Biden, Harris spouses visit Papillion in first in-person Omaha-area campaign stop

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Omaha World Herald

By Aaron Sanderford

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris, sent their spouses to suburban Sarpy County on Saturday. Nebraska Democratic Party officials say the setting was no accident.

The Papillion neighborhood that Jill Biden and Doug Emhoff visited straddles Nebraska’s 1st and 2nd Congressional Districts.

Location matters because Nebraska doles out a single Electoral College vote to the winner of the popular vote in each of its three congressional districts.

State Democratic Party chair Jane Kleeb has argued this summer that Biden and Harris could win in both districts. The Nebraska Republican Party has described her idea as wishful thinking.





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This is the first visit to TWO up for grabs electoral votes! Nebraska splits the five votes.

[BumRushDaShow]

1. Excellent!

[MyOwnPeace]

2. While the electoral votes are the ones that rule............

it is SO important to let ALL Americans that our candidate and party care about ALL Americans!!!!!

Go, Joe!!!!!!

[FloridaBlues]

3. Hope they start having more people attend these events. That can be done safely

Campaign needs to up attendance and soon it can be done outside and mask. The optics's would be better than a handful of people

[moreland01]

4. My hometown!

Graduated from Papillon/LaVista High. That would be wonderful if it went Blue. Air Force community (Offutt AFB).