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JESS GOLDONI

Nonpartisan / not listedOn Nov. 3 ballot
Legislative District 18 (LD-18) · State Legislature (Unicameral) · committee: JESS GOLDONI FOR LEGISLATURE
Total raised (NADC)
$361,494
Sum of receipts filed with NADC for 2025–26 cycle (partial). Data synced 2026-10-24.
Head-to-head
⚔ Head-to-head vs TAYLOR ROYAL
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)$293,34881.1%
Individuals & all other receipts$68,14718.9%
Via ActBlue: $35,674 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: $306,327 (81.7%) · Out of state: $68,500 (18.3%)
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: $36,778 · Opposing: $82,288
NEBRASKA UNITEDOppose$81,922
PRESERVE THE GOOD LIFESupport$35,410
PROTECT THE GOOD LIFESupport$1,368
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 DONOR ALLIANCE501(c)(4)$75,000
📌DEMOCRACY NEBRASKAPAC$35,000
📌PLANNED PARENTHOOD ADVOCATES OF NEBRASKA501(c)(4)$32,409
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS (IBEW) PAC VOLUNTARY FUND C00027342 (union)PAC$30,000
NEBRASKA STATE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION PAC (union)PAC$20,000
📌WAY BACK PACPAC$15,000
📌NEBRASKA DEMOCRATIC PARTYParty committee$7,921
WOMEN WHO RUN NEBRASKA PACPAC$6,303
REYNOLDS AMERICAN INC. / RAI SERVICESBusiness$5,000
NE & SW IOWA BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL (union)501(c)(5) union$5,000
📌NEBRASKA STATE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (NSEA) (union)501(c)(5) union$5,000
FIREFIGHTERS FOR BETTER GOVERNMENT (union)PAC$5,000
NEBRASKA ASSOCIATION OF TRIAL ATTORNEYS PACPAC$5,000
RAI SERVICES COMPANYBusiness$5,000
NEXTERA ENERGY RESOURCES LLCBusiness$5,000
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