Top 25: Outside Influence in Nebraska Politics

The 25 non-candidate organizations (PACs, party committees, super PACs, unions, trade and issue groups, ballot committees, businesses and nonprofits) that put the most money into Nebraska politics, from NADC and FEC filings. Money Map · Local funds · Method

What "outside influence" means here: money from any organization other than a candidate, a candidate's own committee, or an individual donor: direct contributions (cash, in-kind, loans and pledge payments as filed; unpaid pledges are not counted), independent / third-party expenditures, and ballot committee campaign spending. It does not mean out-of-state; use the origin filter for that, based on the state in each filing. Payment processors (ActBlue, WinRed, Anedot) are excluded because they pass along individual gifts. Individuals are never named.

As of the NADC data file updated 2026-10-26 03:09 CT and FEC bulk files; built 2026-10-27 00:23 CT.

All organizations, 2015-16 cycle (gross)

$36,510,258

3,733 organizations

Net of transfers between organizations

$30,767,981

each dollar counted once

Top 25 shown (Direct (own spending & gifts to candidates))

$16,598,248

All levels · Any origin

Export Top 25 · Verified public filings (25 rows ready)

Top 25 at a glance

1. DCCC$3,941,553

2. NRCC$2,687,270

3. RETAIN A JUST NEBRASKA$2,165,427

4. NEBRASKANS FOR THE DEATH PENALTY INC$1,456,062

5. NEBRASKANS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY$804,238

6. ESAFUND$749,282

7. HOUSE MAJORITY PAC$741,044

8. NE STATE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION PAC$619,858

9. DNC SERVICES CORP./DEM. NAT'L COMMITTEE$546,875

10. KEEP THE MONEY IN NEBRASKA$384,084

11. CULAC THE PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION$377,753

12. NE REALTORS PAC$251,729

13. FRIENDS OF SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE$242,502

14. AGC PAC (HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT PAC)$189,250

15. RICKETTS$180,500

16. NE ASSOCIATION OF TRIAL ATTORNEYS -PAC$155,300

17. ENDING SPENDING, INC.$152,305

18. SWAIN CONSTRUCTION INC.$151,000

19. NE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE &AMP;AMP; INDUSTRY PAC$138,401

20. GEORGIA FEDERAL ELECTIONS COMMITTEE$128,900

21. VOTE YES FOR WESTSIDE KIDS COMMITTEE (DISSOLVED)$117,504

22. COMMITTEE TO GET THE JOB DONE$110,472

23. CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUND$103,616

24. COOK$103,322

25. AMERICAN WIND ACTION$100,000

Bars are teal-green unless a party affiliation is filed (FEC committee party, or party named in a filed party committee name): Dollar amount (no party filed)RepublicanDemocraticLibertarian

