However, Democrats are competitive in Nebraska's 2nd congressional district in presidential elections, winning its single electoral vote in 2008, 2020, and 2024.
The State Central Committee is made up of elected party leaders and State Central Committee members from each Legislative District, along with issue and constituency based caucuses.
Following Andrew Jackson's defeat in the 1824 United States presidential election, despite having a majority of the popular vote, Jackson set about building a political coalition strong enough to defeat John Quincy Adams in the 1828 United States presidential election.
There have been fewer registered Democrats than Republicans since at least 1976 when the Nebraska Secretary of State began documenting party affiliation.
The urban counties, which have a higher population base, have a smaller divide in the number of registered Republicans to Democrats.
[4] Nebraska has experienced a growing divide between registered Democratic and Republicans.
In the 2020 United States Presidential election, Democratic candidate Joe Biden carried Nebraska's Second congressional district by a vote of 52 to 46 percent.
The Nebraska Democratic Party also does not control the Omaha mayor's office.
The chair's term begins at the first State Central Committee meeting after the general election in November.
She was formally Biden Administration Political Appointee to the Office of Communications and Outreach in the U.S. Department of Education.