The crowd of 1,400 people gathered on Saturday at an outdoor amphitheater in Omaha was waiting for Tim Walz, the jocular Minnesota governor running for vice president. But it was another Democrat looking to make history who drew the first standing ovation of the evening.“Tony, Tony, Tony,” the audience erupted as Tony Vargas, a state senator, stood at the lectern. “You really know how to make someone feel very, very welcome,” he said.

Mr. Vargas, 40, is vying to become the first Latino to represent Nebraska in Congress, and he has become one of the most notable Democratic candidates on the rise as he competes in a heated House race at the center of national attention.

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