Nebraska’s $26.4M receipts include $3.9M outside the two parties

A three-way split, not a two-party chart

In most states in this file, other-party candidate receipts are a rounding error. In Nebraska they are $3.9 million, more than half the Democratic candidate line of $6.5 million. The FEC party field on those committees is not Democratic and not Republican. LobbyVault does not relabel them. The $3.9 million stays in the other column until the underlying FEC registrations change.

Republican candidate receipts of $16.0 million remain the largest of the three slices. A two-party-only chart of Nebraska would hide 14.7% of the candidate book. That is why this guide leads with the three-way split.

Read Nebraska as a three-column receipt table: $6.5 million Democratic, $16.0 million Republican, $3.9 million other. Skipping the third column hides 14.7% of $26.4 million. The 300 filers and the 25,255 donors are still two populations. Cycle 2026 filings on FEC.gov are the source for every figure.

300 committees behind $26.4 million

Three hundred federal candidate committees are associated with Nebraska in this extract. The roster includes House, Senate, and other federal filers. Filer count is not ballot count. Many of the 300 hold little of the $26.4 million. Sorting the Nebraska hub by receipts shows which committees — including those in the $3.9 million other-party slice — actually moved money.

Independent expenditures that mention a Nebraska candidate sit outside all three party columns. Those amounts, when disclosed, belong to the Super PAC or PAC that paid for them.

If an FEC amendment re-tags a committee’s party code, $3.9 million will move and 24.6% / 60.7% will move with it. Until that happens, the three-way split is the accurate description of Nebraska candidate receipts. The $309.8 million donor total will not move just because a party code changed.

Nebraska donors: $309.8 million from 25,255 people

The individual contribution total of $309.8 million exceeds the $26.4 million candidate book. Nebraska residents give to national PACs, Super PACs, and out-of-state campaigns. Those gifts remain Nebraska donor dollars and do not inherit the 14.7% other-party share of candidate receipts. Donor party is not a field in this aggregate.

Twenty-five thousand two hundred fifty-five donors is the FEC contributor count. Occupation strings live on the underlying rows.

Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission

State-office campaigns in Nebraska file with the Accountability and Disclosure Commission. Those reports are not in the $26.4 million or the $309.8 million. This page is federal 2026-cycle data from FEC.gov.

Nebraska FEC totals

The Nebraska FEC totals page carries the live three-way split: $16.0 million Republican, $6.5 million Democratic, $3.9 million other. Candidate, PAC, and Super PAC directories share the same FEC.gov backbone.

Why Nebraska’s other-party line is not a rounding error

Other-party candidate receipts in Nebraska are $3.9 million, or 14.7% of the $26.4 million candidate book. That slice is large enough that a two-party chart would misstate the FEC file. The party code on those committees is not Democratic and not Republican. LobbyVault leaves $3.9 million in the other column. Democratic receipts are $6.5 million (24.6%). Republican receipts are $16.0 million (60.7%). All three numbers are required to reconstitute $26.4 million.

The 300 candidate committees include whatever filers carry that other-party code. Sorting the Nebraska hub by receipts is the way to see whether $3.9 million sits in one committee or many. This page does not name those committees, because the packet facts are state totals, not a committee roster. The live table holds the FEC IDs.

Donors are a separate file. Nebraska contributors account for $309.8 million from 25,255 people. That donor series does not inherit the 14.7% other-party share. A donor who gave to a Super PAC is not assigned the other-party label just because Nebraska candidate receipts have a large other column. Party codes sit on candidate registrations.

Start with the question. If the question is candidate fundraising in Nebraska, read $26.4 million across 300 committees and the party split $6.5 million / $16.0 million / $3.9 million. If the question is money originating from Nebraska addresses, read $309.8 million and 25,255. If the question is independent spending, leave both series and open Super PACs.

Double-counting happens when someone adds $26.4 million to $309.8 million, or treats PAC receipts as candidate receipts, or folds state-office filings into FEC totals. Each of those moves invents a number that is not on FEC.gov.

The candidate directory is the path to a single FEC ID. The Nebraska FEC totals page is the path to the state roll-up. Cycle 2026 filings remain the underlying documents. LobbyVault indexes them; it does not replace them.

Questions

How much have Nebraska federal candidates raised in 2026?

Nebraska-associated federal candidate committees reported $26.4 million in receipts across 300 filers. Republican committees reported $16.0 million, Democratic committees $6.5 million, and other-party committees $3.9 million, per FEC.gov aggregates on LobbyVault.

Why does Nebraska show a large other-party receipt share?

Other-party and unaffiliated candidate committees reported $3.9 million, or 14.7% of the $26.4 million total. That is the FEC party-code roll-up as filed. LobbyVault does not reclassify those committees as Democratic or Republican.

How much have Nebraska donors given federally?

Individual contribution aggregates show $309.8 million from 25,255 Nebraska donors. That series includes gifts to PACs and out-of-state campaigns and is separate from the $26.4 million in candidate receipts.

Are Nebraska state races included?

No. These figures are FEC.gov federal data. Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission filings for state offices are not part of the $26.4 million or $309.8 million.