RICK BEARD

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Governor & Lt. Governor · Statewide · committee: RICK BEARD

Period

Total raised (NADC)

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

Head-to-head

Compare with ⚔ Head-to-head vs JIM PILLEN

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)	$0	—
Individuals & all other receipts	$0	—

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

In-state vs out-of-state

No address-level receipts for this period.

Outside spending (independent expenditures)

Supporting: $40,000 · Opposing: $0

NEBRASKANS FOR CANNABIS FREEDOM

Support

$40,000

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

No organization or committee contributions recorded for this period.

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.

Ideological / issue PACs & groups · 1 · $40,000

NEBRASKANS FOR CANNABIS FREEDOM · 501(c)(4) · IE Support

$40,000

filings ↗

Filings & sources

NADC filer

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

No itemized vendor payments over the listing threshold in this period's filings.

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 (13 rows ready)

Rick Beard

LMN · Governor & Lt. Governor

As of 2026-10-27

State issues

Property taxes & state budget

Examiner questionnaire (Budget): “We will have State Auditor Mike Foley audit all corporations receiving tax incentives through the ImagiNE Nebraska Act.”

Questionnaire 2026 general-election guide · source ↗

Examiner questionnaire (Taxes): “Nebraska schools demand 70% of Nebraska's property taxes. When we distribute 90% of all profits from our state-run cannabis program to our public schools and $300 million a year goes to our schools, it eliminates the need for local levy hikes.”

Questionnaire 2026 general-election guide · source ↗

K-12 education / school choice