#	Organization	Type	Direct amount	Gross in	Via documented intermediaries	Origin	Top recipients
1	DCCC Democratic FEC filings ↗ · FEC committee ID · party: FEC committee party affiliation	Party committee	$3,941,553	$3,941,553	$0	Outside NE FEC committee address: DC	Ashford, Brad (US House NE-02) (support) ($1,535,999); NEBRASKA DEMOCRATIC PARTY ($1,254,551); Bacon, Donald (US House NE-02) (oppose) ($927,659); Maxwell, Chip (US House NE-02) (oppose) ($217,025) +1 more
2	NRCC Republican FEC filings ↗ · FEC committee ID · party: FEC committee party affiliation Chain hops Money passed to other organizations that then spent in Nebraska (counted once, at the end of the chain): → NEBRASKA REPUBLICAN PARTY: $316,500 (24.6% of its $1,287,803 filed receipts) · FEC itemized transfer ↗ its top recipients: BACON, DONALD ($4,250)	Party committee	$2,687,270	$3,003,770	$316,500	Outside NE FEC committee address: DC	Ashford, Brad (US House NE-02) (oppose) ($2,675,395); NEBRASKA REPUBLICAN PARTY ($316,500); BACON, DONALD ($10,000); Bacon, Donald (US House NE-02) (support) ($1,875)
3	RETAIN A JUST NEBRASKA NADC filings ↗ · contributor name matches NADC filer name (name-only match) ⚑ Chain hops Money passed to other organizations that then spent in Nebraska (counted once, at the end of the chain): → NEBRASKANS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY: $18,544 (2.2% of its $831,570 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: (Ballot measure campaign spending) ($804,238) → CATHOLIC MOBILIZING NETWORK NEBRASKA: $4,143 (12.5% of its $33,143 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: (Ballot measure campaign spending) ($19,565); RETAIN A JUST NEBRASKA ($5,000)	Ballot question committee	$2,165,427	$2,188,114	$22,687	Nebraska 100% of dated amounts list a Nebraska address	(Ballot measure campaign spending) ($2,165,427); NEBRASKANS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY ($18,544); CATHOLIC MOBILIZING NETWORK NEBRASKA ($4,143)
4	NEBRASKANS FOR THE DEATH PENALTY INC NADC filings ↗ · contributor name matches NADC filer name (name-only match) ⚑	Ballot question committee	$1,456,062	$1,456,062	$0	Unknown no state in filings	(Ballot measure campaign spending) ($1,454,211); NE REPUBLICAN PARTY ($1,850)
5	NEBRASKANS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY NADC filings ↗ · NADC filer ID	Ballot question committee	$804,238	$804,238	$0	Unknown no state in filings	(Ballot measure campaign spending) ($804,238)
6	ESAFUND FEC filings ↗ · spender name matches filer name (name-only match) ⚑	Independent expenditure / Super PAC	$749,282	$749,282	$0	Outside NE FEC committee address: FL	Bacon, Donald (US House NE-02) (support) ($749,282)
7	HOUSE MAJORITY PAC FEC filings ↗ · spender name matches filer name (name-only match) ⚑	Independent expenditure / Super PAC	$741,044	$741,044	$0	Outside NE FEC committee address: DC	Bacon, Donald (US House NE-02) (oppose) ($741,044)
8	NE STATE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION PAC NADC filings ↗ · contributor name matches NADC filer name (name-only match) ⚑ Chain hops Money passed to other organizations that then spent in Nebraska (counted once, at the end of the chain): → NE DEMOCRATIC PARTY: $31,000 (8.4% of its $370,834 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: CHRIS BEUTLER ($10,000); LARRY SCHERER ($4,481); LANCASTER COUNTY DEMOCRATS ($3,270); SARPY COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY ($2,000) → LANCASTER COUNTY DEMOCRATS: $3,270 (3.7% of its $88,761 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: NE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ($23,237); JONATHAN COOK ($2,500); CHRIS BEUTLER ($650); KATIE MCLEESE STEPHENSON ($500) → SARPY COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY: $2,000 (4.5% of its $44,280 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: CAROL BLOOD ($2,000); DOUGLAS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY ($500) → DOUGLAS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY: $500 (0.8% of its $61,415 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: NE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ($7,922); NE REPUBLICAN PARTY ($800) → NE DEMOCRATIC WOMENS CAUCUS: $320 (15.0% of its $2,130 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: MEGAN MIKOLAJCZYK ($350); JANE RAYBOULD ($350); ANNIE MUMGAARD ($350); SARPY COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY ($260) → SARPY COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY: $260 (0.6% of its $44,280 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: CAROL BLOOD ($2,000); DOUGLAS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY ($500) → DOUGLAS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY: $3,000 (4.9% of its $61,415 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: NE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ($7,922); NE REPUBLICAN PARTY ($800) → NE DEMOCRATIC PARTY: $7,922 (2.1% of its $370,834 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: CHRIS BEUTLER ($10,000); LARRY SCHERER ($4,481); LANCASTER COUNTY DEMOCRATS ($3,270); SARPY COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY ($2,000) → LANCASTER COUNTY DEMOCRATS: $3,270 (3.7% of its $88,761 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: NE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ($23,237); JONATHAN COOK ($2,500); CHRIS BEUTLER ($650); KATIE MCLEESE STEPHENSON ($500) → SARPY COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY: $2,000 (4.5% of its $44,280 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: CAROL BLOOD ($2,000); DOUGLAS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY ($500) → NE DEMOCRATIC WOMENS CAUCUS: $320 (15.0% of its $2,130 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: MEGAN MIKOLAJCZYK ($350); JANE RAYBOULD ($350); ANNIE MUMGAARD ($350); SARPY COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY ($260) → LANCASTER COUNTY DEMOCRATS: $2,250 (2.5% of its $88,761 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: NE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ($23,237); JONATHAN COOK ($2,500); CHRIS BEUTLER ($650); KATIE MCLEESE STEPHENSON ($500) → NE DEMOCRATIC PARTY: $23,237 (6.3% of its $370,834 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: CHRIS BEUTLER ($10,000); LARRY SCHERER ($4,481); LANCASTER COUNTY DEMOCRATS ($3,270); SARPY COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY ($2,000) → SARPY COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY: $2,000 (4.5% of its $44,280 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: CAROL BLOOD ($2,000); DOUGLAS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY ($500) → NE DEMOCRATIC WOMENS CAUCUS: $320 (15.0% of its $2,130 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: MEGAN MIKOLAJCZYK ($350); JANE RAYBOULD ($350); ANNIE MUMGAARD ($350); SARPY COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY ($260) → SARPY COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY: $800 (1.8% of its $44,280 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: CAROL BLOOD ($2,000); DOUGLAS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY ($500) → DOUGLAS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY: $500 (0.8% of its $61,415 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: NE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ($7,922); NE REPUBLICAN PARTY ($800) → NE DEMOCRATIC PARTY: $7,922 (2.1% of its $370,834 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: CHRIS BEUTLER ($10,000); LARRY SCHERER ($4,481); LANCASTER COUNTY DEMOCRATS ($3,270); SARPY COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY ($2,000) → OUR COMMUNITY 1ST: $500 (9.3% of its $5,373 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: (Ballot measure campaign spending) ($7,152) → NE DEMOCRATIC WOMENS CAUCUS: $300 (14.1% of its $2,130 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: MEGAN MIKOLAJCZYK ($350); JANE RAYBOULD ($350); ANNIE MUMGAARD ($350); SARPY COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY ($260) → SARPY COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY: $260 (0.6% of its $44,280 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: CAROL BLOOD ($2,000); DOUGLAS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY ($500) → DOUGLAS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY: $500 (0.8% of its $61,415 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: NE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ($7,922); NE REPUBLICAN PARTY ($800)	PAC	$619,858	$657,808	$37,950	Nebraska 100% of dated amounts list a Nebraska address	CITIZENS FOR A BETTER TOMORROW ($120,000); SURVEY NEBRASKA ($70,000); JAMES GORDON ($39,800); RICHARD KOLOWSKI ($39,073) +62 more
9	DNC SERVICES CORP./DEM. NAT'L COMMITTEE Democratic FEC filings ↗ · FEC committee ID · party: FEC committee party affiliation	Party committee	$546,875	$546,875	$0	Outside NE FEC committee address: DC	NEBRASKA DEMOCRATIC PARTY ($546,875)
