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Nebraska Political & Non Profit Financial Intelligence
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BILL BOWES

Nonpartisan officeOn Nov. 3 ballot
Box colors:RepublicanDemocraticIndependent (blue) / other party (gray)Nonpartisan office (party not shown)
Legislative District 14 (LD-14) · State Legislature (Unicameral) · committee: CITIZENS FOR BILL BOWES
Total raised (NADC)
$190,641
Sum of receipts filed with NADC for 2025–26 cycle (partial). Data synced 2026-10-24.
Head-to-head
⚔ Head-to-head vs SUANN WITT
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)$84,81344.5%
Individuals & all other receipts$105,82855.5%
Via Anedot: $32,061 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: $149,016 (78.2%) · Out of state: $41,625 (21.8%)
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: $83,762 · Opposing: $14,809
NEBRASKA CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP FUNDSupport$77,125
BUILDING NEBRASKAS FUTUREOppose$14,809
POSITIVE NEBRASKASupport$3,750
DOUGLAS COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTYSupport$1,221
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
CITIZENS TO ELECT JOHN ARCHCandidate committee$5,750
FIREFIGHTERS FOR BETTER GOVERNMENT (union)PAC$5,000
NEBRASKA BANKERS STATE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$4,500
NEBRASKA HIGHWATER PACPAC$3,500
FROEHLICH INVESTMENTS LLC DBA REF'S SPORTS BAR & GRILLBusiness$3,000
NEBRASKA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION PACPAC$2,600
ARTISAN STONE COMPANY INCBusiness$2,500
HDR, INC. EMPLOYEE OWNERS PAC C00103903PAC$2,500
HOLIDAY LIGHTING MANAGEMENT, LLCBusiness$2,500
BLOOM DANCE STUDIOBusiness$2,400
BELLEVUE FIRE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 4906 (union)501(c)(5) union$2,000
DON BACON FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000
HAWKINS CONSTRUCTION COMPANYBusiness$2,000
NEBRASKA COOPERATIVE COUNCIL - POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$2,000
AGC HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT PACPAC$2,000
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