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Caitlin Yilek

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Caitlin Yilek is a politics reporter at CBSNews.com, based in Washington, D.C. She previously worked for the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a member of the 2022 Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship with the National Press Foundation.

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Updated on: May 12, 2026 / 4:11 PM EDT / CBS News

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Voters are going to the polls in Nebraska and West Virginia on Tuesday, with Democrats vying for the chance to run in an open seat in Nebraska that the party has long been eyeing.

Republican Rep. Don Bacon is retiring in January , leaving a seat open in a district that has voted for Democrats in three of the last five presidential elections. Several Democrats are vying for the chance to take on presumptive Republican nominee Brinker Harding, a member of the Omaha City Council who is running unopposed in the GOP primary.

Also in Nebraska, GOP Sen.…