Brett Lindstrom
What this job does: Nebraska's chief executive, elected together with the lieutenant governor. The governor signs or vetoes bills, proposes the state budget, runs state agencies and appoints judges and many officials. A term is four years.
- Occupation
- Finance professional
- Lives in
- Omaha
Background
- Nebraska state senator, 2015-2023. source: newsfromthestates.com
- Ran for governor in 2022 and lost the Republican primary to Jim Pillen. source: newsfromthestates.com
- Was a Republican until March 2026, then registered nonpartisan. A nonpartisan petition bid fell short of 4,000 valid signatures (3,358 valid), and Lindstrom refiled as the America First Party candidate on Sept. 1, 2026. source: newsfromthestates.com
- Running mate: Mike Picard of Omaha, a Navy veteran and volleyball club director. source: newsfromthestates.com
- Represented Legislative District 18. source: voterguide.flatwaterfreepress.org
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- "Nebraska Doctrine" platform: property taxes and valuations, housing, public power, economic development and artificial intelligence. source: newsfromthestates.com
- Per campaign site (as reported by Flatwater Free Press): ease property taxes, protect public power, improve rural internet. source: voterguide.flatwaterfreepress.org
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