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John Cavanaugh

Nebraska state senator (District 9) and 2026 Democratic candidate for Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District

John Cavanaugh is an attorney and former assistant public defender elected to the nonpartisan Nebraska Legislature from District 9 in 2020. He is the son of former U.S. Rep. John J. Cavanaugh III, who represented Nebraska's 2nd District from 1977 to 1981. Cavanaugh ran for the same seat in 2026 and lost the Democratic primary to Denise Powell. [State Sen. John Cavanaugh running for Congress in Nebraska's 2nd District ↗]

FEC receipts · 2026 cycle

$1,140,783 raised

Influence graph
Individual 89%
PAC 11%
Other

Where the $1,140,783 raised came from · FEC · 2026 cycle

$1,140,783
Raised
FEC receipts · 2026 cycle
$121,225
PAC receipts
FEC committee contributions · 2026 cycle
$306,000
Spent supporting them
outside + direct · 3 sources
$2,165,787
Spent against them
opposition IEs · 5 edges

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Top connections · 10 total

People0
  • None on file
Organizations2
PACs / committees8

Connections · explore all 10

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Spent against them · $2,165,787

Outside money spent to defeat them (opposition independent expenditures). Not their own funding.

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