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JOHN CAVANAUGH

Nonpartisan / not listedSeat not up for election in 2026
Legislative District 9 (LD-09) · State Legislature (Unicameral) · committee: CAVANAUGH FOR NEBRASKA
Total raised (NADC)
$29,293
Sum of receipts filed with NADC for 2025–26 cycle (partial). Data synced 2026-10-24.
Head-to-head
No other candidate in this race for this period.

Where the money came from

Source typeAmountShare
Organization & committee contributions (itemized ties)$29,293100.0%
Individuals & all other receipts$00.0%
Via ActBlue: $1,146 in earmarked individual contributions. This is part of the individual rows above, not extra money.
Source: Nebraska Accountability & Disclosure Commission (NADC) filings, 2025–26 cycle (partial).

In-state vs out-of-state

Nebraska: $11,366 (74.0%) · Out of state: $4,000 (26.0%)
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: $484 · Opposing: $0
NEBRASKA DEMOCRATIC PARTYSupport$484
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 ASSOCIATION OF TRIAL ATTORNEYS PACPAC$10,000
PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANYBusiness$5,000
PANAMA ENERGY CENTER LLC501(c)(4)$2,500
KALSHI INC.Business$2,500
ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC AND ITS AFFILIATESBusiness$1,000
HUSKER GAMING LLCBusiness$1,000
SMART TD PAC (union)PAC$1,000
SAZERAC COMPANY, INC.Business$1,000
GRATEFUL GREEN LLCBusiness$1,000
G&G SMOKESHOP INCBusiness$500
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES NEBRASKA PAC (ACEC PAC)PAC$500
AMERICAN FAMILY LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF COLUMBUSBusiness$500
GREENSLATE DEVELOPMENT LLCBusiness$500
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND501(c)(4)$500
PMI GLOBAL SERVICE INCBusiness$500
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