Don Bacon (R-Neb.) will hold onto his battleground House seat, The Associated Press projected, fending off a spirited push for a Democratic pickup. Bacon defeated Democratic state Sen. Tony Vargas, providing a boost to Republicans’ hopes of keeping their slim House majority.

The victory of the four-term Republican, who has resisted his party’s veer to the right, dashed Democratic hopes of flipping a critical district.

Republican Don Bacon has been elected to a fifth House term representing Nebraska’s Omaha-based 2nd District, nearly three days after the polls closed.

Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) won another term representing Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District, holding on in the district seen as central to both parties’ majority hopes, Decision Desk HQ

None of the races for Nebraska's three U.S. House seats is more competitive than the 2nd District contest, which pits Republican incumbent Don Bacon against Democratic state Sen.

Moderate Republican Rep. Don Bacon is projected to survive a close re-election race in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District. The Associated Press projected on Friday that Bacon, a retired military general,

Republican Don Bacon wins reelection to U.S. House in Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District.

Congressman Don Bacon has won re-election again in Nebraska’s “blue dot” district. Both AP and NBC News called the race Friday evening. Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District rematch between Republican Don Bacon and Democrat Tony Vargas remained a close contest since results first started coming in Tuesday evening.