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Nebraska races

Nebraska votes on a Senate seat and all 3 House seats this cycle.

The delegation, district by district

4 seats on the ballot
District 3. Adrian Smith holds the seat and is on the ballot. 6 candidates on file.District 2. Donald Bacon holds the seat and is not running for it. 12 candidates on file.District 1. Mike Flood holds the seat and is on the ballot. 4 candidates on file.

Tap or point at a district for the seat and who holds it.

3 Republican1 not running again

House seats, filled by the party that holds each one today.

Party of the member holding each seat now, never a margin and never a prediction. A hatched district means that member is not on the ballot for it. Boundaries as drawn for the 119th Congress.

How to vote in Nebraska

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 18 days before online or by mail, or 11 days before in person.

All dates and rules

Nebraska by the numbers

2.0Mpeople across 3 districts

Median household income$69K to $84K
District 3District 2
Living below the poverty line9.9% to 11.0%
District 1District 2
Without health insurance6.2% to 7.7%
District 1District 3

The lowest and highest of Nebraska's districts, on the national range for each measure. Census American Community Survey 2024 five year estimates.

What this ballot costs

$60M in play

Of every dollar in Nebraska's federal races, 46 cents is outside groups spending on their own, not the campaigns. The Senate seat and the whole House map are on one scale.

Raised by candidatesOutside money
$18M raised by candidates$22M outside money
All 3 House races$20M
$15M raised by candidates$5.9M outside money$6.8M a seat on average

Gifts of $200 or less

$3.6M11%

Larger individual gifts

$13M40%

From PACs

$5.7M18%

Shares of what the campaigns raised themselves. The rest is party money, self funding and transfers.

Incumbents defending a seat

The 3 sitting members on this ballot, what they have raised, and the stock trades they have disclosed.

Who is spending on Nebraska

$28M outside money

The groups spending independently on Nebraska's races, by what they have filed. Open a row to see how the money was spent, supporting or opposing each party, and the interest behind the committee.

1 to 5 of 25 groups

How far the money traveled

Most of the outside money on Nebraska's races comes from groups whose only filings this cycle are here.

Groups spending in other states too
$8.7M33%
Groups spending only in Nebraska
$18M67%

Groups filing here

30

The widest one reaches

26states

Independent spending filed on Nebraska's races, by whether the committee is also spending in other states this cycle. A filing records where a group spends, not where its donors live, so this is a measure of reach, never of who paid for it.

Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Census context from the American Community Survey, public domain. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.