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Nebraska House race, District 1

Mike Flood holds this seat and is running to keep it against Chris Backemeyer.

The November ballot

Flood
$2.4M
Backemeyer
$592K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.

The seat

Mike Flood

Republican · Holds the seat now

1
Trades disclosed
$8K
Estimated volume
Has not cosponsored a bill that would ban it

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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How to vote in Nebraska

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

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How they won the primary

The primary · 46,031 votes

  • Chris BackemeyerWon57.6%26,523
  • Eric Moyer42.4%19,508

Primary results as recorded August 27, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Source: the state's canvass, via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$3.1M
Outside money
$10

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Flood-
Opposing Flood-
Supporting Backemeyer$10
Opposing Backemeyer-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.

Where each candidate's money comes from

2%$36KSmall donors$98K17%
44%$1MLarge donors$364K62%
48%$1.1MPACs$25K4%
--Self-funding$104K18%
7%$164KOther$0<1%

Small donors give under $200; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Who is spending on this race

The 1 group spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

2 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

How this seat voted last time

R+20 in 2024

  • Mike FloodWon60.1%
  • Carol Blood39.9%

312,057 votes for candidates. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

The district

Census context
People
662K
Median household income
$79K
Unemployment
2.9%
Living below the poverty line
9.9%
Without health insurance
6.2%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.