Lincoln: who represents it, and who is running

U.S. general election (federal, state and county offices) votes on 2026-11-03. It elects u.S. Senator (Ricketts seat, class 2); U.S. Representative NE-1; Governor and Lt. Governor (joint ticket) and other statewide constitutional offices; even-numbered Legislature districts (in Lincoln: LD-2, 26, 28, 30, 46 — not LD-27 at city hall); plus university regents, State Board of Education, county, utility/NRD and school offices, judicial retention and statewide ballot measures (not captured). No City of Lincoln offices — next city election is May 2027 (mayor and district council seats)..

Holding office14

the sitting council

On the ballot17

4 sitting members running again

The official candidate list ↗ · What Lincoln is like — the /local page

Congressional district (city hall): Nebraska's 1st congressional district (city hall); NE-1 is the only district covering Lincoln — Mike Flood (Republican)

Mayor

Name	Office	Party / slate	Seat	Source
Leirion Gaylor Baird ✉️ Elected	Mayor	Independent		City of Lincoln

Council Member

Name	Office	Party / slate	Seat	Source
Bennie Shobe ✉️ Elected	Council Member	Independent	At-Large Position 3	City of Lincoln
Brodey Weber ✉️ Elected	Council Member	Independent	District 4	City of Lincoln
James Michael Bowers ✉️ Elected	Council Member	Independent	District 1	City of Lincoln
Justin P. Carlson ✉️ Elected	Council Member	Independent	District 3	City of Lincoln
Sändra Washington ✉️ Elected	Council Member	Independent	At-Large Position 1	City of Lincoln
Tom Beckius ✉️ Elected	Council Member	Independent	At-Large Position 2	City of Lincoln
Tom Duden ✉️ Elected	Council Member	Independent	District 2	City of Lincoln

Governor

Name	Office	Party / slate	Source
Jim Pillen ✉️ Elected	Governor → Running	Republican	Office of Governor Jim Pillen
Brett Lindstrom	Governor Running	America First	Nebraska Secretary of State
Lynne Walz ✉️	Governor Running	Democratic	Nebraska Secretary of State
Rick Beard	Governor Running	Legal Marijuana NOW	Nebraska Secretary of State

Lieutenant Governor

Name	Office	Party / slate	Source
Joe Kelly Elected	Lieutenant Governor → Running	Republican	Office of Lieutenant Governor Joe Kelly
Ben Steffen	Lieutenant Governor Running	Democratic	Nebraska Secretary of State
Keenya Barnes	Lieutenant Governor Running	Legal Marijuana NOW	Nebraska Secretary of State
Michael Picard	Lieutenant Governor Running	America First	Nebraska Secretary of State

Member of the Legislature — LD-27

Name	Office	Party / slate	Seat	Source
Jason Prokop ✉️ Elected	Member of the Legislature	—		Nebraska Legislature

U.S. Senator

Name	Office	Party / slate	Source
Deb Fischer Elected	U.S. Senator	Republican	@unitedstates congress-legislators (legislators-current.json)
Pete Ricketts ✉️ Elected	U.S. Senator → Running	Republican	@unitedstates congress-legislators (legislators-current.json)
Chuck Conboy	U.S. Senator Running	America First	Nebraska Secretary of State
Dan Osborn ✉️	U.S. Senator Running	Independent	Nebraska Secretary of State
Mike Marvin	U.S. Senator Running	Legal Marijuana NOW	Nebraska Secretary of State
Robin Richards	U.S. Senator Running	Nebraska Working People	Nebraska Secretary of State

U.S. Representative — NE-1

Name	Office	Party / slate	Source
Mike Flood Elected	U.S. Representative → Running	Republican	U.S. House of Representatives
Chris Backemeyer ✉️	U.S. Representative Running	Democratic	Nebraska Secretary of State
Dan Hartong	U.S. Representative Running	America First	Nebraska Secretary of State
Nik Sandman	U.S. Representative Running	Libertarian	Nebraska Secretary of State

Notes on this record

How the lists were read, and what could not be.

Municipal: Mayor from lincoln.ne.gov/City/Mayor and the 7 council members (4 districts, 3 at-large) from lincoln.ne.gov/City/City-Council/Council-Members, retrieved 2026-10-22; robots.txt read first (pages used are not disallowed). Official city emails and city-hosted profile photo URLs recorded (linked, not copied). Lincoln has no other city-wide elected office on the council page beyond mayor and council.
Next City of Lincoln elections (council FAQ): district seats 'every four years in a non-partisan May election during the alternate odd years (2023, 2027, 2031, 2035)'; at-large seats in '2025, 2029, 2033, 2037'. Mayor: second term began May 2023, so next mayoral election 2027. Exact 2027 dates not read (Lancaster County Election Commissioner site unreachable).
Federal: Senators and Rep. Mike Flood from the CC0 @unitedstates legislators-current.json; Flood confirmed on house.gov/representatives (Nebraska 1st). Census geocoder (coordinates lookup, not address) puts city hall in NE-1; all 56 sample points inside the Lincoln place polygon (a 64-point city-wide grid plus a 25-point central grid, place = 'Lincoln city') returned Congressional District 1, so NE-1 is the only district.
State: city hall is in 2026 State Legislative District 27 (Sen. Jason Prokop, nebraskalegislature.gov, Crawl-delay 3 honoured). The same 56 in-city sample points fell in 9 legislative districts: 27, 46, 21, 29, 26, 25, 28, 30, 2 (point-count order) — a sample, so a small district (e.g. LD-32) could be missed. Only LD-27's senator is recorded. Governor and Lt. Governor from governor.nebraska.gov / ltgov.nebraska.gov.
Candidates: Nebraska Secretary of State 'Final Statewide General Candidate List', November 3, 2026 General Election, dated 9/11/2026 (PDF), retrieved 2026-10-22. Captured: U.S. Senate (5), Congress District 01 (4), Governor and Lt. Governor (4 joint tickets, one row each). The list prints mailing addresses and phones — none copied; only campaign-domain emails kept. Party as printed; 'By Petition' (Dan Osborn) recorded partyShort 'Independent'. No contest in scope has a single candidate. Lincoln-area Legislature contests on the list (not captured, outside city-hall scope): LD-26 Dungan (incumbent) v Howard; LD-28 Pansing Brooks v Woodson; LD-46 Conrad (incumbent, sole name on the list); LD-2 Helmick v Knutson; LD-30 Ideus v Bock.
Blocked / not used: lancaster.ne.gov (Lancaster County Election Commissioner) answered a Cloudflare 'Attention Required' page even to robots.txt — not retried, so no county candidate list or sample ballot was read. tigerweb.geo.census.gov answered 'Request Rejected' to robots.txt — not used; district coverage was sampled through the geocoder instead. nominatim.openstreetmap.org robots disallows /search and /reverse — not used.
Robots/terms: lincoln.ne.gov (robots read; Site Disclaimer is browsewrap, no copyright/reuse terms), sos.nebraska.gov (robots read; /sites/default/files allowed), nebraskalegislature.gov, governor.nebraska.gov, ltgov.nebraska.gov, house.gov (robots read), unitedstates.github.io (no robots.txt; CC0), geocoding.geo.census.gov (no robots.txt, 404). No home addresses, phones or personal emails recorded. standsFor null for everyone (no candidate statements read).

Sources

Prepared 2026-10-22. Nomination papers are never opened: they carry home addresses. After voting day a candidate list becomes a result; these rows are reconciled, not deleted.