Nebraska 2017 General Election

The Green Papers: Nebraska 2017 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



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 115^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 (4)

		Democratic		Lawrence D. "Larry" Marvin • FEC S8NE00141; 30 Sep 17; Tot $9,639; Dsb $3,615
		Democratic		Lincoln City Councilmember Jane Michele Raybould • FEC S8NE00182; 30 Sep 17; Tot $140,763; Dsb $23,646

		*Republican*		*Senator Debra S. "Deb" Fischer* • FEC S2NE00094; 30 Sep 17; Tot $1,762,761; Dsb $654,253
		Republican		Todd Watson

Class 2		Republican	Senator Benjamin E. "Ben" Sasse • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
	Candidate list (1)

		*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.
	Candidate list (3)

		Democratic		Vanessa Ward

		Republican		Krystal Gabel

		Independent; (Republican)		state Senator Bob Krist • 12 September 2017: Announced he would change his registration from Republican to Independent. 13 September 2017: Announced he want to form a "Unity Ticket". 17 July 2017: Planning to run as a 3rd Party candidate but has not stated which party. The "Unity", "Unification", and "Centrist" parties have been mentioned. [Running as an independent candidate requires more petition signatures to be placed on the ballot than a third party candidate. -Ed] 27 December 2017: Will attempt to create the United Nebraska Party.

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

115^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2018, 2020. No Term Limit. 115^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 3 Republican (3 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 1		Republican	Congressman Jeffrey Lane "Jeff" Fortenberry • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (3) - 116th Congress

		Democratic		Dennis P. Crawford • FEC H4NE01163; 30 Sep 17; Tot $8,686; Dsb $264
		Democratic		Jessica McClure • FEC H8NE01081; 30 Sep 17; Tot $3,017; Dsb $2,157

		*Republican*		*Congressman Jeffrey Lane "Jeff" Fortenberry* • FEC H4NE01064; 30 Sep 17; Tot $302,022; Dsb $102,068

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 2		Republican	Congressman Donald John "Don" Bacon • First elected: 2016 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (3) - 116th Congress

		Democratic		former Congressman John Bradley "Brad" Ashford • Previously elected to Congress in November 2014. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 2016. • FEC H4NE02054; 30 Sep 17; Tot $138,707; Dsb $35,462
		Democratic		Kara Eastman • FEC H8NE02220; 30 Sep 17; Tot $100,361; Dsb $52,328

		*Republican*		*Congressman Donald John "Don" Bacon* • FEC H6NE02125; 30 Sep 17; Tot $753,249; Dsb $296,156

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 3		Republican	Congressman Adrian M. Smith • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (3) - 116th Congress

		Democratic		Paul Gilbert Theobald • FEC H8NE03095

		Republican		Kirk Penner • FEC H8NE03087; 30 Sep 17; Tot $11,100; Dsb $3,544
		*Republican*		*Congressman Adrian M. Smith* • FEC H6NE03115; 30 Sep 17; Tot $439,975; Dsb $499,493

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 • Open Seat - 20 March 2017: Announced that he will not seek re-election.
	Candidate list (1)

		Republican		former State Board of Education Member Bob Evnen

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. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

		Republican	Treasurer Don Stenberg • First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • The current Treasurer is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Seat - At term limit.
	Candidate list (2)

		Republican		state Senator John Murante
		Republican		Taylor Royal

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 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): 8 candidates
	• Republican: 11 incumbents, 12 candidates
Independents
	• 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.