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Nebraska Political & Non Profit Financial Intelligence
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PETE FESTERSEN

Nonpartisan office
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Omaha City Council District #01 · City Council · committee: FESTERSEN FOR CITY COUNCIL
Total raised (NADC)
$34,725
Sum of receipts filed with NADC for 2017–18 cycle. Data synced 2026-10-24.
Head-to-head
⚔ Head-to-head vs D. BRINKER HARDING
Default opponent: general-election opponent once nominees are set, otherwise the top-raising opposing-party candidate (nonpartisan races: top-raising other candidate).

Where the money came from

Source typeAmountShare
Organization & committee contributions (itemized ties)$20,72559.7%
Individuals & all other receipts$14,00040.3%
Source: Nebraska Accountability & Disclosure Commission (NADC) filings, 2017–18 cycle.

In-state vs out-of-state

Nebraska: $33,725 (97.1%) · Out of state: $1,000 (2.9%)
Itemized receipts with an address only. Only state totals are shown; no ZIP-level figures, so no ZIP with fewer than 5 donors can be identified.

Outside spending (independent expenditures)

Supporting: $0 · Opposing: $0
None reported.
Plains Ledger independent-expenditure import. Spending is counted separately for each candidate it names: one ad backing one candidate and opposing another is reported for both, and these totals are not added together.

Top organization & PAC contributors

OrganizationTypeDirect
WAITT OUTDOOR, LLCBusiness$8,725
FIREFIGHTERS FOR BETTER GOVERNMENT (union)PAC$2,500
OMAHA PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS ASSN LU#385 (union)501(c)(5) union$2,500
HDR, INC. FEDERAL PAC C00103903PAC$2,000
EHPV LOTTERY SERVICES LLCBusiness$1,000
OMAHA POLICE OFFICERS ASSN/OMAHA POLICE UNION 101 (union)501(c)(5) union$1,000
GREATER OMAHA CHAMBER PACPAC$1,000
NEBRASKA REALTORS PACPAC$1,000
MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF OMAHA PACPAC$750
COX COMMUNICATIONSBusiness$250
Organizations only. Individual donors are never named, and conduits such as ActBlue and WinRed are not listed as donors. Pinned organizations are always shown.

Filings & sources