# 2024 U.S. House election in Nebraska's district 2 — what pundits predicted

House · Election Day 2024-11-05 · certified.

## The ballot

- **Don Bacon (Republican, incumbent) — won** · 50.9%
- Tony Vargas (Democratic) · 49.1%

Result: Don Bacon by 1.8 points (general); held by the Republican party going in. Source: wikipedia-2024-house.

## What the field called

- Tony Vargas: 3 picks (lost)

## Every claim about this race (3)

- **Sam Wang** — Tony Vargas wins NE-02 House seat (2024) (Race Winners, Nov 5, 2024) — scored 0 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/cf6c147d-478d-438a-848d-55fd3ac9c8d0)
- **Lakshya Jain** — Tony Vargas wins NE-02 House seat (2024) (Race Winners, Nov 4, 2024) — scored 0 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/5a57d1ed-c7db-49ba-b385-900b5d93d6c5)
- **Jacob Rubashkin** — Tony Vargas wins NE-02 House seat (2024) — “favored” (Race Winners, Oct 25, 2024) — scored 0 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/20225531-2741-4cbd-84d1-f9888f0b0709)