Seward County Democrats
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Burbank is back on ballot:
LINCOLN — Democrat Cindy Burbank will be back on the ballot for the state’s U.S. Senate race after the state Supreme Court ruled Monday that the state’s top election official overstepped and missed a deadline to consider complaints.
Evnen removes Nebraska Democratic Senate Candidate - Burbank is 2nd Democrat GOP election officials have kicked off the 2026 primary ballot
129 Candidates running for 42 Offices in 2026 in Nebraska:
LINCOLN — Candidates seeking to appear on Nebraska’s 2026 primary ballot had until Monday to file, including federal, legislative and education races at the top of the ticket.
The following 42 statewide offices will appear on the statewide 2026 primary ballot:
One U.S. Senate seat.
Three U.S. House seats.
All constitutional officers (governor and their selected lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state treasurer and auditor of public accounts).
One Nebraska Public Service Commission seat.
Twenty-five legislative seats, including a special election to fill out the final two years of former Amherst State Sen. Dan McKeon’s seat in Legislative District 41.
Four State Board of Education seats.
Three NU Board of Regents seats, including a special election to serve the final four years of former Omaha NU Regent Elizabeth O’Connor’s District 4 seat.
At least three candidates for federal office are running nonpartisan bids — Dan Osborn of Omaha, against U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, and Macey Budke of North Platte and Mark Cohen of Lemoyne, both running against U.S. Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Neb. Nonpartisan candidates must file enough valid signatures by Aug. 3 to qualify for the general election ballot.
Two Democratic candidates filed for U.S. Senate against Ricketts, who faces four other Republicans in a primary. Two Legal Marijuana NOW party candidates filed as well. That party’s 2024 Senate candidate dropped out and endorsed Osborn against U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb.
U.S. Rep. Mike Flood of Norfolk and Omaha City Council member Brinker Harding of Omaha are the presumptive Republican nominees for Nebraska’s 1st and 2nd Congressional Districts. Smith drew a Republican challenger in David Huebner of North Platte.
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen and Secretary of State Bob Evnen drew Republican opponents, but the other three Republican constitutional officers — State Auditor Mike Foley, Attorney General Mike Hilgers and State Treasurer Joey Spellerberg — did not. Foley is running unopposed for what is now likely to be his fourth nonconsecutive four-year term.
In the Legislature, three lawmakers are unopposed: State Sens. Barry DeKay of Niobrara, Teresa Ibach of Sumner and Danielle Conrad of Lincoln. Ibach also ran unopposed in 2022. One other open seat features only one candidate, for newcomer Dawson Brunswick of Columbus.
Of the remaining legislative races, 12 have three or more candidates.
Neither McKeon nor O’Connor, who both resigned in January, is running again for their seats.
Of the seven races for the State Board of Education and University of Nebraska Board of Regents, three will be narrowed in the primary. State Board of Education President Elizabeth Tegtmeier of North Platte is running unopposed.
Nebraska’s primary election is May 12. The top candidates for partisan races and the top-two candidates in officially nonpartisan races will advance to the Nov. 3 general election.
Elections in Seward County for 2026:
On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 4:10 PM Deanna Pulse <deannajpulse@gmail.com> wrote:
All - I stopped at the County Clerk's office and they printed off a list of positions up for election this year. The first group is non-partisan, the second is partisan. Filing dates for incumbents is February 17, non-incumbents March 2. IF you are interested in running or know someone who is, let us know. We can discuss at the next monthly meeting next week, January 20. See you then.
Seward Mayor - Josh Eickmeier incumbent (I) (Has not filed as of today)
Seward City Council
Ward 1 - Megan Kahler (Incumbent) (has not filed as of today)
Ward 2 - Tatum Tonniges (Incumbent) (has not filed as of today)
Ward 3 - Rich Wergin (Incumbent) (Filed)
Ward 4 - Karl Miller (I) (has not filed as of today)
Seward Airport Authority 6 yr term, 2 vacancies
Erich Helge, Marvin Siefert (I) (Have not filed as of today)
Milford Council
Ward 1 - Becky Freeman (I) (has not filed as of today
Ward 2 - Waylon Delong (I) " " " " " " "
Board of Education
Milford #5 - Jessica Dunlap, David DIckinson - (I) (Have not filed as of today)
Dave Welsch (I) (Filed)
Seward #9- Matthew Hastings, Danielle Shipley - (I) (have not filed as of today)
Jill Hochstein (I) (Filed)
Centennial # 67 - Jason Richters,, Derek Tomes (I) (Filed)
Lana Hoffschneider (I) (Has not filed)
PARTISAN
County Commissioner (Dist 1 - precincts J, O-1, O-2)
Misty Ahmic (I) (Republican) (Filed)
County Commissioner (Dist 3 - Precincts E, F, L, K, M, N)
Raegan Hain (I) (R) (Not Filed)
Tyler DIckinson (R) Filed )
County Commissioner - (Dist 5 - Precincts S-1, S2 & G)
Ken Schmeiding (I) (R), (Filed)
Clerk of DIstrict Court - Sheila Lueders (I) (Not filed)
County Assessor - Marilyn Hladky (I) (Not filed)
County Attorney -Wendy Elston (I) (Not filed)
County Treasurer - Jacob Zlatkovsky (I) (R)(Filed)
County Sheriff - Mike Vance (I) (R), (Not filed)
TIm Huntington (R) Filed, Troy Schaefer (R) Filed
County Surveyor - No incumbent, no filings
Voting in Nebraska:
The website provides information about the Seward County Election Commissioner and has links to items like: election information, election results, election worker information, voter registration, and precinct and polling locations. - https://sewardcountyne.gov/election-office/
This link connects to the Nebraska voter ID guidelines. On the website, you can locate information about how to get a free ID, how voter ID will work with voting, voter ID educational material, and voter ID educational events. - https://sos.nebraska.gov/voter-id
The website provides the process needed to register to vote online. It is a voter registration portal. You will need to have the appropriate voter ID to use the process at the website. - https://www.nebraska.gov/apps-sos-voter-registration/