2024 Nebraska Legislature election

The 2024 Nebraska State Legislature elections will take place as part of the biennial United States elections. Nebraska voters will elect state senators for the 25 odd-numbered seats of the 49 legislative districts in the Nebraska Unicameral. State senators serve four-year terms in the Nebraska Legislature. Note: All elections are technically non-partisan in the State Legislature; therefore, any parties listed are from candidates' websites and official party endorsement lists. Candidates all appear on the ballot as nonpartisan.

Summary by district
In the 2020 Presidential Election, Republican Donald Trump received the most votes in 34 of Nebraska's legislative districts and Democrat Joe Biden received the most votes in 15 districts. Out of the 25 districts which have elections in 2024, there are three districts where Donald Trump won the most votes in 2020 that a Democrat currently represents: District 3, based in Sarpy County ( Trump + 7%); District 15, based in Dodge County ( Trump + 33%); and District 49, based in Sarpy County ( Trump + 12%). [[File:2020 Nebraska Presidential Election by Legislative District.svg|500px|thumb|left| Biden {{legend|#86B6F2|50–60%}} {{legend|#4389E3|60–70%}}

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Retirements
Fifteen incumbents will not seek re-election.

Democrats

 * 1) District 3: Carol Blood is term-limited (running for U.S. Representative).
 * 2) District 7: Tony Vargas is term-limited (running for U.S. Representative).
 * 3) District 13: Justin Wayne is term-limited.
 * 4) District 15: Lynne Walz is term-limited.
 * 5) District 27: Anna Wishart is term-limited.

Republicans

 * 1) District 1: Julie Slama is retiring.
 * 2) District 5: Mike McDonnell is term-limited.
 * 3) District 17: Joni Albrecht is term-limited.
 * 4) District 23: Bruce Bostelman is term-limited.
 * 5) District 33: Steve Halloran is term-limited.
 * 6) District 37: John Lowe is term-limited.
 * 7) District 39: Lou Ann Linehan is term-limited.
 * 8) District 41: Fred Meyer is retiring.
 * 9) District 43: Tom Brewer is term-limited.
 * 10) District 47: Steve Erdman is term-limited.

Race by district

 * Note: All elections are technically non-partisan in the State Legislature; therefore, parties listed here are from candidates' websites and official party endorsement lists. Candidates all appear on the ballot as nonpartisan.
 * Candidates endorsed by the Republican Party:
 * Candidates endorsed by the Democratic Party:

Declared

 * Dennis Schaardt, businessman and former Pawnee County commissioner, mayor, city councilman and volunteer fire chief.
 * Robert Hallstrom, lawyer
 * Glenda Willnerd, Librarian

Withdrawn

 * Bob Holman
 * Mike Powers
 * Julie Slama, lawyer (incumbent)

Declared

 * Victor Rountree, pastor and former United States Air Force chief master sergeant
 * Felix Ungerman, former deputy chief of staff for US Representative Don Bacon

Declared

 * Gilbert Ayala, unsuccessful candidate in District 5 in 2016 and 2020


 * Flint Harkness, resource teacher for special education
 * Margo Juarez, member of the Omaha Public Schools Board of Education

Withdrawn

 * Tim Benak, firefighter and adjunct instructor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha

Declared

 * Christopher Geary, former candidate in the 2010 Nebraska gubernatorial election Republican primary, former candidate for District 7 in 2012 against Jeremy Nordquist, and former candidate in the 2017 Omaha mayoral election.
 * Dunixi Guereca
 * Tim Pendrell, clerk of the Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee in the Nebraska Legislature
 * Ben Salazar, former lawyer and publisher of the Nuestro Mundo Newspaper

Declared

 * John Cavanaugh (incumbent)
 * Julia Palzer, attorney and former dean of admissions at Creighton University School of Law

Declared

 * Ernie Chambers, former member of the Nebraska Legislature from 1971 to 2009 and again from 2013 to 2021
 * Calandra Cooper
 * Terrell McKinney (incumbent)

