TOBIAS HOWARD
Republican (Legislature: nonpartisan ballot)Party: R (state party candidate list) source ↗Box colors:RepublicanDemocraticIndependent (blue) / other party (gray)Nonpartisan office, or no documented partyLegislature: red/blue = publicly documented party affiliation (the Legislature is officially nonpartisan on the ballot); green = no documented affiliation. Sources
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Total raised (NADC)
$0
Sum of receipts filed with NADC for 2026 (partial). Data synced 2026-10-24.
Head-to-head
⚔ Head-to-head vs GEORGE DUNGAN IIIDefault 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: $32,675 · Opposing: $0
| NEBRASKA CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP FUND | Support | $32,675 |
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 · $32,675
| NEBRASKA CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP FUND · PAC · IE Support | $32,675 | filings ↗ |
Filings & sources
Payments to vendors
Top payee organizations this candidate's committee reported paying in this period (FEC/NADC expenditure filings, as of 2026-10-27). 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 (14 rows ready)
Tobias Howard
Legislature (nonpartisan ballot) · Legislative District 26 (LD-26)
Party: R (state party candidate list) source ↗As of 2026-10-27
State issues
Property taxes & state budget
Examiner questionnaire (Budget): “The state should focus on cutting waste and weeding out fraud. As we have seen with the help of citizen journalists across the country, there are massive fraud issues in Medicaid and Medicare; we need to make sure we handle it before Nebraska becomes the next exposé.”
Examiner questionnaire (Spending): “Prioritize spending on infrastructure and focus on financial oversight of several institutions that receive state funds, allowing us to reduce waste and decrease the budget of these institutions.”
K-12 education / school choice
No position found in sources checked
Abortion
No position found in sources checked
Sports betting/gaming & 2026 ballot measures (440/441/442)
Examiner questionnaire (2026 Ballot Questions): “(1) While I do not like online sports betting, I understand that you cannot stop it at this point. It would be best to legalize and regulate it rather than let it continue unregulated. (2) Yes I do support this, the fact we have gotten this far is a massive issue.”
Guns
No position found in sources checked
Immigration
No position found in sources checked
Healthcare / Medicaid
No position found in sources checked
Agriculture, water & energy (OPPD/NPPD/NRDs)
Examiner questionnaire (Natural Resources/Data Centers): “The Legislature should not pass legislation banning data centers, though I do support local counties and cities making the decision to do so. The original version of data centers used lots of water, the current models do not. Currently, there are even waterless data centers being built in arid zones.”
Elections / voting
Examiner questionnaire (Ballot Measures): “Implementing the measure as close to what was approved while adjusting due to the necessities of reality.”
Labor / right-to-work
No position found in sources checked
Crime / public safety
No position found in sources checked
Housing
No position found in sources checked
Coverage: 78 of 92 2026 general-election candidates have at least one sourced position; 6 have hand-researched campaign-site/interview items. Built 2026-10-27.