OMAHA- While Douglas County would lean Democrat, Sarpy County, a Republican stronghold, was seen as the GOP's firewall to victory.

But this year there's a new player in the Second District and it arguably makes the Democrats case even harder.

That new player is heavily Republican Saunders County, added during the latest redistricting by the Nebraska Legislature.

As voters in Saunders County are casting their November ballots, they find themselves, for the very first time, helping decide who will win the 2nd Congressional District race, as GOP Congressman Don Bacon battles Democrat State Sen. Tony Vargas.

Saunders County is made-up of one small town after another, the largest being Wahoo with 4,600 people. Saunders was added to the 2nd District during a controversial redistricting vote by the Legislature last year.

One of those no votes, Tony Vargas.

To better describe the new area, one can look to the 2020 presidential election. In Douglas County, Joe Biden beat Donald Trump by 11 points. In Sarpy county it was the opposite, Trump beat Biden by 11 points. The difference comes in Saunders County where Trump won by 45 points.

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