Leaving office January 3, 2027.Did not run for re-election in 2026. This page switches to the former-officeholder layout when the term ends.

RepublicanIn office until January 3, 2027

Don Bacon

U.S. Representative, NE-2 since 2017. Did not run for re-election in 2026; leaves office in January 2027. Ran in 5 elections between 2016 and 2024, winning 5.

U.S. Representative, NE-2Born 1963

Official website Wikipedia Congress.gov FEC filings

In office: 9 yrs; Since 2017
Bills became law: 0; 52 sponsored, 119th Congress
Votes missed: 0.4%; Chamber median 2.1%
With party: 91%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +1.9; Won 2024
Elections: 5; 2016–2024

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 3:00 PM ET

Committees

119th Congress.

House Committee on AgricultureLivestock, Dairy, and PoultryConservation, Research, and Biotechnology
House Committee on Armed ServicesStrategic ForcesCyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation · Chairman

Source: congress-legislators committeesUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 3:00 PM ET

Legislation

119th Congress · 52 sponsored · 0 became law

No bills in this list for the 119th Congress.

Source: Congress.gov billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 3:27 PM ET

Voting record

119th Congress · placement by roll-call votes

Where Bacon sits in the U.S. House

Bacon is closer to the center than 98% of the chamber's Republicans.

Closest: Mike Lawler, Kevin Kiley, Nick LaLota

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 5:06 PM ET

With Bacon’s party

Votes with the chamber's Republicans91%
Cosponsorships of the other party's bills46%

Black tick: the average of Republicans in the U.S. House.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Bacon’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.

Date	Bill	Bacon	Rep. majority	Dem. majority	Result
Sep 16, 2026	HR 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 262–159
Jun 30, 2026	HCONRES 108: Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to…	No	No	Yes	Failed 189–235
Jun 9, 2026	S 2: Secure America Act	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 214–212
May 13, 2026	HR 1346: To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure…	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 218–203
Feb 12, 2026	HR 2189: To modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology and…	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 233–185

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Bacon was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026202720282029U.S. House, NE-2

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Elections

Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.

Year	Race	Result	Margin	Seat	+/−
2024	U.S. House, NE-2	Won	R+1.9	D+4.7	+6.6
2022	U.S. House, NE-2	Won	R+2.7	D+6.4	+9.1
2020	U.S. House, NE-2	Won	R+4.6	—	—
2018	U.S. House, NE-2	Won	R+2.0	—	—
2016	U.S. House, NE-2	Won	R+1.2	—	—