LINCOLN- Voters in Nebraska’s 1st Congressional District will see their U.S. House candidates debate live on Nebraska Public Media TV. Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Flood of Norfolk and Democratic State Sen. Carol Blood of Bellevue have agreed to join an hourlong debate at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 15.

Flood is a former speaker of the Nebraska Legislature who served a second stint in the statehouse before running in a 2022 special election and regular election to replace former Republican Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, who resigned from office. Flood was known in the Legislature for leading the effort that set the state’s abortion ban at 20 weeks and in Congress as a critic of illegal immigration.

Blood is a former Bellevue City Council member and candidate for governor who is term-limited after eight years in the Legislature. She has spent much of her career trying to get state senators to weigh the ramifications of state mandates on cities and counties and their local taxpayers.

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