2026 Nebraska State And Federal Candidates

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Candidate	Race	Incumbent	Party	State	District
Chris Anderson	Nebraska Legislature District 20		Republican	NE	20
Tim Anderson	Nebraska Legislature District 38		Republican	NE	38
Janell Anderson Ehrke	Nebraska Legislature District 38		Republican	NE	38
Van Argyrakis	U.S. House of Representatives District 2 Democrat Primary		Democrat	NE	2
Kishla Askins	U.S. House of Representatives District 2 Democrat Primary		Democrat	NE	2
Chris Backemeyer	U.S. House of Representatives District 1 Democrat Primary		Democrat	NE	1
Rick Beard	Governor Legal Marijuana NOW Primary		Legal Marijuana NOW	NE	Statewide
Ben Blodgett	Nebraska Legislature District 34		Democrat	NE	34
Janet M. Bock	Nebraska Legislature District 30		Democrat	NE	30
Bill Bowes	Nebraska Legislature District 14		Republican	NE	14
Larry Bradley	Nebraska Board of Regents District 4		Democrat	NE	4
Jocelyn Brasher	Attorney General Democrat Primary		Democrat	NE	Statewide
Terry Brewer	Nebraska Legislature District 8		Nonpartisan	NE	8
Dawson Brunswick	Nebraska Legislature District 22		Republican	NE	22
Cindy Burbank	U.S. Senate Democrat Primary		Democrat	NE	Statewide
Elizabeth Butler	Nebraska Board of Regents District 2		Nonpartisan	NE	2
Jon Capps	Nebraska Legislature District 38		Republican	NE	38
John Cavanaugh	U.S. House of Representatives District 2 Democrat Primary		Democrat	NE	2
James J. Charvat III	Governor Legal Marijuana NOW Primary		Legal Marijuana NOW	NE	Statewide
Cindy Chatt	Nebraska Legislature District 16		Democrat	NE	16
Lee M. Cimfel	Secretary of State Democrat Primary		Democrat	NE	Statewide
Brent Comstock	Nebraska Board of Regents District 1		Democrat	NE	1
Senator Danielle Conrad	Nebraska Legislature District 46	Incumbent	Democrat	NE	46
Michaela Conway	State Board of Education District 5		Democrat	NE	5
Lana Daws	State Board of Education District 5		Republican	NE	5
Senator Barry DeKay	Nebraska Legislature District 40	Incumbent	Republican	NE	40
Senator George Dungan	Nebraska Legislature District 26	Incumbent	Democrat	NE	26
Daniel Ebers	State Treasurer Democrat Primary		Democrat	NE	Statewide
Angie Eberspacher	State Board of Education District 5		Republican	NE	5
David J. Else	U.S. House of Representatives District 3 Legal Marijuana NOW Primary		Legal Marijuana NOW	NE	3
Grady Erickson	State Board of Education District 6		Democrat	NE	6
Secretary of State Bob Evnen	Secretary of State Republican Primary	Incumbent	Republican	NE	Statewide
Erin Feichtinger	Nebraska Legislature District 8		Democrat	NE	8
Congressman Mike Flood	U.S. House of Representatives District 1 Republican Primary	Incumbent	Republican	NE	1
State Auditor Mike Foley	State Auditor Republican Primary	Incumbent	Republican	NE	Statewide
William J. Forbes	U.S. Senate Democrat Primary		Democrat	NE	Statewide
Eric Michael Foreman	U.S. House of Representatives District 2 Libertarian Primary		Libertarian	NE	2
Senator John Fredrickson	Nebraska Legislature District 20	Incumbent	Democrat	NE	20
Lou Ann Goding	State Board of Education District 8		Republican	NE	8
Jess Goldoni	Nebraska Legislature District 18		Democrat	NE	18
Senator Brian Hardin	Nebraska Legislature District 48	Incumbent	Republican	NE	48
Councilman Brinker Harding	U.S. House of Representatives District 2 Republican Primary		Republican	NE	2
Dean Helmick	Nebraska Legislature District 2		Republican	NE	2
Jeremy Heneger	Nebraska Legislature District 41		Democrat	NE	41
Attorney General Mike Hilgers	Attorney General Republican Primary	Incumbent	Republican	NE	Statewide
Senator Rick Holdcroft	Nebraska Legislature District 36	Incumbent	Republican	NE	36
Sal Holguin	Governor Republican Primary		Republican	NE	Statewide
Jeremy Hosein	Nebraska Board of Regents District 1		Republican	NE	1
Tobias Howard	Nebraska Legislature District 26		Republican	NE	26
David P. Huebner	U.S. House of Representatives District 3 Republican Primary		Republican	NE	3
Senator Jana Hughes	Nebraska Legislature District 24	Incumbent	Republican	NE	24
Sherrye Hutcherson	State Board of Education District 8		Nonpartisan	NE	8
Senator Teresa Ibach	Nebraska Legislature District 44	Incumbent	Republican	NE	44
Cally Ideus	Nebraska Legislature District 30		Republican	NE	30
Jay Jackson	Nebraska Legislature District 14		Republican	NE	14
Senator Mike Jacobson	Nebraska Legislature District 42	Incumbent	Republican	NE	42
Ted Japp	Nebraska Legislature District 16		Republican	NE	16
Cindy Johnson	Nebraska Legislature District 10		Democrat	NE	10
Joe Johnson	Nebraska Legislature District 41		Republican	NE	41