10	KEEP THE MONEY IN NEBRASKA NADC filings ↗ · NADC filer ID	Ballot question committee	$384,084	$384,084	$0	Unknown no state in filings	(Ballot measure campaign spending) ($384,084)
11	CULAC THE PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FEC filings ↗ · FEC committee ID	PAC	$377,753	$377,753	$0	Outside NE FEC committee address: DC	Ashford, Brad (US House NE-02) (support) ($349,753); ASHFORD, BRAD ($10,000); SMITH, ADRIAN ($9,000); BACON, DONALD ($5,000) +1 more
12	NE REALTORS PAC NADC filings ↗ · contributor name matches NADC filer name (name-only match) ⚑ Chain hops Money passed to other organizations that then spent in Nebraska (counted once, at the end of the chain): → NE DEMOCRATIC PARTY: $300 (0.1% of its $370,834 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: CHRIS BEUTLER ($10,000); LARRY SCHERER ($4,481); LANCASTER COUNTY DEMOCRATS ($3,270); SARPY COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY ($2,000) → LANCASTER COUNTY DEMOCRATS: $3,270 (3.7% of its $88,761 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: NE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ($23,237); JONATHAN COOK ($2,500); CHRIS BEUTLER ($650); KATIE MCLEESE STEPHENSON ($500) → SARPY COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY: $2,000 (4.5% of its $44,280 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: CAROL BLOOD ($2,000); DOUGLAS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY ($500) → DOUGLAS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY: $500 (0.8% of its $61,415 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: NE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ($7,922); NE REPUBLICAN PARTY ($800) → NE DEMOCRATIC WOMENS CAUCUS: $320 (15.0% of its $2,130 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: MEGAN MIKOLAJCZYK ($350); JANE RAYBOULD ($350); ANNIE MUMGAARD ($350); SARPY COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY ($260) → SARPY COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY: $260 (0.6% of its $44,280 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: CAROL BLOOD ($2,000); DOUGLAS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY ($500)	PAC	$251,729	$252,029	$300	Nebraska 100% of dated amounts list a Nebraska address	ANDREW STEBBING ($11,025); CHRIS BEUTLER ($10,000); TOMMY GARRETT ($10,000); JEAN STOTHERT ($10,000) +80 more
13	FRIENDS OF SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE NADC filings ↗ · NADC filer ID	Ballot question committee	$242,502	$242,502	$0	Unknown no state in filings	(Ballot measure campaign spending) ($242,502)
14	AGC PAC (HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT PAC) NADC filings ↗ · contributor name matches NADC filer name (name-only match) ⚑	PAC	$189,250	$189,250	$0	Nebraska 100% of dated amounts list a Nebraska address	LES SEILER ($23,000); SARA HOWARD ($12,500); RICHARD KOLOWSKI ($11,500); GERALD JOHNSON ($11,500) +43 more
15	RICKETTS no filer record · name only ⚑ Chain hops Money passed to other organizations that then spent in Nebraska (counted once, at the end of the chain): → NEBRASKANS FOR THE DEATH PENALTY INC: $425,000 (27.4% of its $1,551,085 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: (Ballot measure campaign spending) ($1,454,211); NE REPUBLICAN PARTY ($1,850)	Business / nonprofit	$180,500	$605,500	$425,000	Nebraska 99% of dated amounts list a Nebraska address	NEBRASKANS FOR THE DEATH PENALTY INC ($425,000); JEAN STOTHERT ($15,000); MICHAEL HILGERS ($15,000); SUZANNE GEIST ($15,000) +32 more
16	NE ASSOCIATION OF TRIAL ATTORNEYS -PAC NADC filings ↗ · contributor name matches NADC filer name (name-only match) ⚑	PAC	$155,300	$155,300	$0	Nebraska 100% of dated amounts list a Nebraska address	CITIZENS FOR A BETTER TOMORROW ($37,500); JILL BROWN ($14,000); SUE CRAWFORD ($10,000); RICHARD KOLOWSKI ($9,000) +20 more
17	ENDING SPENDING, INC. FEC filings ↗ · spender name matches filer name (name-only match) ⚑	Independent expenditure / Super PAC	$152,305	$152,305	$0	Outside NE FEC committee address: VA	Bacon, Donald (US House NE-02) (support) ($152,305)
18	SWAIN CONSTRUCTION INC. NADC filings ↗ · contributor name matches NADC filer name (name-only match) ⚑	Business	$151,000	$151,000	$0	Nebraska 100% of dated amounts list a Nebraska address	AIMEE MELTON ($40,000); JEAN STOTHERT ($31,500); JOHN PETER RICKETTS ($22,500); PETE FESTERSEN ($10,000) +7 more
