mike Johnson and President Donald Trump want the cost of purchasing health insurance from a private insurance carrier to go up, and are refusing to provide relief to working families.

In short, Republicans have shut down the government so that they can take away health care from millions of Americans.

This all began when Republicans passed a budget bill in July that gutted the ways many of us get healthcare so they could give tax cuts to their billionaire donors.

FULL story: http://archive.today/t5Oxn

Original PAY link:https://omaha.com/opinion/column/article_1b4c6a72-4d42-439d-828c-5ca21102b90d.html

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Our first 5 links for the 2026 mid-term cycle are in (Omaha) the Blue Dot.

Both Cook Political Report and Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball, two of the leading election forecast publications, have upgraded their ratings for Nebraska’s 2nd District from toss-up to leans Democratic. Making it a likely candidate for big spending as the GOP attempts to maintain or bolster its small majority, and Democrats try to take back control.

https://www.cookpolitical.com/ratings/house-race-ratings

https://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/2026-house/

The Cook Political Report wrote: “If Democrats don’t win Nebraska’s 2nd District next year, it’s almost impossible to see them taking control of the House.”


There will be at least 6 Democrats that will be running in the primary next May. The DU is neutral in all races between Democrats. That said, here are the five DU ActBlue links we have so far for the NE-2 primary Blue Dot race.

Democratic Underground for Denise Powell (NE-2) https://secure.actblue.com/donate/du4denisepowell

Democratic Underground for John Cavanaugh (NE-2) https://secure.actblue.com/donate/du4johncavanaugh

Democratic Underground for Crystal Rhoades (NE-2) https://secure.actblue.com/donate/du4crystalrhoades

Democratic Underground for Kishla Askins (NE-2) https://secure.actblue.com/donate/du4kishlaaskins

Democratic Underground for James Leuschen NE-2 https://secure.actblue.com/donate/du4leuschen

A sixth candidate (Evangelos Argyrakis) has no ActBlue page for a donation link: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220506044

[Omaha Steve]

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