NAGO Election Guide

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Your vote is your opportunity to elect an individual that will represent your voice. Unless you thoroughly vet these individuals you have no certainty that they will uphold the values they campaign on.

What does NAGO look for in a candidate?

Nebraska Candidates for Statewide Elected Office

Click on a Candidate Name for Available Candidate Campaign Page. Candidate Assessments will be attached below the Candidate’s name if available. Candidate Assessments score the individual based on the 10 Topics pictured above, a summary, and any pertinent evidence or observations.

Governor

Jim Pillen (R) – Incumbent

Gary L Rogge (R)

Sheila J Korth-Focken (R)

Jacy Todd (R)

Lynne Walz (D)

Larry Marvin (D)

Rick Beard (LMN)

James J. Charvat (LMN)

Secretary of State

Bob Evnen (R)

Lee M. Cimfel (D)

Sara J. Slattery (D)

US Senate

Pete Ricketts (R) – Incumbent

Eric Mortimore (R)

Todd Knobel (R)

Earl Starkey (LMN)

Dan Osborn (Nonpartisan)

US Representative at Congress

District 1

Mike Flood (R)

Eric Moyer (D)

Chris Backemeyer (D)

District 2

Brinker Harding (R)

Crystal Rhoades (D)

Evangelos ‘Van’ Argyrakis (D)

John Cavanaugh (D)

Mark Johnston (D)

Denise Powell (D)

District 3

Adrian Smith (R) – Incumbent

Becky Lynn Stille (D)

David Huebner (R)
– NAGO Endorsed Candidate
– https://davidphuebner.com/

State Treasurer

Joey Spellerberg (R) – Incumbent

Public Service Commisioner

Wendy DeBoer (D) – District 2

State Board of Education

District 5

Angie Eberspacher (R)

Michaela Conway (D)

District 6

Sherry Jones (R) – Incumbent

District 7

Elizabeth Tegtmeier (R) – Incumbent

District 8

Lou Ann Goding (R)

Sherrye Hutcherson (D)

Legislature

District 2

  • Dean Helmick (R)
  • Jayden L. Speed (D)

District 4

  • Cindy Maxwell-Ostdiek (I)
  • Brad Von Gillern (R) – Incumbent

District 6

  • Patrick Leahy (D)
  • Nate Ostdiek (D)

District 8

  • Josh Livingston (D)
  • Erin Feichtinger (D)

District 10

  • Rebecca Rens (R)
  • Cindy Johnson (D)

District 12

  • Robin Richards (D)
  • Merv Riepe – Incumbent
  • Christy Knorr (D)

District 14

  • Jay Jackson (R)
  • Bill Bowes (R)
  • SuAnn Witt (D)

District 16

  • Ted Japp (R)

District 18

  • Taylor Royal (R)
  • Derek Schwartz (R)

District 20

  • John Fredrickson (D) – Incumbent
  • Chris Anderson (L)

District 22

District 24

  • Jana Hughes – Incumbent

District 26

  • George Dungan (D) – Incumbent

District 28

  • Patty Pansing Brooks (D)

District 30

  • Cally Ideus (R)
  • Timothy Gary Bentzinger

District 32

  • Mark Schoenrock
  • Shay Smith

District 34

  • Loren Lippincott (R) – Incumbent

District 36

  • Darin Tompkins (D)
  • Rick Holdcroft (R) – Incumbent

District 38

  • Melanie Knight (D)
  • Tim Anderson
  • Wes Wilmot (R)

District 40

  • Barry DeKay (R) – Incumbent

District 41

  • Jacob W. Sikes
  • Joe Johnson

District 42

  • Mike Jacobson (R) – Incumbent

District 44

  • Teresa Ibach (R) – Incumbent

District 46

District 48

  • Brian Hardin (R) – Incumbent

University of Nebraska Board of Regents

Roland Nance – District 1

Jeremy Hosein – District 1

Larry Bradley – District 4

Michael Skocz – District 4

*Subject to Change!!!
This list is Updated to our Current Knowledge. If any Updates are needed please contact us: info@nago.group


