OMAHA — Omaha City Councilman Brinker Harding leads Republican and overall fundraising in the latest quarter of the race to represent Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House.

The two-man GOP primary between Harding and former State Sen. Brett Lindstrom of Omaha will decide which candidate tries to hold the Omaha-based seat that retiring GOP U.S. Rep. Don Bacon won five times.

Harding raised $561,527 in the third quarter, which ended in September. Lindstrom brought in $286,958. Lindstrom’s leadership PAC, Cornhusker Conservatives PAC, raised another $123,980 — though such PACs are typically used to support other campaigns.

Harding said his “patriotic and optimistic message of making America’s next 250 years more like its Heartland is resonating.” Harding has a cash on han

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