David Else (Nebraska)

David J. Else (Legal Marijuana Now Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Nebraska's 3rd Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the Legal Marijuana Now Party primary scheduled on May 12, 2026.^[source]

Elections

2026

General election

The primary will occur on May 12, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

General election for U.S. House Nebraska District 3

Macey Budke (Independent) and Mark Cohen (Nonpartisan) are running in the general election for U.S. House Nebraska District 3 on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Macey Budke (Independent)
		Mark Cohen (Nonpartisan)

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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 3

Becky Lynn Stille (D) is running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 3 on May 12, 2026.

		Candidate
	Submit photo	Becky Lynn Stille

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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 3

Incumbent Adrian Smith (R) and David Huebner (R) are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 3 on May 12, 2026.

		Candidate
		Adrian Smith
		David Huebner

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Legal Marijuana Now Party primary

Legal Marijuana Now primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 3

David J. Else (Legal Marijuana Now Party) is running in the Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 3 on May 12, 2026.

		Candidate
		David J. Else

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2024

Nebraska's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (May 14 Republican primary)

Nebraska's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (May 14 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Nebraska District 3

Incumbent Adrian Smith defeated Daniel Ebers in the general election for U.S. House Nebraska District 3 on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Adrian Smith (R)	80.4	243,481
	Daniel Ebers (D)	19.6	59,287

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 302,768
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 3

Daniel Ebers defeated David J. Else in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 3 on May 14, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Daniel Ebers	52.9	7,841
	David J. Else	47.1	6,982

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 14,823
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 3

Incumbent Adrian Smith defeated John Walz and Robert McCuiston in the Republican primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 3 on May 14, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Adrian Smith	74.2	68,056
	John Walz	18.6	17,060
	Robert McCuiston	7.3	6,654

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 91,770
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Endorsements

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2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Nebraska District 3

Incumbent Adrian Smith defeated David J. Else and Mark Elworth Jr. in the general election for U.S. House Nebraska District 3 on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Adrian Smith (R)	78.3	172,700
	David J. Else (D)	15.8	34,836
	Mark Elworth Jr. (Legal Marijuana Now Party)	5.9	13,016

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 220,552
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 3

David J. Else defeated Daniel Wik in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 3 on May 10, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	David J. Else	52.2	8,701
	Daniel Wik	47.8	7,968

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 16,669
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 3

Incumbent Adrian Smith defeated Mike Calhoun in the Republican primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 3 on May 10, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Adrian Smith	76.0	89,453
	Submit photo	Mike Calhoun	24.0	28,243

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 117,696
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Legal Marijuana Now Party primary election

Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 3

Mark Elworth Jr. advanced from the Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 3 on May 10, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Elworth Jr.	100.0	89

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 89
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2020

Nebraska's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020 (May 12 Republican primary)

Nebraska's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020 (May 12 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Nebraska District 3

Incumbent Adrian Smith defeated Mark Elworth Jr. and Dustin Hobbs in the general election for U.S. House Nebraska District 3 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Adrian Smith (R)	78.5	225,157
		Mark Elworth Jr. (D)	17.7	50,690
	Submit photo	Dustin Hobbs (L)	3.8	10,923

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 286,770
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 3

Mark Elworth Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 3 on May 12, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Elworth Jr.	100.0	26,776

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 26,776
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

David J. Else (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 3

Incumbent Adrian Smith defeated Arron Kowalski, Justin Moran, William Elfgren, and Larry Bolinger in the Republican primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 3 on May 12, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Adrian Smith	82.6	96,260
	Submit photo	Arron Kowalski	5.5	6,424
		Justin Moran	5.5	6,374
		William Elfgren	3.5	4,063
		Larry Bolinger	2.9	3,389

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 116,510
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 3

Dustin Hobbs advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 3 on May 12, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Dustin Hobbs	100.0	561

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 561
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Campaign themes

2026

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2024

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2022

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Campaign website

Else's campaign website stated the following:

“

The Dave Else Guarantee

I WILL fight against endless spending on war and foreign countries!

I WILL fight for free healthcare for all!

I WILL push for continued strong ag and not on government Subsidies! (better to sell your crops than store them)

I WILL fight for an economy that encourages all Americans who are able to work! (RAISE MINIMIUM WAGE)^[1]

”

—David Else's campaign website (2022)^[2]

2020

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Campaign finance summary

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David J. Else campaign contribution history
Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024	U.S. House Nebraska District 3	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
2022	U.S. House Nebraska District 3	Lost general	$0	N/A**
2020	U.S. House Nebraska District 3	Withdrew primary	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$0	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets, Federal Election Commission *This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
↑ David Else For Congress, “About,” accessed April 11, 2022

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Nebraska's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Deb Fischer (R)

Pete Ricketts (R)

Representatives

District 1

Mike Flood (R)

District 2

Don Bacon (R)

District 3

Adrian Smith (R)

Republican Party (5)

[quotedisclaimer-1] Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

[2] David Else For Congress, “About,” accessed April 11, 2022

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David Else (Nebraska)

Elections

2026

General election

General election for U.S. House Nebraska District 3

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 3

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 3

Legal Marijuana Now Party primary

Legal Marijuana Now primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 3

Endorsements

2024

General election

General election for U.S. House Nebraska District 3

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 3

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 3

Endorsements

2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Nebraska District 3

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 3

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 3

Legal Marijuana Now Party primary election

Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 3

2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Nebraska District 3

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 3

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 3

Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 3

Campaign themes

2026

Ballotpedia survey responses

2024

2022

Campaign website

2020

Campaign finance summary

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