Down Ballot Races

Learning Community Coordinating Council (Douglas/Sarpy County)

  • Ken Waters – Subcouncil 1
  • Roxanne Dockter – Subcouncil 1
  • Corwin Keller – Subcouncil 3
  • Sarah Dragon – Subcouncil 5
  • Mayra Piedrahita – Subcouncil 5

Community Colleges

Central Community College Board of Governors
  • Diane R. Keller (incumbent) – District 1
  • Rita Skiles (incumbent) – District 2
  • Roger P. Davis (incumbent) – District 3
  • Lynne R. Werner (incumbent) – District 4
  • Linda Aerni (incumbent) – District 5
Metropolitan Community College Board of Governors
  • Phillip Klein (incumbent) – District 1
  • Tammy L. Wright (incumbent) – District 2
  • Maureen K. Monahan (incumbent) – District 3
  • Martha Bruckner (incumbent) – District 4
Mid-Plains Community College Board of Governors
  • Kimberly A. Korgan (incumbent) – District 1
  • Benjamin A. Lashley (incumbent) – District 4
  • Tricia Schaffer (incumbent) – District 5
Northeast Community College Board of Governors
  • Delbert J. Ames (incumbent) – District 1
  • Carol A. Sibbel (incumbent) – District 2
  • Steven M. Anderson (incumbent) – District 3
  • Terry F. Nelson (incumbent) – District 4
  • Julie M. Robinson (incumbent) -District 5
Southeast Community College Board of Governors
  • Michael Schoop (R) – District 1
    NAGO Endorsed Candidate
  • Brandon Gunther (incumbent) – District 2
  • Logan Miedzielski – District 4
  • Carina McCormick (incumbent) – District 4
Western Community College Board of Governors
  • R.J. Savely (Incumbent) – District 2
  • Coral E. Richards (Incumbent) – District 4

Natural Resources Department (NRD)