Declared

 * Nick Batter, attorney and corporate counsel for a construction company
 * Matthew Clough, former chief operating officer of the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
 * Tracy Hightower-Henne, attorney
 * Ashlei Spivey, director of the nonprofit organization I Be Black Girl

Declared

 * Anthony Hanson
 * Roxie Kracl, former chair of the Dodge County Republican Party
 * Scott Thomas
 * Dave "Woody" Wordekemper, firefighter

Potentially Withdrawn

 * Chuck Emanuel

Declared

 * Cindy Kai
 * Glen Meyer, farmer and chairman of the Thurston County, Nebraska, Board

Declared

 * Rob Dover, real estate developer (incumbent, appointed by Governor Pete Ricketts)
 * Jeanne Reigle, agriculture producer and former member of the Northeast Community College Board of Governors
 * Melissa Temple, former teacher and member of the Lower Elkhorn Natural Resources District

Declared

 * Beau Ballard, business owner (incumbent, appointed by Governor Pete Ricketts)
 * Seth Derner, business owner
 * Bryan Paseka

Declared

 * Allie French, small-business owner and founder of Nebraskans Against Government Overreach
 * Dennis Fujan, farmer
 * Larissa Schultz, nonprofit worker from Yutan, Nebraska
 * Jared Storm, small-business owner and pilot
 * Jacob Wolff, navy veteran
 * Alan Zavodny, former mayor of David City, Nebraska

Declared

 * Carolyn Bosn, attorney (incumbent, appointed by Governor Jim Pillen)
 * Nicki Behmer Popp, realtor and member of the Lincoln Airport Authority
 * Aurang Zeb, former unsuccessful candidate for city council in Lincoln, Nebraska

Declared

 * Kameron Neeman, community organizer and activist, board member for Nebraska Abortion Resources and OutNebraska
 * Jason Prokop, director of First Five Nebraska

Declared

 * Eliot Bostar (incumbent), nonprofit executive
 * Phil Bruce, former cybersecurity analyst and nonprofit founder

Declared

 * Mary Ann Folchert
 * Kathleen Kauth (incumbent)
 * Jessie McGrath

Declared

 * Joshua Frederick, architectural designer, project manager, and veteran
 * Paul Hamelink, small business owner and former member of the city council of Hastings, Nebraska
 * Dan Lonowski, small business owner, retired public school teacher, and veteran
 * Michelle Smith, business owner and therapist

Declared

 * Ray Aguilar (incumbent)
 * Dan Quick, former state senator from 2016 to 2020

Declared

 * Stan Clouse, mayor of Kearney, Nebraska
 * Nathan Leach, founder of Nonpartisan Nebraska
 * Lana Peister, registered nurse and small-business partner

Declared

 * Allison Heimes, attorney and candidate for District 39 in 2020
 * Tony Sorrentino, president and founder of Health Plan Fiduciary Compliance, a firm that advises health plans on complying with federal law; adjunct law professor at Creighton University; and unsuccessful candidate for Nebraska Legislature in 2006 in District 4

Declared

 * Nadine Bane, vice chair of the Greeley County Republican Party
 * Ethan Clark, agriculture marketing professional from Ord, Nebraska
 * Dan McKeon, agronomy consultant from Amherst, Nebraska

Declared

 * Tanya Storer, cattle rancher, former Cherry County commissioner, and unsuccessful candidate for Nebraska Legislature in 2020
 * Tony Tangwall, Dawes County Republican Party leadership

Declared

 * Sarah Centineo
 * Rita Sanders (incumbent)

Potentially Withdrawn

 * Elcireyna Warnell

Declared

 * Larry Bolinger, former Republican candidate for United States House of Representatives in 2018 and 2020 and Nebraska Attorney General in 2022 with the Legal Marijuana Now Party
 * Paul Strommen, deputy mayor and member of the city council of Sidney, Nebraska, and commissioner on the Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission

Declared

 * Bob Andersen, retired Air Force veteran and small-business owner
 * Jen Day (incumbent)
 * Caleb Muhs, financial consultant and former FBI counterterrorism analyst