Governor
Chief executive of Nebraska · four-year term
Republican (1)
Jim Pillen
Democratic (1)
Lynne Walz
Independent / Other (1)
Rick Beard
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Statewide races
U.S. Senate
One of Nebraska's two U.S. Senate seats · six-year term
Republican (1)
Pete Ricketts
Democratic (1)
Cindy Burbank
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