19	NE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE &AMP;AMP; INDUSTRY PAC NADC filings ↗ · contributor name matches NADC filer name (name-only match) ⚑ Chain hops Money passed to other organizations that then spent in Nebraska (counted once, at the end of the chain): → NE DEMOCRATIC PARTY: $300 (0.1% of its $370,834 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: CHRIS BEUTLER ($10,000); LARRY SCHERER ($4,481); LANCASTER COUNTY DEMOCRATS ($3,270); SARPY COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY ($2,000) → LANCASTER COUNTY DEMOCRATS: $3,270 (3.7% of its $88,761 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: NE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ($23,237); JONATHAN COOK ($2,500); CHRIS BEUTLER ($650); KATIE MCLEESE STEPHENSON ($500) → SARPY COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY: $2,000 (4.5% of its $44,280 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: CAROL BLOOD ($2,000); DOUGLAS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY ($500) → DOUGLAS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY: $500 (0.8% of its $61,415 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: NE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ($7,922); NE REPUBLICAN PARTY ($800) → NE DEMOCRATIC WOMENS CAUCUS: $320 (15.0% of its $2,130 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: MEGAN MIKOLAJCZYK ($350); JANE RAYBOULD ($350); ANNIE MUMGAARD ($350); SARPY COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY ($260) → SARPY COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY: $260 (0.6% of its $44,280 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: CAROL BLOOD ($2,000); DOUGLAS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY ($500)	PAC	$138,401	$138,701	$300	Nebraska 100% of dated amounts list a Nebraska address	SUZANNE GEIST ($14,500); GREGORY NEUHAUS ($12,000); TOMMY GARRETT ($10,871); MICHAEL HILGERS ($10,500) +51 more
20	GEORGIA FEDERAL ELECTIONS COMMITTEE Democratic FEC filings ↗ · FEC committee ID · party: FEC committee party affiliation	Party committee	$128,900	$128,900	$0	Outside NE FEC committee address: GA	NEBRASKA DEMOCRATIC PARTY ($128,900)
21	VOTE YES FOR WESTSIDE KIDS COMMITTEE (DISSOLVED) NADC filings ↗ · NADC filer ID	Ballot question committee	$117,504	$117,504	$0	Unknown no state in filings	(Ballot measure campaign spending) ($117,504)
22	COMMITTEE TO GET THE JOB DONE NADC filings ↗ · NADC filer ID	Ballot question committee	$110,472	$110,472	$0	Unknown no state in filings	(Ballot measure campaign spending) ($110,472)
23	CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUND FEC filings ↗ · spender name matches filer name (name-only match) ⚑	PAC	$103,616	$103,616	$0	Outside NE FEC committee address: DC	Ashford, Brad (US House NE-02) (oppose) ($103,616)
24	COOK no filer record · name only ⚑ Chain hops Money passed to other organizations that then spent in Nebraska (counted once, at the end of the chain): → RETAIN A JUST NEBRASKA: $500 (0.0% of its $2,201,546 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: (Ballot measure campaign spending) ($2,165,427); NEBRASKANS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY ($18,544); CATHOLIC MOBILIZING NETWORK NEBRASKA ($4,143) → NEBRASKANS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY: $18,544 (2.2% of its $831,570 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: (Ballot measure campaign spending) ($804,238) → CATHOLIC MOBILIZING NETWORK NEBRASKA: $4,143 (12.5% of its $33,143 filed receipts) · NADC itemized receipt ↗ its top recipients: (Ballot measure campaign spending) ($19,565); RETAIN A JUST NEBRASKA ($5,000)	Business / nonprofit	$103,322	$103,822	$500	Nebraska 100% of dated amounts list a Nebraska address	JONATHAN COOK ($79,122); MICHAEL COOK ($23,700); JOHN PETER RICKETTS ($500); RETAIN A JUST NEBRASKA ($500)
25	AMERICAN WIND ACTION no filer record · name only ⚑	Business / nonprofit	$100,000	$100,000	$0	Outside NE 0% of dated amounts list a Nebraska address	RICHARD YODER ($100,000)

⚑ name-only match: the contributor name on a filing matches a registered filer's name, but no ID links them; such matches are flagged and never used to merge differently named organizations. Direct counts only what an organization itself gave to candidates and non-ranked committees or spent on independent expenditures / ballot campaigns; money it gave to another ranked organization is counted at that organization instead. Via pass-through credits an intermediary's spending to its documented organizational funders in proportion to their share of its filed receipts. See methodology.