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2026 candidates we're tracking in NE-1
Mike Flood
Top priorities
- reducing taxes, including no tax on tips, overtime and Social Security
- border security
- cutting government spending and reducing the deficit
Per the campaign site.
About Mike Flood
Mike Flood is the Republican candidate for U.S. House in Nebraska's 1st District and the sitting representative, per his campaign site.
Chris Backemeyer
Top priorities
- Lower costs for families
- End corruption in government
Per the campaign site.
About Chris Backemeyer
Chris Backemeyer is the Democratic nominee for Nebraska's 1st Congressional District. He was born and raised in Lincoln, with family roots in Cass County, per his campaign site. He worked for the U.S. State Department for 20 years, focusing on counterterrorism, economic policy and Middle East relations, per Nebraska Public Media.
Nik Sandman
Top priorities
- Agricultural parity pricing for farmers
- Medicare for All
- Constitutional due process
Per the campaign site.
About Nik Sandman
Sandman is the Libertarian candidate and a retired fifth-generation farmer who raised wheat, milo, corn and melons for 26 years, per the campaign site. Sandman was born in Stratton, grew up on a farm near Wauneta, worked as a rural mail carrier for 15 years, and moved to Lincoln thirteen years ago, per the campaign site.
Dan Hartong
Dan Hartong is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Nebraska's 1st Congressional District as the America First nominee, per the Nebraska Secretary of State's Final Statewide General Candidate List, certified September 11, 2026. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
About this race
Nebraska's 1st Congressional District elects one member of the U.S. House of Representatives to a two-year term. Every House seat in the country is on the ballot in 2026. The Nebraska primary is Tuesday, May 12, 2026, and the general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.