Denise Powell, a small business owner and former corporate executive from Omaha, is running to represent Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District after winning a tight Democratic primary in May that most polls predicted she would lose.
She has never held elected office. Now she is competing in one of the few House races nationally that could shift majority control.
Powell’s campaign draws on a family tradition she calls the Powell Pledge, a promise she taught her school-aged children when they were young: to be brave, tell the truth, be kind to others, and never give up…