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Nebraska’s primary is a week from Tuesday.That means another week of ads before Democrats decide their choice for who will take on the presumptive Republican opponent, Brinker Harding. Nonpartisans can also vote in the election if they request a Democratic Party ballot. Campaign fundingDenise Powell still leads in direct campaign support, according to Federal Election Commission data as of April 22.Denise Powell: $1,617,997John Cavanaugh: $1,140,783Kishla Askins: $583,723Crystal Rhoades: $172,768Melanie Williams: $2,419Van Argyrakis has not made any reports, suggesting he has not crossed the threshold that would require it.Crystal RhoadesRhoades said she’s not focusing on advertisements. She said she’s reached 88% of likely voters through more than 27,100 door knocks and nearly 128,400 calls.Kishla AskinsThe Askins campaign said they’ll soon be running television ads. Campaign manager Alison Thompson said they’ve been “meeting voters where they’re at,” including on social media, by text, and door-knocking.Melanie Williams did not respond to a request for comment on this story. Outside spendingHowever, spending that has become a topic in the race does not come from the campaigns directly.Ads from Cavanaugh label Powell as “Dark Money Denise.””Denise Powell has orchestrated more than $3.2 million in dark money spending,” Cavanaugh campaign manager Katie Bartizal said in a statement. “Special interest groups are attacking Cavanaugh because in Congress he’ll stand up to billionaires and fight for working Nebraskans.”Federal law prohibits campaigns from coordinating with PACs.The Fight for Nebraska PAC has spent more than $1.8 million supporting Powell and opposing Cavanaugh.The Powell campaign said she “hasn’t accepted a dime of special interest or corporate PAC money.””As you know, campaigns cannot coordinate with independent expenditures and have no control over outside spending,” Powell campaign manager Ryan Longenecker told KETV in a statement. “Groups like EMILYs List, Elect Democratic Women, and BOLD PAC are supporting Denise because she has spent the last decade fighting for Nebraskans, electing women up and down the ballot and protecting access to abortion, funding for public schools, and the Blue Dot – all things that John Cavanaugh is risking for his own political career.”
Nebraska’s primary is a week from Tuesday.
That means another week of ads before Democrats decide their choice for who will take on the presumptive Republican opponent, Brinker Harding.
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Nonpartisans can also vote in the election if they request a Democratic Party ballot.
Campaign funding
Denise Powell still leads in direct campaign support, according to Federal Election Commission data as of April 22.
- Denise Powell: $1,617,997
- John Cavanaugh: $1,140,783
- Kishla Askins: $583,723
- Crystal Rhoades: $172,768
- Melanie Williams: $2,419
Van Argyrakis has not made any reports, suggesting he has not crossed the threshold that would require it.
Crystal Rhoades
Rhoades said she’s not focusing on advertisements. She said she’s reached 88% of likely voters through more than 27,100 door knocks and nearly 128,400 calls.
Kishla Askins
The Askins campaign said they’ll soon be running television ads. Campaign manager Alison Thompson said they’ve been “meeting voters where they’re at,” including on social media, by text, and door-knocking.
Melanie Williams did not respond to a request for comment on this story.
Outside spending
However, spending that has become a topic in the race does not come from the campaigns directly.
Ads from Cavanaugh label Powell as “Dark Money Denise.”
“Denise Powell has orchestrated more than $3.2 million in dark money spending,” Cavanaugh campaign manager Katie Bartizal said in a statement. “Special interest groups are attacking Cavanaugh because in Congress he’ll stand up to billionaires and fight for working Nebraskans.”
Federal law prohibits campaigns from coordinating with PACs.
The Fight for Nebraska PAC has spent more than $1.8 million supporting Powell and opposing Cavanaugh.
The Powell campaign said she “hasn’t accepted a dime of special interest or corporate PAC money.”
“As you know, campaigns cannot coordinate with independent expenditures and have no control over outside spending,” Powell campaign manager Ryan Longenecker told KETV in a statement. “Groups like EMILYs List, Elect Democratic Women, and BOLD PAC are supporting Denise because she has spent the last decade fighting for Nebraskans, electing women up and down the ballot and protecting access to abortion, funding for public schools, and the Blue Dot – all things that John Cavanaugh is risking for his own political career.”
