Kunyange zvazvo vaRepublican vakanyoresa vaiva vakawanda kudarika vaDemocrats mudunhu rechipiri reCongress, iro rinosanganisira Omaha, mukwikwidzi weDemocratic wenyika yeAmerica Barack Obama akavhura mahofisi matatu emushandirapamwe muguta racho aine vashandi 15 kuti vaparidze mudunhu racho muna 2008. Mike Fahey, aichimbova meya weOmaha weDemocratic, akati aizoita zvose zvaidiwa kuti ape vhoti yedunhu racho kuna Obama; uye mushandirapamwe waObama
rakarangarira dunhu racho se"riri kutamba". 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.