BACON, DONALD J Incumbent

· NE-2 (House)

58.4

Influence Score · 2026

Highly exposed

Sitting member — full twelve-axis v8 score available. View full dossier →

Score components

Axis	Raw	Normalized (pts)	Coverage
Direct contributions	$1.91M	9.07	2026 cycle, principal committee
Outside spending — direct support	$0	—	PACs that directly supported this candidate
Outside spending — indirect (OPPOSE against opponents)	$342K	—	OPPOSE spending against opponents in the same race, attributed proportionally
Outside spending — OPPOSE against this candidate	$20K	—	PACs that spent to defeat this candidate (not scored on this axis)
Total outside spending in favor	$342K	10.00	direct + indirect — drives the outside-spending axis
Lobbying exposure	$5.05M	3.22	Committee jurisdiction match
Vote alignment	0.764	4.75	Sponsor-aligned roll calls
Contribution timing — money arriving near key votes	0.0002	0.04	Receipts timed to legislative action
Dark-money exposure	0.0343	0.10	Disclosed-vs-dark outside spending share
Personal trade direction	0.000	0.00	STOCK Act buys in jurisdiction

Race matchup NE-2

Candidate	Party	Status	Direct $	Outside $	Score	Tier
BACON, DONALD J	REP	Inc.	$1.91M	$10.33M	58.4	Highly exposed
POWELL, DENISE	DEM	Open	$1.13M	$3.87M	6.9	Modestly backed
HARDING, BRINKER	REP	Open	$890K	$345K	4.2	Modestly backed
CAVANAUGH, JOHN	DEM	Open	$511K	$318K	2.7	Lightly backed
LINDSTROM, BRETT	REP	Open	$372K	$345K	2.2	Lightly backed
LEUSCHEN, JAMES	DEM	Open	$312K	$345K	2.0	Lightly backed
ASKINS, KISHLA	DEM	Open	$267K	$345K	1.8	Lightly backed
RHOADES, CRYSTAL	DEM	Open	$99K	$345K	1.2	Lightly backed

Challenger and open-seat scores reflect contributions, outside spending, and dark-money exposure only — a maximum of about 23. They are not directly comparable to incumbent scores, which run 0–100 across all twelve axes. Compare the dollar columns (Direct $, Outside $) for a like-for-like view.