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Nebraska · State Legislature · 2026

Nebraska Legislature candidates

46 candidates in 25 districts on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot. Within each district, candidates are listed A–Z by last name (not ballot order).

Candidate list: Nebraska Secretary of State — Final Statewide General Candidate Filing List (Sept. 11, 2026), retrieved October 23, 2026.

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Every candidate gets the same fields. Websites are shown only when they load and name the candidate (13 of 46 so far); photos only when freely licensed (0); stated positions only from the candidate’s own website or an official voters’ pamphlet (0). Anything else says “No website found” or “Not yet compiled”. Campaign finance is not compiled; each profile links Nebraska’s official campaign-finance search. SaveYourState is not an official source: confirm your ballot with your election office.

Legislature (unicameral, nonpartisan)

The official list has candidates for the even-numbered districts plus District 41. Nebraska’s one-house Legislature is officially nonpartisan; party is not printed on the ballot.

DistrictSeatsCandidates (A–Z by last name)
Legislative District 2 1 Dean Helmick (Nonpartisan) · Caitlin Knutson (Nonpartisan)
Legislative District 4 1 R. Brad von Gillern (Nonpartisan, incumbent) · Cindy Maxwell-Ostdiek (Nonpartisan)
Legislative District 6 1 Patrick Leahy (Nonpartisan) · Nate Ostdiek (Nonpartisan)
Legislative District 8 1 Erin Feichtinger (Nonpartisan) · Josh Livingston (Nonpartisan)
Legislative District 10 1 Cindy Johnson (Nonpartisan) · Rebecca Rens (Nonpartisan)
Legislative District 12 1 Christy Knorr (Nonpartisan) · Merv Riepe (Nonpartisan, incumbent)
Legislative District 14 1 Bill Bowes (Nonpartisan) · SuAnn Witt (Nonpartisan)
Legislative District 16 1 Cindy Chatt (Nonpartisan) · Ted Japp (Nonpartisan)
Legislative District 18 1 Jess Goldoni (Nonpartisan) · Taylor Royal (Nonpartisan)
Legislative District 20 1 Chris Anderson (Nonpartisan) · John Fredrickson (Nonpartisan, incumbent)
Legislative District 22 1 Dawson Brunswick (Nonpartisan)
Legislative District 24 1 Jana Hughes (Nonpartisan, incumbent) · Dan Winter (Nonpartisan)
Legislative District 26 1 George Dungan (Nonpartisan, incumbent) · Tobias Howard (Nonpartisan)
Legislative District 28 1 Patty Pansing Brooks (Nonpartisan) · Colby L. Woodson (Nonpartisan)
Legislative District 30 1 Janet M. Bock (Nonpartisan) · Cally Ideus (Nonpartisan)
Legislative District 32 1 Mark Schoenrock (Nonpartisan) · Shay Smith (Nonpartisan)
Legislative District 34 1 Ben Blodgett (Nonpartisan) · Loren Lippincott (Nonpartisan, incumbent)
Legislative District 36 1 Rick Holdcroft (Nonpartisan, incumbent) · Darin Tompkins (Nonpartisan)
Legislative District 38 1 Tim Anderson (Nonpartisan) · Janell Anderson Ehrke (Nonpartisan)
Legislative District 40 1 Barry DeKay (Nonpartisan, incumbent)
Legislative District 41 1 Jeremy Heneger (Nonpartisan) · Joe Johnson (Nonpartisan)
Legislative District 42 1 Mike Jacobson (Nonpartisan, incumbent) · Shaylee S. Scranton (Nonpartisan)
Legislative District 44 1 Teresa Ibach (Nonpartisan, incumbent)
Legislative District 46 1 Danielle Conrad (Nonpartisan, incumbent)
Legislative District 48 1 Brian Hardin (Nonpartisan, incumbent) · Jessica M. Landers (Nonpartisan)