Primary Election: May 12, 2026
General Election: Nov. 3, 2026
We are fielding candidates for seats up and down the ballot. We add candidates as they announce. The NDP sometimes supports Independent candidates who are aligned with our values, and when a Democrat is not running in the same race. We note when a candidate in an Independent next to their name with the abbreviation “NP” to designate they are registered as a Non-Partisan and not a Democrat. We believe it is going to take a coalition of Democrats, Independents, and Republicans to break up the one-party and billionaire-rule that has kept our state back from innovating and moving forward with policies that make lives better for working and middle-class Nebraskans. We allow Independents to vote in our partisan primary (the Republican Party does not); you just need to ask for a Democratic ballot at your polling location or on your vote-by-mail application.
State of Nebraska
State Board of Education
NE Board of Regents
Legislature

Caitlin Knutson
District 2

Patrick Leahy
District 6

Josh Livingston
District 8
Public Service Commission
Local Offices
City Council
Conner Brown – Bellevue City Council, Ward 6
Jennifer Taylor – Gretna City Council, Ward 3
Elba Iris Nazario – Hastings City Council, Ward 3
Amy Sandeen – Hastings City Council, Ward 4
Junnifer Uldrich – Juniata Village Board of Trustees
Kelly Sell – La Vista City Council, Ward 2
Kevin Wetuski – La Vista City Council, Ward 4
Rachel Dunham – Papillion City Council, Ward 2
Steve Engberg – Papillion City Council, Ward 2
Tom Mumgaard – Papillion City Council, Ward 4
Brian Kavanaugh – Ralston City Council, Ward 3
Kacie Murtha – Springfield City Council, At Large
Clerk of District Court
Justin Wayne – Douglas County Clerk of District Court
Simon Rezac – Lancaster County Clerk of the District Court
Kristen Anderson – Lancaster County Clerk of the District Court
Community College
Kristen DuPree – Metro Community College Board of Governors At Large
Maureen Monahan – Metro Community College Board, Dist. 3
Martha Bruckner – Metro Community College Board of Governors, Dist. 4
Roger Davis – Central Community College Board of Governors, Dist. 3
County Assessor
Dakotah Smith – Douglas County Assessor/Register of Deeds
Doug Guess – Lancaster County Assessor/Register of Deeds
Dan Nolte – Lancaster County Assessor/Register of Deeds
County Attorney
Makayla Danner – Douglas County Attorney
Amy Jacobsen – Douglas County Attorney
County Commissioner
James Cavanaugh – Douglas County Commissioner, District 2
Whitney Hansen – Douglas County Commission
Sean Flowerday – Lancaster County Commission
Rick Vest – Lancaster County Commission
County Clerk
Matt Hansen – Lancaster County Clerk
County Treasurer
Christian Espinosa Torres – Douglas County Treasurer
Tony Vargas – Douglas County Treasurer
Rachel Garver – Lancaster County Treasurer
County Sherriff
Jay Pitts – Lancaster County Sheriff
County Surveyor
Josh Grummert – Adams County Surveyor
Learning Community
Sarah Dragon – Douglas-Sarpy Learning Community Coordinating Council, Dist 5
Mayra Piedrahita – Douglas-Sarpy Learning Community Coordinating Council, Dist. 5
Tonya Ward – Douglas-Sarpy Learning Community Coordinating Council, Dist. 5
Mayor
Kevin Pflager – Bellevue, Mayor
Metropolitan Transit Board
Cornelius Williams – Regional Metropolitan Transit Board of Omaha, Dist. 1
Yanira Garcia – Regional Metropolitan Transit Board of Omaha, Dist. 3
Josh Corrigan – Regional Metropolitan Transit Board of Omaha, Dist. 5
Natural Resources District (NRD)
Fred Conley Papio – Missouri River NRD, Subdistrict 2
Jim Thompson – Papio-Missouri River NRD, Subdistrict 6
Public Power and Utilities Districts
Flint Harkness – OPPD, Dist. 2
Andrew Adams – Metropolitan Utilities District of Omaha, Subdivision 3
Gwen Howard – Metropolitan Utilities District of Omaha, Subdivision 3
Tanya Cook – Metropolitan Utilities District of Omaha, Subdivision 5
Public Defender
Kristi Egger – Lancaster County Public Defender
Sarah Newell – Lancaster County Public Defender
School Board
Michele Bang – Bellevue Public School Board
Mark Wortman – Elkhorn Public Schools
Emily Poeschl – Elkhorn Public Schools
Andrew McCarty – Hastings School Board
Stacy Jolley – Millard Public School Board
Steph Meese – Norris Public School Board of Education, Ward 2
Lisa Wood – Papillion La Vista Community Schools
Dean Busch – Palmyra Public School Board of Education
Bri Full – Omaha Public Schools Subdistrict 2
Shavonna Holman – Omaha Public Schools Subdistrict 4
Mary Roarty – Ralston Board of Education
Rebecca Tinant – Waverly Public School Board of Education, Ward 3
Sean Conway – Westside Board of Education
Stephanie Adams – Westside Board of Education
Sheriff
Mark Martinez – Douglas County Sheriff
































