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MICHAEL HILGERS

Nonpartisan office
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Legislative District 21 (LD-21) · State Legislature (Unicameral) · committee: FRIENDS OF MIKE HILGERS-LEGISLATURE(NOW AG)
Total raised (NADC)
$143,125
Sum of receipts filed with NADC for 2017–18 cycle. Data synced 2026-10-24.
Head-to-head
⚔ Head-to-head vs KENNETH HAAR
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)$80,25056.1%
Individuals & all other receipts$62,87543.9%
Source: Nebraska Accountability & Disclosure Commission (NADC) filings, 2017–18 cycle.

In-state vs out-of-state

Nebraska: $108,600 (75.9%) · Out of state: $34,525 (24.1%)
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
NEXTERA ENERGY RESOURCES LLCBusiness$11,500
NEBRASKA REALTORS PACPAC$7,000
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INCBusiness$6,500
NEBRASKA TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION PAC (NTA)PAC$4,500
NEBRASKA TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION PACPAC$4,500
REYNOLDS AMERICAN INC. / RAI SERVICESBusiness$4,000
NEBRASKA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY PACPAC$3,000
AMERICAN LIFE AND SECURITYBusiness$2,500
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANYBusiness$2,250
NEBRASKA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY PACPAC$2,000
DEALER PACPAC$2,000
ASSOCIATED BUILDERS & CONTRACTORS INC.PAC$1,500
NEBRASKA OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION PACPAC$1,500
NEBRASKA PETROLEUM PACPAC$1,500
WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.Business$1,500
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

Payments to vendors

Top payee organizations this candidate's committee reported paying in this period (FEC/NADC expenditure filings, as of 2026-10-25). 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.