How did the blue wave pass over Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District?

[Omaha Steve]

By Roseann Moring and Aaron Sanderford

Before Nov. 6, progressive groups pointed to Kara Eastman as a case study for why the progressive wing of the Democratic Party can win in swing or even right-leaning districts.

Now, some establishment Democrats are pointing to her as a case study for why they can’t.

Eastman’s loss in a district that was once considered one of the best pickup opportunities for Democrats stands in contrast to Iowa’s 3rd District, right across the river, where Cindy Axne unseated Republican Rep. David Young.

Republicans, of course, argue that U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, a former brigadier general with a reputation as a hard worker and a message of civility, is an effective representative who earned a victory.

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[customerserviceguy]

1. I haven't driven through that area since 2007

but my guess is that there wasn't enough suburban Omaha area in that district to flip it. My read on the election is that the rural red areas got redder, the urban blue areas got bluer, and the flips were all pretty much from suburban areas that were pissed off at the limitation of deductibility of state and local taxes in the tax bill.

A quick look at the maps for the 2nd of Nebraska and the 3rd of Iowa shows that the former has a lot of rural counties surrounding Omaha, and that the suburban areas in the Iowa side of Omaha were joined by votes from the suburban areas completely surrounding Des Moines to flip the district.