OMAHA - Democratic congressional candidate for Nebraska's 2nd District, Kara Eastman, is ahead of the fundraising pace she set last cycle. Her campaign says it raised about $710,000 from April 1 to June 30, bringing the total for this election cycle to just over $1.45 million. Eastman is running against the incumbent congressman, Jeff Bacon.

Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Neb., also has yet to release his most recent numbers, but at the end of the last reporting period, his campaign had a full $1.9 million cash on hand. Fortenberry represents Nebraska’s 1st District, which covers much of eastern Nebraska and includes both Lincoln and Bellevue.

Pitted against Congressman Fortenberry in the 1st District race is State Sen. Kate Bolz. The Bolz campaign said in a statement that she raised about $264,000 for the most recent quarter, bringing her total for the overall cycle to more than $500,000. She has $253,462 cash on hand. Although that leaves her far behind Fortenberry, it also indicates that she will have the means to mount the best-financed campaign against him in years.

Incumbent Republican Sen. Ben Sasse has brought in millions of dollars in campaign contributions this cycle. His embattled Democratic challenger Chris Janicek, meanwhile, has raised a tiny fraction of that and faces a push from his own party to stand aside over sexually explicit comments he made about a staffer in a group text.

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