Upper Republican NRD – Imperial
  • Terry Martin (incumbent) – Subdistrict 2
  • Dean Large (incumbent) – Subdistrict 6
  • Jay Lee (incumbent) – Subdistrict 10
  • Brock Stromberger (incumbent) – At Large
Upper Niobrara White NRD – Chadron
  • Larry Lee Scott Bolinger – Subdistrict 1
  • Kevin Oligmueller (Incumbent) – Subdistrict 1
  • David E. Kadlecek (incumbent) – Subdistrict 3
  • Tod M. Dorshorst (incumbent) – Subdistrict 4
  • Nancy Fischer (incumbent) – Subdistrict 5
  • Steven M. Sandberg (incumbent) – At Large
Upper Loup NRD – Thedford
  • John Kraye (incumbent) – Subdistrict 2
  • Christopher M. Higgins (incumbent) – Subdistrict 3
  • Patrick Wright (incumbent) – At Large
Upper Elkhorn NRD – O’Neill
  • Trevor C. Gotschall (incumbent) – Subdistrict 1
  • John W. Vogel (incumbent) – Subdistrict 2
  • Marv Fritz (incumbent) – Subdistrict 3
  • Tony Sanderson (incumbent) – Subdistrict 4
  • Kevin Blair (incumbent) – Subdistrict 5
  • Matthew Beckman (incumbent) – Subdistrict 7
  • Chris Dierks (incumbent) – At Large
Upper Big Blue NRD – York
  • Kevin Peterson (incumbent) – Subdistrict 1
  • Michael D. Nuss (incumbent) – Subdistrict 5
  • William Kuehner (incumbent) – Subdistrict 6
  • Anthony J. Bohaty (incumbent) – Subdistrict 7
  • Justin D. Elge (incumbent) – At Large
Twin Platte NRD – North Platte
  • Jon Walz (incumbent) – Subdistrict 1
  • Joe Wahlgren (incumbent) – Subdistrict 2
  • Jake Tiedeman (incumbent) – Subdistrict 3
  • David Colvin (incumbent) – Subdistrict 4
  • Keegan C. Meismer (incumbent) – Subdistrict 5
  • Eric Brown (incumbent) – At Large
Tri-Basin NRD – Holdredge
  • G. Reed Philips (incumbent) – Subdistrict 1
  • Edwin Harris (incumbent) – Subdistrict 2
  • Brian Bergstrom (incumbent) – Subdistrict 3
  • Joseph Bilka (incumbent) – Subdistrict 4
  • Joel Grams (incumbent) – Subdistrict 5
  • Andrew Stade (incumbent) – Subdistrict 6
  • Jeffrey Ryan (incumbent) – At Large
South Platte NRD – Sidney
  • Kerry Ferguson (incumbent) – Subdistrict 1
  • David L. Kucera (incumbent) – Subdistrict 4
  • Kathryn E. Narjes (incumbent) – Subdistrict 6
Papio-Missouri River NRD – Omaha
  • Fred Conley (incumbent) – Subdistrict 2
  • Tim McCormick (incumbent) – Subdistrict 4
  • Jim Thompson (incumbent) – Subdistrict 6
  • Tim N. Fowler (incumbent) – Subdistrict 8
  • Anthony J. Strawn – Subdistrict 10
  • Jason Taylor – Subdistrict 10
North Platte NRD – Scottsbluff
  • Ryan Reuter (incumbent) – Subdistrict 1
  • Lane Darnall (incumbent) – Subdistrict 3
  • Peter C. Lapaseotes (incumbent) – At Large
Nemaha NRD – Tecumseh
  • Russel Moss (incumbent) – Subdistrict 2
  • Doug Iske (incumbent) – Subdistrict 3
  • Patricia K. Coates (incumbent) – Subdistrict 4
  • J. Duane Sugden (incumbent) – Subdistrict 6
  • Dick James (incumbent) – Subdistrict 8
  • Alan Romine (incumbent) – Subdistrict 9
  • Tracy Ensor (incumbent) – At Large
Middle Republican NRD – Curtis
  • Andy O’Dea (incumbent) – Subdistrict 1
  • Jay A. Schilling (incumbent) – Subdistrict 2
  • Kevin Fornoff (incumbent) – Subdistrict 4
  • Daniel Nelsen (incumbent) – Subdistrict 5
Middle Niobrara NRD – Valentine
  • Justin Hammond (incumbent) – Subdistrict 2
  • Stephanie Ladely (incumbent) – Subdistrict 4
