Republican Brinker Harding, who is running to represent Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District, filed his personal financial disclosures last week after receiving criticism from Democrats for failing to file them by the deadline.
The first disclosure, which covers 2024 and the first half of 2025, was due last August and filed by Harding on Thursday. The second disclosure, which covers the second half of 2025 and first quarter of 2026, was due last month and submitted by Harding on Friday.
“As I have said since the beginning of this process, I have nothing to hide,” Harding said in a statement. “My financial disclosure confirms just that. I’ve spent my life living, working, and raising my family in Nebraska.”
Democrats have criticized Harding for his late filings since they came to light last month. Nebraska Democratic Party Executive Director Precious McKesson wrote a letter to the Department of Justice in late May requesting an investigation into whether Harding knowingly and willfully failed to file the disclosures.
In a previous statement to Nebraska Public Media News, Harding said the failure to file was a simple oversight that his team was working to correct.
All candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives who raise or spend more than $5,000 are required to file a personal financial disclosure with the Clerk of the House within 30 days of announcing their candidacy, or by May 15 – whichever comes first. A second financial disclosure is due the following May 15. Candidates are able to request an extension of up to 90 days.
The disclosures detail a candidate’s assets, investments and sources of income, as well as the income and assets of their spouse. Both Harding and his opponent, Democrat Denise Powell, recorded millions of dollars in assets and property in their disclosures.
Powell filed her first disclosure last August after receiving an extension. She received another extension for the second disclosure form, which will be due on Aug. 13.