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BENJAMIN HANSEN

Nonpartisan / not listed
Legislative District 16 (LD-16) · State Legislature (Unicameral) · committee: BEN HANSEN FOR LEGISLATURE
Total raised (NADC)
$237,879
Sum of receipts filed with NADC for 2017–18 cycle. Data synced 2026-10-24.
Head-to-head
⚔ Head-to-head vs CHUCK HASSEBROOK
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)$180,85876.0%
Individuals & all other receipts$57,02124.0%
Source: Nebraska Accountability & Disclosure Commission (NADC) filings, 2017–18 cycle.

In-state vs out-of-state

Nebraska: $218,600 (91.9%) · Out of state: $19,279 (8.1%)
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
NEBRASKA CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIANS ASSOCIATION501(c)(6) trade group$80,000
NEBRASKA REALTORS PACPAC$15,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS FUND501(c)(6) trade group$14,558
NEBRASKA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY PACPAC$11,500
NEBRASKA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY PACPAC$11,500
NEBRASKA BANKERS STATE PACPAC$7,100
NEBRASKA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION PACPAC$5,700
NEBRASKA TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION PAC (NTA)PAC$4,050
NEBRASKA TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION PACPAC$4,050
CHIROPRACTORS OF NEBRASKA STATE PACPAC$3,000
CARE PACPAC$2,700
DEALER PACPAC$2,600
GOVERNOR HEINEMAN COMMITTEECandidate committee$2,500
NEBRASKA OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION PACPAC$2,400
NEBRASKA ACTION COMMITTEE FOR RURAL ELECTRIFICATION PACPAC$2,100
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