Nebraska 2015 General Election

The Green Papers: Nebraska 2015 General Election

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Nebraska
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress

Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
Governor:	1
2010 Census:	1,831,825	(0.59% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:	5	(0.93% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:	3	(0.69% of 435)
Capital:	Lincoln

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Nebraska State and Local Government

Nebraska 2016 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats Republicans

8 January 2015: A bill, LB10, to change Nebraska's Electoral College to winner-take-all was introduced by Senator Beau McCoy.



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 114^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1		Republican	Senator Debra S. "Deb" Fischer • First elected: 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list

		*Republican*		*Senator Debra S. "Deb" Fischer* • FEC S2NE00094

Class 2		Republican	Senator Benjamin E. "Ben" Sasse • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
	Candidate list

		*Republican*		*Senator Benjamin E. "Ben" Sasse* • FEC S4NE00090

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

		Republican	Governor J. Peter "Pete" Ricketts • First elected: 2014 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Elected on a ticket with the Governor

		Republican	Lieutenant Governor Mike Foley • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018

114^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2016, 2018. No Term Limit. 114^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 2 Republican (2 Undetermined); 1 Democratic (1 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 1		Republican	Congressman Jeffrey Lane "Jeff" Fortenberry • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		*Republican*		*Congressman Jeffrey Lane "Jeff" Fortenberry* • FEC H4NE01064; 30 Sep 15; Tot $315,803; Dsb $107,481

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 2		Democratic	Congressman Brad Ashford • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		*Democratic*		*Congressman Brad Ashford* • FEC H4NE02054; 30 Sep 15; Tot $626,516; Dsb $183,370

		Republican		Dirk Edward Arneson • FEC H6NE02141
		Republican		Donald John "Don" Bacon • FEC H6NE02125
		Republican		former state Senator Chip Maxwell • FEC H4NE02120; 30 Sep 15; Tot $19,882; Dsb $9,158
		Republican		Cory Scott Van Blarcom • FEC H6NE02133

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 3		Republican	Congressman Adrian M. Smith • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		*Republican*		*Congressman Adrian M. Smith* • FEC H6NE03115; 30 Sep 15; Tot $491,380; Dsb $317,707

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

		Republican	Secretary of State John A. Gale • Appointed 2000 (upon the resignation of Scott Moore); first elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010, 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

		Republican	Attorney General Doug Peterson • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018

Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

		Republican	Treasurer Don Stenberg • First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018

Auditor of Public Accounts 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

		Republican	Auditor of Public Accounts Charlie Janssen • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
	• Democratic (affiliates): 1 incumbent, 1 candidate
	• Republican: 10 incumbents, 8 candidates
Major Third Parties
	• Libertarian
Other Third Parties
	• Justice Party
	• Marijuana
	• Unity
	• Whig
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

"Apparently not a candidate" indicates that someone we once listed as a candidate for an elective office will not, in fact, be running for that office (primarily because said candidate is not listed on an official ballot provided by a jurisdiction's election authorities, where that candidate has not previously withdrawn his/her candidacy or otherwise indicated no longer [or even ever] being a candidate for that office).

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.

Links Links to other web sites

Constitution Links to State Constitutions
	• Nebraska Constitution
Election Authority
	• Nebraska Secretary of State
	• Nebraska Secretary of State - Election Administration
Legislature Links to State Legislatures
	• Nebraska Revised Statutes
	• Nebraska Unicameral Legislature
Democratic
	• Nebraska Democratic Party
Republican
	• Nebraska Republican Party
Third Party
	• Justice Party of Nebraska
	• Libertarian Party of Nebraska
	• Marijuana Party of Nebraska
	• Nebraska Chapter of The Modern Whig Party
	• The Unity Party of Nebraska
Media & others
	• Alliance Times-Herald
	• Columbus Telegram
	• Fremont Tribune
	• Grand Island Independent
	• Kearney Hub
	• KETV - ABC - Omaha
	• KMTV - CBS - Omaha
	• Lexington Clipper-Herald
	• Lincoln Journal Star
	• McCook Daily Gazette
	• Norfolk Daily News
	• North Platte Telegraph
	• Omaha World-Herald
	• Politics1.com - Nebraska
	• The Beatrice Daily Sun