Esch tried again. That year, Barack Obama won the Omaha-area district — the first time a Democrat got an electoral vote from Nebraska since 1964. Esch lost by 4 points. It was the start of a pattern.
They lost, narrowly, during the “blue wave” of 2018 when the Democrats picked up 40 seats in the House of Representatives, winning most swing districts like Omaha’s. They lost when ...