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Don Bacon

Don Bacon

RRepublicanNE-2 · Representative
63
/ 100
Average
Attendance99
Avg: 96
Independence6
Avg: 4
Bipartisan Tone50
Avg: 16
Ethics Record100
Avg: 99
Transparency46
Avg: 57

Accountability Score — composite of attendance, independence, bipartisan tone, ethics record & transparency.

Methodology
OverviewStatementsBillsFinanceVotesElections
Don Bacon

Don Bacon

RepublicanNE-2 · Representative
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Moderate (0.279)
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Don Bacon is a Republican Representative from NE, District 2. He has served 9 years in Congress across 5 terms. Based on his voting record, he is rated as moderate, voting with his party 93.7% of the time.

9
Years in Office
5
Terms Served
119
Current Congress

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Report Card

Performance metrics for the current Congress

93.7%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
35 votes against party
0.5%
Missed Votesⓘ
557 total votes
21
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
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How Don Compares

vs. the average House member

Party Loyalty-2.2% vs avg
93.7%
Avg: 95.9%
Missed Votes-3.1% vs avg
0.5%
Avg: 3.6%
Bills Sponsored+8.0 vs avg
21
Avg: 13.0

Committee Assignments

Committees shape which bills get heard. See what this member has influence over.

House Committee on AgricultureHouse Committee on Armed Services

Campaign Finance

2026 cycle · through 2026-03-31

$464,454
Cash on Handⓘ
$1,467,114
Total Receiptsⓘ
$1,201,093
Disbursementsⓘ
$405,052
Individual Donors
$527,750
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$0
Self-Fundingⓘ

Service History

2017–2027House · NE-2 · RepublicanCurrent

District Demographics

NE-2 · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.

657,288
Population
$82,396
Median Income
35.0
Median Age
42.5%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 73.1%Black 9.6%Hispanic 13.0%Asian 4.0%