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Hillary Clinton is serious about winning Nebraska’s 2nd District.

Nebraska may not be a swing state overall — not even close — but the Omaha-based 2nd District definitely qualifies. Barack Obama won the district in 2008, the first time a Democrat had picked up a Nebraska electoral vote since 1964.

"We are campaigning in Nebraska for your congressional district," Marlon Marshall, a Clinton campaign official, told Nebraska delegates at their Monday breakfast. "We feel very strongly that we can win."

Nebraska and Maine are the two states that split their electoral votes by congressional district. Every other state awards electoral votes on a winner-take-all basis.

Marshall also said the Clinton campaign wants to do everything it can to help Democrats up and down the ballot. The presidential campaign’s efforts in the 2nd District, for example, could potentially help get the vote out for first-term Rep. Brad Ashford, D-Neb.

Ashford skipped this week’s convention, although his chief of staff Jeremy Nordquist was on hand for Monday’s breakfast.

State Party Chairman Vince Powers thanked Marshall for coming and added his own hopes for once again delivering an electoral vote from Nebraska for a Democratic candidate.