Don Bacon

10 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2017

• Representative NE-2 2017–present

• background Born August 16, 1963; served 29 years in the U.S. Air Force, retiring as a brigadier general in 2014
• background Commanded wings at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha, Nebraska
• role A Republican and member of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus; U.S. Representative for Nebraska's 2nd district since 2017
• achievement Was an original sponsor of the Naming Commission and the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, and voted for the Respect for Marriage Act
• role One of 37 Republicans who rejected attempts to overturn the 2020 election and one of 35 who backed the committee to investigate the January 6 attack
• background Announced he would not seek re-election in 2026

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

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• 100.0%
  Roll-call participation →

  voted in 3 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

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• 43
  Bills sponsored →

  plus 683 cosponsored

  A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

• 0
  Sponsored bills enacted →

  of 43 bills sponsored

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• 0
  Documented positions →

  no positions documented yet

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• 6
  Committee assignments →

  committees and subcommittees

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Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Don Bacon. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

Data from Congress.gov committee memberships

• Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation Subcommittee Chairman
• Agriculture Committee
• Armed Services Committee · oversees Defense
• Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee · oversees Technology
• Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee
• Strategic Forces Subcommittee

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

• Economy & TaxesFull support from votes

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

Data from Congress.gov

The members Bacon most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Bacon connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

Data from Congress.gov