LINCOLN- Republican incumbent Jeff Fortenberry is facing a very competitive reelection year. Fortenberry has served in Congress for 14 years or eight terms. Voter registration in District 1 strongly favors Republicans but there are over 90,000 nonpartisans. Campaign funding also clearly favors Fortenberry as he had over $2 million before the reelection campaign really kicked off. Bolz had $500,000 as of late June. This district has not elected a Democrat to the seat since 1964.
The Bolz and Fortenberry debate focused heavily on health care. The approaching U.S. Supreme Court decision places great weight on the Affordable Care Act. Bolz is a strong supporter of the ACA whereas Fortenberry has voted against it on many different occasions. He says that does not mean he wants people with pre-existing conditions to have a harder time finding care, however there are better ways to reform health care in his opinion. Both candidates do not support Medicare for All.