Former Republican Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska was also fined $25,000 for lying to federal authorities.
multiple times about $30,000 in illegal campaign contributions he received from a Nigerian billionaire at a 2016 fundraiser in Los Angeles. Federal law prohibits donations from foreigners.
Flood appears to have a strong edge in the district, which includes Lincoln, parts of suburban Omaha and dozens of smaller, more conservative towns. The district has nearly 68,000 more Republicans than Democrats and hasn't elected a Democrat to Congress since 1964. "I think it's fair to say that their votes would line up probably 90% of the time," said Sam Fischer, a retired Republican campaign consultant.
The winner of Tuesday's special election will serve the rest of Fortenberry's current term, which ends in January. Flood and Pansing Brooks will face each other again in the November general election to decide who takes the seat for the next congressional term. During interviews with FBI agents at his home in Lincoln and in Washington, D.C., Fortenberry repeatedly denied knowing that the contributions came from an illegal source. But at his trial, prosecutors played recorded phone conversations where an informant warned Fortenberry that they were illegal because they came from a foreign national.
Fortenberry's attorney, John Littrell, argued that the conviction has already devastated his client's life by forcing him to resign from Congress, stripping away his right to vote and own firearms, and putting his federal pension at risk.
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