LINCOLN - Congressman Mike Flood, a Republican from Norfolk who rose from Nebraska's Legislature to the House in 2022, is vying for reelection with Democratic challenger Carol Blood, a state lawmaker from Bellevue who is perhaps best known statewide for her unsuccessful run for governor in 2022.

Neither campaign has released polling ahead of the Nov. 5 election, but Republicans enjoy a massive voter registration advantage in the district, which has 74,275 more GOP voters than Democrats — despite the fact that Lincoln, the state's second largest city and a Democratic stronghold, is the 1st District's most populous city.

Blood, a 63-year-old former city councilwoman from Bellevue who will be term-limited in the Legislature this year, faces long odds as she tries to become the first Democrat elected to represent Nebraska's 1st Congressional District since 1964.

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