  • Martin Graff (incumbent) – Subdistrict 6
  • Mark Monroe (incumbent) – At Large
Lower Republican NRD – Alma
  • Troy M. Fletcher (incumbent) – Subdistrict 2
  • Christopher Grams (incumbent) – Subdistrict 4
  • Don Duffy (incumbent) – Subdistrict 5
  • David L. Bartels (incumbent) – Subdistrict At Large
Lower Platte South NRD – Lincoln
  • Mark Patton – Subdistrict 2
  • David Hibler (incumbent) – Subdistrict 2
  • Mark G. Spangler (incumbent) – Subdistrict 2
  • Melissa Baker (incumbent) – Subdistrict 3
  • Ted Kessler – Subdistrict 4
  • Suzanne Mealer (incumbent) – Subdistrict 5
  • Luke Peterson (incumbent) – Subdistrict 7
  • Tom Green (incumbent) – Subdistrict 8
  • Robert C. Andersen (incumbent) – Subdistrict 9
  • Kenny Fischer – Subdistrict 10
  • David M. Landis (incumbent) – At Large
Lower Platte North NRD – Wahoo
  • Lon Olson (Incumbent) – Subdistrict 1
  • John J. Goldsberry (Incumbent) – Subdistrict 2
  • David W. Saalfeld (Incumbent) – Subdistrict 3
  • Mark Seier (Incumbent) – Subdistrict 5
  • Jerry Johnson (Incumbent) – Subdistrict 8
Lower Niobrara NRD – Butte
  • Shaun L. Higgins (incumbent) – Subdistrict 1
  • Brenda Wendt (incumbent) – Subdistrict 3
  • Kevin L. Randa (incumbent) – Subdistrict 4
  • Deborah Hansen (incumbent) – Subdistrict 5
  • Brett R. Fuchtman (incumbent) – Subdistrict 5
  • Dwain Marcellus (incumbent) – Subdistrict 7
Lower Loup NRD – Ord
  • Rick D. Vlach (incumbent) – Subdistrict 4
  • Tom Knutson (incumbent) – Subdistrict 5
  • Gary A. Kruse (incumbent) – Subdistrict 7
  • Brad S. Luchsinger – Subdistrict 8
  • Justin King (incumbent) – Subdistrict 9
  • Colton R. DeBower (incumbent) – Subdistrict 10
  • Jeremy J. Eschliman (incumbent) – At Large
Lower Elkhorn NRD – Norfolk
  • Chad A. Korth (incumbent) – Subdistrict 1
  • Scott Clausen (incumbent) – Subdistrict 2
  • Kris M. Loberg (incumbent) – Subdistrict 5
  • Mark Burenheide (incumbent) – Subdistrict 6
  • Roger Gustafson (incumbent) – Subdistrict 7
  • James G. Aschoff (incumbent) – At Large
Lower Big Blue NRD – Beatrice
  • Ryan Birkett (incumbent) – Subdistrict 1
  • Bruce Weise (incumbent) – Subdistrict 2
  • Larry Barta (incumbent) – Subdistrict 3
  • Robert Lorencz (incumbent) – Subdistrict 4
  • Dean Roehr (incumbent) – Subdistrict 5
  • Jason Pohlmann (incumbent) – At Large
Little Blue NRD – Davenport
  • Alan Kenning (incumbent) – Subdistrict 7
  • Russell D. Ochsner (incumbent) – At Large
Lewis & Clark NRD – Hartington
  • Subdistrict 1 (Cedar, Knox)
    • Jeffrey Steffen (incumbent)
  • Subdistrict 2 (Knox)
    • David Condon (incumbent)
  • Subdistrict 3 (Cedar, Knox)
    • Carly Christensen (incumbent)
  • Subdistrict 4 (Cedar, Dixon)
    • Mathias Weinandt (incumbent)
  • Subdistrict 5 (Dixon)
    • Tyler Schweers (incumbent)
Central Platte NRD – Grand Island
  • Subdistrict 1 (Custer, Dawson, Frontier)
    • Brian D. Keiser (incumbent
  • Subdistrict 2 (Buffalo, Dawson)
    • Thoma R. Downey (incumbent)
  • Subdistrict 3 (Buffalo, Dawson)
    • Luke Ourada (incumbent)
  • Subdistrict 4 (Buffalo, Hall)
    • Lon Bohn (incumbent)
  • Subdistrict 5 (Buffalo)
    • Deborah VanMatre (incumbent)
  • Subdistrict 6 (Buffalo, Hall)
    • Jerry Milner (incumbent)
  • Subdistrict 7 (Hall)

