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Hot outside, firestorm inside as Flood faces fury at Lincoln townhall

ANNA KLEIBER Lincoln Journal Star
Jul 28, 2026
Jul 28, 2026 Updated 5 hrs ago
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Lincoln resident Donna Baur, herself a candidate for the Lower Platte natural resources board, points at Rep. Mike Flood during the congressman's town hall hosted Tuesday at Nebraska Wesleyan University's Vance D. Rogers Center for Fine Arts.

ARTHUR H. TRICKETT-WILE, Journal Star

Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Flood speaks during a town hall on Tuesday at Nebraska Wesleyan University's Vance D. Rogers Center for Fine Arts.

ARTHUR H. TRICKETT-WILE, Journal Star

Kailla Melby, from Lincoln, reacts during a town hall hosted by Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Flood on Tuesday, at Nebraska Wesleyan University's Vance D. Rogers Center for Fine Arts in Lincoln.

ARTHUR H. TRICKETT-WILE, Journal Star

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ANNA KLEIBER Lincoln Journal Star

Nearly an hour before the doors opened for Rep. Mike Flood's Lincoln town hall Tuesday night, attendees began lining up outside the Vance D. Rogers Center for Fine Arts at Nebraska Wesleyan University with signs and flyers in hand.

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