Governor · Nebraska · 2026
General election · 4 on the certified November ballot · Incumbent running
Model rating Leans Republican (Held) on our experimental model — not a poll or a forecast.
7 polls on file from pollsters we have not verified yet — shown below, not averaged. Model inputs: 4 of 7, updated yesterday. Sources · What is validated
News attention 44/100 — how much coverage the race gets, not who is winning. Updated yesterday. How it works
On the November ballot (4)
Certified by the state on 2026-09-11, checked 2026-09-29.
Official source: https://sos.nebraska.gov/sites/default/files/doc/elections/2026/Final_Statewide_General_Candidate_Filing_List_9.11.26.pdf
Latest verified field polling
Only checksummed releases from verified (Tier V) pollsters appear here.
No verified poll has been published for this race. Vector, our experimental model rating, is below — it is not a poll.
Polling average
7 polls on file for this race, all from quarantined (U-tier) pollsters — visible below, not yet averaged.
Results
Vote counts as reported by the state; transcribed from the Wikipedia election article (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites the state's official results.
Democratic primary
| Lynne Walz won | 116,458 | 91.5% |
| Larry Marvin | 10,847 | 8.5% |
Nebraska Legal Marijuana NOW Party primary · official results
| Rick Beard won | 349 | 69.1% |
| James Charvat | 156 | 30.9% |
Republican primary
| Jim Pillen (incumbent) won | 142,301 | 75.4% |
| John Walz | 18,066 | 9.6% |
| Sheila Korth-Focken | 14,621 | 7.8% |
| Gary Rogge | 6,986 | 3.7% |
| Jacy Todd | 5,125 | 2.7% |
| Sal Holguin | 1,612 | 0.9% |
Source: Wikipedia article revision (CC BY-SA 4.0), retrieved 2026-09-29 · parser wiki-race-1.0.0
Key dates
Official federal election dates for this state from the FEC. Registration deadlines and early voting: see the state election office.
- 2026-05-12 — Primary election: U.S. House
- 2026-11-03 — General election: U.S. House
Source: FEC election dates (public domain).
Signals (experimental)
Attention 44 Vector R · Held
Vugol Me Attention (attention intensity)
Attention intensity index 0–100 · not a poll · normalized nightly
Vugol Me Vector (experimental)
Directional rating without probability · experimental · model confidence: high
Daily precision telemetry
Per-source daily series, CSV export and Vector inputs · paid plans
Sources
- Roster — official filings; fundraising from FEC datapoints where on file (https://api.open.fec.gov/).
- Attention inputs — Wikipedia pageviews (https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/) and GDELT news volume and tone (https://www.gdeltproject.org/).
- Polls and results — individual polls and primary results listed on the Wikipedia election article (CC BY-SA 4.0), each poll linked to the pollster's release; money and election dates from the FEC (public domain). How rows are checked.
- Models pulse-1.0.0 · vector-1.1.0 · attention inputs SHA-256 181e7ea36c5d · methodology · license CC BY 4.0 (data license).
Band: R · Held (experimental). Have a say in the community poll; it is open to signed-in voters and never feeds these numbers.