Board Member Sherry Jones	State Board of Education District 6	Incumbent	Republican	NE	6
Thomas Kastrup	Nebraska Legislature District 12		Democrat	NE	12
Melanie Knight	Nebraska Legislature District 38		Democrat	NE	38
Todd Knobel	U.S. Senate Republican Primary		Republican	NE	Statewide
Christy Knorr	Nebraska Legislature District 12		Democrat	NE	12
Caitlin Knutson	Nebraska Legislature District 2		Democrat	NE	2
Sheila J. Korth-Focken	Governor Republican Primary		Republican	NE	Statewide
Arron Kowalski	Nebraska Legislature District 34		Republican	NE	34
Chad Kulig	Nebraska Legislature District 28		Democrat	NE	28
Jessica M. Landers	Nebraska Legislature District 48		Republican	NE	48
Samuel C. Landers	Nebraska Legislature District 48		Nonpartisan	NE	48
Patrick Leahy	Nebraska Legislature District 6		Democrat	NE	6
Senator Loren Lippincott	Nebraska Legislature District 34	Incumbent	Republican	NE	34
Josh Livingston	Nebraska Legislature District 8		Democrat	NE	8
Mike Marvin	U.S. Senate Legal Marijuana NOW Primary		Legal Marijuana NOW	NE	Statewide
Larry Marvin	Governor Democrat Primary		Democrat	NE	Statewide
Cindy Maxwell-Ostdiek	Nebraska Legislature District 4		Democrat	NE	4
Eric Mortimore	U.S. Senate Republican Primary		Republican	NE	Statewide
Eric Moyer	U.S. House of Representatives District 1 Democrat Primary		Democrat	NE	1
Roland Nance	Nebraska Board of Regents District 1		Democrat	NE	1
Nate Ostdiek	Nebraska Legislature District 6		Democrat	NE	6
Senator Patty Pansing Brooks	Nebraska Legislature District 28		Democrat	NE	28
Scott Petersen	Secretary of State Republican Primary		Republican	NE	Statewide
Governor Jim Pillen	Governor Republican Primary	Incumbent	Republican	NE	Statewide
Denise Powell	U.S. House of Representatives District 2 Democrat Primary		Democrat	NE	2
Rebecca Rens	Nebraska Legislature District 10		Republican	NE	10
Crystal Rhoades	U.S. House of Representatives District 2 Democrat Primary		Democrat	NE	2
Senator Pete Ricketts	U.S. Senate Republican Primary	Incumbent	Republican	NE	Statewide
Senator Merv Riepe	Nebraska Legislature District 12	Incumbent	Republican	NE	12
Jim Rogers	Nebraska Board of Regents District 4		Democrat	NE	4
Gary L. Rogge	Governor Republican Primary		Republican	NE	Statewide
Taylor Royal	Nebraska Legislature District 18		Republican	NE	18
Nik Sandman	U.S. House of Representatives District 1 Libertarian Primary		Libertarian	NE	1
Mark Schoenrock	Nebraska Legislature District 32		Republican	NE	32
Debb Axtell Schultz	U.S. Senate Republican Primary		Republican	NE	Statewide
Derek Schwartz	Nebraska Legislature District 18		Republican	NE	18
Shaylee S. Scranton	Nebraska Legislature District 42		Nonpartisan	NE	42
Susanne Shore	Nebraska Board of Regents District 4		Democrat	NE	4
Jacob W. Sikes	Nebraska Legislature District 41		Republican	NE	41
Michael Skocz	Nebraska Board of Regents District 4		Democrat	NE	4
Sarah J. Slattery	Secretary of State Democrat Primary		Democrat	NE	Statewide
Congressman Adrian Smith	U.S. House of Representatives District 3 Republican Primary	Incumbent	Republican	NE	3
Shay Smith	Nebraska Legislature District 32		Nonpartisan	NE	32
Justin Solomon	Nebraska Board of Regents District 4		Democrat	NE	4
Jayden L. Speed	Nebraska Legislature District 2		Democrat	NE	2
State Treasurer Joey Spellerberg	State Treasurer Republican Primary	Incumbent	Republican	NE	Statewide
Earl Starkey	U.S. Senate Legal Marijuana NOW Primary		Legal Marijuana NOW	NE	Statewide
Mac Stevens	U.S. Senate Republican Primary		Republican	NE	Statewide
Becky Kelly Stille	U.S. House of Representatives District 3 Democrat Primary		Democrat	NE	3
Board Member Elizabeth Tegtmeier	State Board of Education District 7	Incumbent	Republican	NE	7
Jacy Todd	Governor Republican Primary		Republican	NE	Statewide
Darin Tompkins	Nebraska Legislature District 36		Democrat	NE	36
Senator Brad von Gillern	Nebraska Legislature District 4	Incumbent	Republican	NE	4
John Walz	Governor Republican Primary		Republican	NE	Statewide
Senator Lynne Walz	Governor Democrat Primary		Democrat	NE	Statewide
Melanie Williams	U.S. House of Representatives District 2 Democrat Primary		Democrat	NE	2
Wes Wilmot	Nebraska Legislature District 38		Republican	NE	38
Dan Winter	Nebraska Legislature District 24		Nonpartisan	NE	24
SuAnn Witt	Nebraska Legislature District 14		Democrat	NE	14
Dan Witt	Nebraska Legislature District 20		Republican	NE	20
Jill Wolfe	Nebraska Board of Regents District 2		Republican	NE	2
Colby L. Woodson	Nebraska Legislature District 28		Nonpartisan	NE	28
Kurt Zadina	Nebraska Legislature District 48		Republican	NE	48
Candidate	Race	Incumbent	Office	State	District