ELIZABETH BUTLER

Nonpartisan office

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NU Board of Regents — Dist. 2 · NU Regents & State Board of Education · committee: ELIZABETH BUTLER CAMPAIGN 2026

Period

Total raised (NADC)

$72,592

Sum of receipts filed with NADC for 2026 (partial). Data synced 2026-10-24.

Head-to-head

Compare with ⚔ Head-to-head vs JILL WOLFE

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 type	Amount	Share
Organization & committee contributions (itemized ties)	$13,942	19.2%
Individuals & all other receipts	$58,650	80.8%

Source: Nebraska Accountability & Disclosure Commission (NADC) filings, 2026 (partial).

In-state vs out-of-state

Nebraska: $69,442 (95.7%) · Out of state: $3,150 (4.3%)

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: $81 · Opposing: $366

NEBRASKA RIGHT TO LIFE PAC	Oppose	$366
SARPY COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY	Support	$81

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

Organization	Type	Direct
NEBRASKA STATE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION PAC (union)	PAC	$5,000
BARBARA WEITZ FOR REGENT	Candidate committee	$4,742
WOMEN WHO RUN NEBRASKA PAC	PAC	$1,750
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS (IBEW) PAC VOLUNTARY FUND C00027342 (union)	PAC	$1,000
📌NEBRASKA DEMOCRATIC PARTY	Party committee	$500
KELLEY PLUCKER, LLC	Business	$500
EHPV COMPANIES (BIG RED)	Business	$250
NEBRASKA FARMERS UNION PAC	PAC	$200

Organizations only. Individual donors are never named, and conduits such as ActBlue and WinRed are not listed as donors. Pinned organizations are always shown.

Funding by funder type

All organization ties in filings (direct, in-kind and independent expenditures), grouped by the funder type assigned from the filer record. Click a group to see its members, amounts and filings. Individuals are never named.

Labor / unions · 2 · $6,000

NEBRASKA STATE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION PAC · PAC · Direct	$5,000	filings ↗
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS (IBEW) PAC VOLUNTARY FUND C00027342 · PAC · Direct	$1,000

Ideological / issue PACs & groups · 1 · $1,750

WOMEN WHO RUN NEBRASKA PAC · PAC · Direct

$1,750

filings ↗

Other candidate committees · 1 · $4,742

BARBARA WEITZ FOR REGENT · Candidate committee · Direct

$4,742

filings ↗

Small PACs & organizations (under $1,000 each) · 6 · $1,897

NEBRASKA DEMOCRATIC PARTY · Party committee · Direct	$500	filings ↗
KELLEY PLUCKER, LLC · Business · Direct	$500	filings ↗
NEBRASKA RIGHT TO LIFE PAC · PAC · IE Oppose	$366	filings ↗
EHPV COMPANIES (BIG RED) · Business · Direct	$250
NEBRASKA FARMERS UNION PAC · PAC · Direct	$200	filings ↗
SARPY COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY · Party committee · IE Support	$81	filings ↗

Filings & sources

NADC filer 10414

Payments to vendors

Top payee organizations this candidate's committee reported paying in this period (FEC/NADC expenditure filings, as of 2026-10-27). Lawful, itemized disclosures; not an indication of wrongdoing. Payments to individuals are aggregated. All vendors · rules

Vendor	Payments	Total
CERBERUS STRATEGIES	7	$32,353
LAMAR ADVERTISING - OMAHA	2	$7,251
AUTOMATIC PRINTING CO.	2	$5,032
NELSEN ENTERPRISES DBA VICTOR OUTDOOR ADVERTISING	3	$4,135
DESIGN 4 (AKA DESIGN FOUR INC., DESIGN4)	5	$2,537
J SALLENBACH PHOTOGRAPHY	1	$2,179
REBEL INTERACTIVE	2	$1,860
COSTCO	3	$693
PAPILLION COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	$319
HOME DEPOT	4	$172

Stances on key issues (2026 ballot)

Neutral summaries and short verbatim quotes from each candidate's own words: campaign websites, news interviews and the Nebraska Examiner voter-guide questionnaire. Every item links its source. Positions are never inferred from party, donors or endorsements, and no grades are given. The same issue list is used for every candidate. Methodology

Export stances · Verified public filings (12 rows ready)

Elizabeth Butler

Nonpartisan office · NU Board of Regents — Dist. 2

As of 2026-10-27

State issues

Property taxes & state budget