2026 Election · Nebraska

Who's on Nebraska's 2026 Ballot

Every declared candidate for Governor, U.S. Senate, and all 3 U.S. House districts in Nebraska, grouped by party. Click any candidate to research them with Quarex — the same character and issue questions for everyone, answered live.

Offices up
3
U.S. House districts
3
Declared candidates
17
General election
Nov 3, 2026

This page lists the declared 2026 federal candidates in Nebraska, grouped by party within each race, refreshed weekly. Click any candidate to open the research drawer: ask the same Character and Issues questions of every candidate, or generate a full sourced profile.

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Statewide races

Governor

Chief executive of Nebraska · four-year term
Republican (1)
Jim Pillen
Democratic (1)
Lynne Walz
Independent / Other (1)
Rick Beard

U.S. Senate

One of Nebraska's two U.S. Senate seats · six-year term
Republican (1)
Pete Ricketts
Independent / Other (2)
Mike Marvin
Dan Osborn

U.S. House of Representatives

All 3 of Nebraska's congressional districts are on the ballot. You vote only in the district where you live.

U.S. House — NE-01

Republican (1)
Mike Flood
Democratic (1)
Christopher Backemeyer
Libertarian (1)
Nik Sandman

U.S. House — NE-02

Republican (1)
Brinker Harding
Democratic (1)
Denise Powell
Libertarian (1)
Eric Michael Foreman

U.S. House — NE-03

Republican (1)
Adrian Smith
Democratic (1)
Becky Lynn Stille
Independent / Other (3)
David J. Else
Macey Budke
Mark Cohen
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