The Green Papers: Nebraska 2023 General Election
 
This page is for offices up for election in 2023. Find 2024 elections here.

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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
Governor:1 
2020 Census:1,963,333 (0.63% of 309,785,186)
2024, 2028 Electoral Votes:5(0.00% of 538)
2022-2030 Representatives:3(0.69% of 435)
Capital:Lincoln
 

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Nebraska State and Local Government

Nebraska Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats   Republicans


The primary is for the Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican parties.

Special Elections for Congress: The Governor has to schedule a special election within 90 days of the vacancy. Each political party selects a nominee who will run to serve the remainder of the term.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 118th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Republican Senator Debra S. "Deb" Fischer
First elected: 2012; re-elected: 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (3)
  Candidate Democratic     Michael James "Mike" Janulewicz
FEC S4NE00181
  Candidate Republican     Senator Debra S. "Deb" Fischer
FEC S2NE00094; 30 Sep 23; Tot $1,841,223; Dsb $588,389
  Candidate Republican     John Glen Weaver
FEC S4NE00215; 30 Sep 23; Tot $5,172; Dsb $1,585

Class 2 Republican Senator Pete Ricketts
12 January 2023: Appointed [to fill the seat of Senator Benjamin E. "Ben" Sasse (Republican)]. Previously served as Governor being first elected in 2014 and re-elected in 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
 Candidate list (2)
  Candidate Republican     Grant City Superintendent Edward Dunn
FEC S6NE00137
  Candidate Republican     Senator Pete Ricketts
FEC S6NE00129; 30 Sep 23; Tot $1,848,118; Dsb $564,753
 

6 October 2022: Senator Benjamin E. "Ben" Sasse (Republican) stated he will resign by the end of 2022 to become President of the University of Florida. Governor J. Peter "Pete" Ricketts (Republican) will then appoint a replacement to fill the seat through January 2025. A special election will be called in 2024 to fill the final 2 years of the term which ends in January 2027.

10 November 2022: Florida's Board of Governors names Senator Sasse as president-elect of the University of Florida.

5 December 2022: Senator Sasse, who was first elected in 2014 and re-elected in 2020, submits his resignation effective 8 January 2023. Governor-elect Jim Pillen (Republican) will begin receiving applications and evaluating replacement candidates. The deadline for applications is 23 December 2022.

12 January 2023: Governor Jim Pillen (Republican) appoints Pete Ricketts (Republican) to fill the vacant seat. He was sworn on 23 January 2023.


Class 2  
Seat up for special election: Tuesday 5 November 2024 (presumably)
Special Election
 Candidate list (4)
  Candidate Democratic     Preston Love, Jr.
FEC S4NE00223
  Candidate Republican     Senator Pete Ricketts
FEC S4NE00173
  Candidate Republican     John Glen Weaver
FEC S4NE00215; 30 Sep 23; Tot $5,172; Dsb $1,585
  Candidate Independent     Dan Osborn
FEC S4NE00207; 30 Sep 23; Tot $55,636; Dsb $8,601
 

 
6 October 2022: Senator Benjamin E. "Ben" Sasse (Republican) resigned.
12 January 2023: Governor J. Peter "Pete" Ricketts (Republican) appointed Pete Ricketts (Republican) to fill the seat through January 2025. A special election will be called in 2024 to fill the final 2 years of the term which ends in January 2027.


Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

  Republican Governor Jim Pillen
First elected: 2022.
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Elected on a ticket with the Governor

  Republican Lieutenant Governor Joe Kelly
First elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

118th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2024, 2026. No Term Limit. 118th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
3 Republican (3 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 1 Republican Member of Congress Mike Flood
First elected in a special election: 28 June 2022 [re: resignation of Member of Congress Jeffrey Lane "Jeff" Fortenberry]
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (2) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress Mike Flood
FEC H2NE01118; 30 Sep 23; Tot $709,792; Dsb $481,409
  Candidate Republican     Ava Cher Solomon
FEC H4NE00017 Human Rights Party.
FEC H4NE01171 Republican Party.

FEC H4NE01171

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 2 Republican Member of Congress Donald John "Don" Bacon
First elected: 2016
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (2) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator Anthony "Tony" Vargas
FEC H2NE02132; 30 Sep 23; Tot $870,930; Dsb $172,404
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress Donald John "Don" Bacon
FEC H6NE02125; 30 Sep 23; Tot $1,879,917; Dsb $830,248

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 3 Republican Member of Congress Adrian M. Smith
First elected: 2006
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (2) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress Adrian M. Smith
FEC H6NE03115; 30 Sep 23; Tot $689,470; Dsb $544,013
  Candidate Republican     John Walz
FEC H4NE03078

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026

  Republican Secretary of State Bob Evnen
First elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026

  Republican Attorney General Mike Hilgers
First elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

  Republican Treasurer Tom Briese
Appointed: 18 September 2023 [re: resignation of John Murante (Republican)]
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
The current Treasurer is unaffected by the State's term limit.
 

Candidates for State Treasurer shall meet the qualifications found in Article IV, section 3, of the Constitution of Nebraska. Such officers shall be elected on the partisan ballot.

14 September 2023: Treasurer John Murante (Republican), who was first elected in 2018 and re-elected in 2022, resigned effective 18 September 2023 to head the Nebraska Public Employees Retirement System. Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen (Republican) appointed State Senator Tom Briese of Albion as the replacement Treasurer.


Auditor of Public Accounts  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026

  Republican Auditor of Public Accounts Mike Foley
Previously served at Lieutenant Governor 2015-2023. First elected Auditor: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
 

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   Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Democratic (affiliates): 3 candidates
  Republican: 11 incumbents, 11 candidates
Independents
  (blank): 1 incumbent
  Independent: 1 candidate
 
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.

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.


 


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