OMAHA- Kara Eastman and Nebraska Democrats stumbled a bit out of the blocks on day one of their general election campaign against Rep. Don Bacon, with one of Eastman’s primary rivals declining to endorse her.

But Democrats argued that Ann Ashford’s snub — which was based both on policy and personal differences with Eastman — was not a sign of a wider rift within the party’s ranks. To the contrary, they say, the party and its apparatus are far more in sync with Eastman than two years ago, when differences among Eastman, state party leaders and the fundraising arm of House Democrats in Washington contributed to Eastman’s narrow loss to Bacon.

“I can say for certain that Ann’s decision not to endorse Kara yet — and I use the word yet, because I’m confident it will come — is not a sign of any rift in the party,” said Jane Kleeb, chair of the Nebraska Democrats. “We are moving together as a team, leaving anything that happened in 2018 behind us.”

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