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Mike Flood

U.S. House · NE-1 · Republicans · since 2025

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Candidate for U.S. House · NE-1

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Biography

Overview

Mike Flood is a Republican U.S. representative for Nebraska's 1st congressional district, serving since July 2022. Before Congress, he spent two separate stints in the Nebraska Legislature (2005-2013 and 2021-2022), serving as speaker from 2007 to 2013. He is an attorney and businessman who founded and operates broadcast media companies in Nebraska.

Career

In the Nebraska Legislature, Flood introduced and successfully passed the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which became the nation's first 20-week abortion restriction. He also brokered a 2011 compromise that rerouted the Keystone XL pipeline during a special legislative session. In Congress, he has focused on housing supply and reform, veterans' issues, and financial services regulation. In July 2025, he was elected unanimously as chair of the Republican Main Street Caucus.

Prior political experience

Flood won the 2022 special election for Nebraska's 1st district with 53% against Democrat Patty Pansing Brooks (47%). In the 2022 general election, he defeated Brooks again in a rematch with 58% to 42%. In 2024, he was reelected with 60% of the vote against Democrat Carol Blood (40%), winning every county in the district. In his Nebraska Legislature races, he ran unopposed in 2004 for the 19th district and was unopposed again in the 2020 election when he returned to the Legislature.

Biographical material adapted from the Wikipedia article (retrieved April 29, 2026), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ideology

Liberal–Conservative (DW-NOMINATE dim 1)

Liberal
Conservative
119th Congress+0.445

Secondary axis (DW-NOMINATE dim 2)(?)

−1
+1
+0.689
Source: Voteview DW-NOMINATE · 344 scored votes

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Officeholding history

TermSeatTerm datesTerminationPredecessorSuccessor
3rdU.S. House NE-12025–presentIn progressMike Flood—
2ndU.S. House NE-12023–2025Term endedMike FloodMike Flood
1stU.S. House NE-12022–2023Term ended—Mike Flood

Committee assignments

Current term legislation

Bills sponsored this term10

Bills cosponsored this term10

Elections

YearSeatResultVote shareField
2024U.S. House NE-1Pending60.10%