Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kunyange zvazvo vaRepublican vakanyoresa vakanga vakawanda kudarika vaDemocrats mudunhu rechipiri reCongress, iro rinosanganisira Omaha, mukwikwidzi weDemocratic wezvematongerwe enyika Barack Obama akazarura mahofisi matatu okutsvaka musarudzo muguta racho aine vashandi 15 kuti vaparidze nyika yose muna autumn 2008. Mike Fahey, aimbova meya weOmaha weDemocratic, akati aizoita zvose zvaidiwa kuti ape vhoti yesarudzo yedunhu kuna Obama; uye
Mushandirapamwe waObama wakarangarira ruwa rwacho se"ruri kutambirwa". Aimbova Nebraska U.S. Seneta Bob Kerrey uye ipapo-U.S. Seneta Ben Nelson akaita mushandirapamwe muguta nokuda Obama, uye muna November 2008 Obama akahwina dunhu racho musarudzo kuvhota. Uku kwakanga kuri kukunda kunoshamisa, nokuti nehurongwa hwokuvhota hwakakamurwa muNebraska, Obama akava mukwikwidzi wokutanga weDemocratic kuti akunde musarudzo muNebraska kubvira muna 1964.