State Sen. John Cavanaugh of Omaha, center, joins advocates for medical cannabis at the Nebraska State Office Building in Lincoln, Nebraska, ahead of a public hearing on a regulatory system for the new medicine approved by voters in November 2024. Oct. 15, 2025. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner)

OMAHA — State Sen. John Cavanaugh picked up two more endorsements from local unions in his bid to be the Democratic nominee in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District.

The two endorsements came from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen and the Nebraska State Legislative Board and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. This brings Cavanaugh’s union endorsements to six.

Cavanaugh is in a six-person Democratic primary race with business owner and political action committ

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