OMAHA, Neb. —

Omaha Together One Community's accountability session saw only agreement between the candidates on the issues.

All 11 candidates, including three for federal office and eight for the Nebraska Legislature, answered 'yes' to indicate support for the OTOC's causes, many of them in support of immigrants.

The 31-year-old coalition is made up of more than 30 local churches and other organizations. Nearly 400 members of those groups packed a room at St. Pius X Catholic Church in Omaha on Sunday.

Unlike other forums, "here we're asking candidates to listen to the people and hear what their concerns are," said Mark Hoeger, a member of Augustana Lutheran Church.

Both Don Bacon and Tony Vargas attended in the final stretch of their contentious race for the House of Representatives.

The four major candidates from both of Nebraska's races for U.S. Senate seats were invited too, but only Preston Love attended. OTOC expected Dan Osborn, but his chair was empty. The campaign told KETV they tried to make it work but had a conflict. Pete Ricketts and Deb Fischer declined invitations and did respond to requests for comment from KETV.

OTOC also invited all ten candidates in the race for Nebraska Legislature Districts 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 39. Margo Juarez, John Cavanaugh, Terrell McKinney and Allison Heimes all attended without their opponent.

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