Nebraska voter guide
Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Every race, every candidate

All 92 candidates on the Secretary of State's official list for federal, statewide and legislative offices, each with a profile page. Judges on the retention ballot have their own page: Judges. County and local races are on your sample ballot.

Statewide offices, U.S. Senate and retention judges

Statewide, voters choose a governor and lieutenant governor (elected as a team), attorney general, secretary of state, state treasurer, state auditor and one U.S. senator. Some voters also elect a Public Service Commission member (District 2), a State Board of Education member (Districts 5-8) or a University of Nebraska regent (Districts 1, 2 and 4). Judges face yes-or-no retention votes.

U.S. House

Your district's one vote in the U.S. House. House members write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and every bill to raise taxes has to start in the House. A term is two years.

Legislature (state senators)

Your district's vote in the Nebraska Legislature, the state's only lawmaking body (it has one house). State senators write and vote on state laws and the state budget, and can override the governor's veto with 30 of 49 votes. Races are nonpartisan. A term is four years.

Nebraska has one house in its Legislature. The 24 even-numbered districts are on the ballot this year, plus a special race in District 41. Races are nonpartisan, so no party is listed on the ballot. Senators serve four-year terms.

No state House

Nebraska has no state House. Its Legislature has only one house, so every state lawmaker is a state senator (see the Legislature section above).

State Board of Education

A member of the State Board of Education, which sets statewide school policy and rules, hires the state Commissioner of Education and sends the education budget to the governor and Legislature. Races are nonpartisan. A term is four years.

University of Nebraska Board of Regents

One of eight elected members of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents, which governs the university system: it picks the university president and approves the budget and tuition. Races are nonpartisan. A term is six years (four years for this year's District 4 special race).