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U.S. House, District 1: who gets your vote?

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Candidate
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Chris Backemeyer

Running for U.S. House · Nebraska District 1

NationalDemocrat

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Mike Flood

Mike Flood

U.S. House · Nebraska District 1

NationalRepublican

Chris BackemeyerCandidateMike FloodCurrent rep

Job fit

Chris Backemeyer

Other work

  • his service on the White House National Security Council 1
  • He answered that call at the U.S. State Department, taking on tough assignments under both Democratic and Republican administrations — tackling counterterrorism, economic policy, and the challenges of the Middle East. 1

Education

  • A graduate of Lincoln East High School 1

Mike Flood

Other work

  • attorney; 2
  • In 1999, he founded Flood Communications 3

Education

  • J.D., University of Nebraska College of Law, Lincoln, Nebr., 2001; 2

Top issues

Ranked by what Americans say matters most (Pew, 2026)

Chris Backemeyer

  • Health care costs
    Backemeyer's platform calls for a true public option to guarantee universal coverage, extending ACA premium tax credits, restoring Medicaid funding, protecting rural hospitals, and taking on Big Pharma to lower drug prices. 4
  • Cost of living & jobs
    Backemeyer's rural platform calls for breaking up agribusiness monopolies that squeeze family farms, passing a long-term bipartisan Farm Bill, and expanding rural broadband so communities can grow. 5
  • Immigration
    Backemeyer would claw back nearly $75 billion in excess ICE funding, pass comprehensive immigration reform creating a genuine pathway to citizenship, and refocus DHS on its core immigration-enforcement mission. 6

No public stance found on: Guns, Crime & safety

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Mike Flood

No stated positions on file yet.

How they voted on top issues

Chris Backemeyer

Nothing found for this candidate yet.

Mike Flood

  • Clean water and pipes that work → Federal money for water and stricter standards (9 of 9 votes) 7
  • A home you can afford → Government helping with housing costs (6 of 6 votes) 7
  • Elections that are easy to vote in and hard to cheat → Tighter voting rules (4 of 4 votes) 7

Who pays them

Chris Backemeyer

Where the campaign money came from8

small donorslarge donorspolitical allies (same party)labor unionsother politicians
small donors$98Klarge donors$364Kpolitical allies(same party)$14Klabor unions$9Kotherpoliticians$2K$492K raised
$98,4578Small individual donors
$364,4568Large individual donors

Mike Flood

Where the campaign money came from9

small donorslarge donorscompaniesindustry associationsmembership organizationsOther kinds of donors
small donors$36Klarge donors$1.0Mcompanies$571Kindustryassociations$317Kmembershiporganizations$97KOther kinds ofdonors$132K$2.2M raised
$36,0659Small individual donors
$1,041,5539Large individual donors

Checks

Chris Backemeyer

No voting record to check yet

Mike Flood

Checks run: missed votes

Nothing raised by these checks.

Not checked yet: stock trades

Based on current data. May change in a future update.

Sources

  1. Meet Chris - Chris Backemeyer · checked 2026-10-16 used in: Experience
  2. FLOOD, Mike | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives · checked 2026-10-16 used in: Experience
  3. Meet Mike | Congressman Mike Flood · checked 2026-10-16 used in: Experience
  4. backnebraska.com used in: Top issues
  5. backnebraska.com used in: Top issues
  6. backnebraska.com used in: Top issues
  7. Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04 used in: How they voted on top issues
  8. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  9. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
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Mike Flood
Candidate A

Mike Flood

RepublicanShown above

🚩 $2.2M raised, 47% from large donors, 51% from organized interests. Group coverage unverified: filing cutoffs and receipt scope have not been reconciled. Named amounts are not a complete split of the filed PAC total.
Filed PAC total: $1,127,179.44 (51% of $2,207,047.51 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $1,116,256.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

Their votes pushed for: more oil, gas and coal, fewer climate rules, a tighter border and stricter enforcement, government paying more of the bill.

Sources

1 Background: FLOOD, Mike | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives · checked 2026-10-16

2 Background: Meet Mike | Congressman Mike Flood · checked 2026-10-16

3 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

4 Roll calls: Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04

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Candidate B

Dan Hartong

America First

No verified background on file for this candidate.

We don't have campaign money records for this race yet.

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Candidate C

Chris Backemeyer

DemocratShown above

🚩 No federal record yet. Campaign money: $492K raised, 74% from large donors, 5% from organized interests. Group coverage unverified: filing cutoffs and receipt scope have not been reconciled. Named amounts are not a complete split of the filed PAC total.
Filed PAC total: $25,000.00 (5% of $492,233.07 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $25,000.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

Says they are for: government paying more of the bill, government spending and worker protections, more legal ways in, and protection for people already here.

Sources

1 Background: Meet Chris - Chris Backemeyer · checked 2026-10-16

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

3 government paying more of the bill: Candidate statement

4 government spending and worker protections: Candidate statement

5 more legal ways in, and protection for people already here: Candidate statement

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Candidate D

Nik Sandman

Libertarian

We don't have campaign money records for this race yet.

Sources

1 Background: KNNA 95.7FM: The Cross — About Us · checked 2026-10-29

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