OMAHA— The Nebraska Democratic Party has asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate Republican congressional candidate Brinker Harding for missing deadlines to file required personal financial disclosure reports. Democrats argue Harding may have violated federal ethics laws and said voters deserve transparency about his financial interests.

Harding said the missed filings were unintentional and that his team is working to complete them accurately. Nebraska Republicans dismissed the complaint as a political attack and instead criticized Democratic nominee Denise Powell over her past consulting work with nonprofit groups under scrutiny by Mike Hilgers. The dispute signals an increasingly contentious general election race in Nebraska’s competitive 2nd Congressional District.

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