  • Subdistrict 8 (Hall)
    • Kevin Werner (incumbent)
  • Subdistrict 9 (Hall, Howard, Merrick, Nance, Platte, Polk)
    • Amy Kyes (incumbent)
  • Subdistrict 10 (Hall, Hamilton)
    • Charles R. Maser (incumbent)
  • At Large
    • Keith A. Ostermeier (incumbent)

Public Power Districts

Metropolitan Utilities District of Omaha
  • Gwen Howard (incumbent) – Subdivision 3
  • Andrew Adams – Subdivision 3
  • Tim Cavanaugh (incumbent) – Subdivision 4
  • Tanya Cook (incumbent) – Subdivision 5
Dawson Public Power
  • Craig Wietjes (incumbent) – Buffalo Subdivision
  • Molly Dixon (incumbent) – Buffalo Subdivision
  • Pat Hecox – Dawson Subdivision
  • Bart Hecox – Dawson Subdivision
  • Page Peterson (incumbent) – Lincoln Subdivision
Loup River Public Power District
  • Dana Schultz (incumbent) – Subdivision 5
  • Steven T. Otten – Subdivision 8
  • Dick Tooley (incumbent) – Subdivision 8
  • Richard Aerni (incumbent) – Subdivision 9
Nebraska Public Power District
  • Mary Harding (incumbent) – Subdivision 1
  • Bill Tielke – Subdivision 2
  • Kirk D. Olson (incumbent) – Subdivision 4
  • Jerry L. Chlopek (incumbent) – Subdivision 9
Norris Public Power District
  • Stewart Huneke (incumbent) – Subdivision 3
  • John D. Novotny (incumbent) – Subdivision 4
  • Mark Knobel (incumbent) – West Subdivision
Omaha Public Power District
  • Jay Ignowski – Subdivision 2
  • Mark Gudgel – Subdivision 2
  • Flint Harkness – Subdivision 2
  • Joseph Giitter – Subdivision 2
  • Jim Smith – Subdivision 3
  • David D. Begley – Subdivision 3
    NAGO Endorsed Candidate
  • Carol Blood – Subdivision 3
  • Mary Spurgeon (incumbent) – Subdivision 3
Southern Public Power District
  • Joel W. Kuehn (incumbent) – Subdivision 2
  • Dana D. Meyer (incumbent) – Subdivision 7

County by County

*Counties will become clickable when candidate(s) have been added to their respective County by County page.*

Adams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01
Antelope . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 02
Arthur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 03
Banner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04
Blaine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05
Boone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 06
Box Butte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07
Boyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08
Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 09
Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 10
Burt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 11
Butler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Cass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 13
Cedar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Chase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Cherry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Cheyenne . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 17
Clay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 18
Colfax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 19
Cuming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Custer . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 21
Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Dawes . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 23
Dawson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Deuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Dixon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Dodge . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 27
Douglas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Dundy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Fillmore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Franklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Frontier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Furnas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Gage . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 34
Garden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Garfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Gosper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Grant . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Greeley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 40
Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Harlan . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 42
Hayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Hitchcock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Holt . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 45
Hooker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Howard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Jefferson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 49
Kearney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Keith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Keya Paha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Kimball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Knox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Lancaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Lincoln . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Logan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Loup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Madison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
McPherson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Merrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Morrill . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 62
Nance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Nemaha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Nuckolls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Otoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Pawnee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Perkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Phelps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Pierce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 70
Platte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Polk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 72
Red Willow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Richardson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Rock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Saline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Sarpy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Saunders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Scotts Bluff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Seward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Sheridan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Sherman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Sioux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Stanton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 84
Thayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Thurston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Wayne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Webster . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 91
Wheeler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 93

*Subject to Change!!!
This list is Updated frequently. If any corrections are needed please contact us: info@nago.group

Ballot Initiatives & Referendums

The initiative and referendum process in Nebraska has a long and rich history. Established first in 1912, the process has addressed a myriad of issues such as soldiers’ bonuses, bottle laws, budget limitations and seat belts to name a few.
The power of the citizens to use this process is established within our state constitution. Many suggest that it plays a more important role in Nebraska than other states because of our unique unicameral legislature. It has been said that the people of Nebraska, through their use of the initiative and referendum, comprise the second legislative house within our state.
With this comes the power to create, amend, or repeal Nebraska’s statutes and constitution.

Currently Circulating Petitions:

Additional Vetting Resources

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***Additional resources may be added in the future. If you provide candidate and voter information services and would like to be added to our list of resources, contact us at info@nago.group