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2026 candidates we're tracking in NE-3
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Adrian Smith
R
Incumbent
Adrian Smith represents Nebraska's 3rd Congressional District in the U.S. House. Before Congress he worked as an educator and real estate agent and served on his hometown city council, per his congressional office. He represented District 48 in the Nebraska Legislature for eight years and now chairs the House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
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Becky Kelly Stille
D
Becky Kelly Stille is the Democratic nominee for Nebraska's 3rd Congressional District. She earned a degree in accounting and spent 20 years in the agricultural industry, working as an accounting clerk, lab technician, quality manager and production supervisor, per her campaign site.
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David J. Else
Legal Marijuan
David J. Else is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Nebraska's 3rd Congressional District as the Legal Marijuana NOW nominee, per the Nebraska Secretary of State's Final Statewide General Candidate List, certified September 11, 2026. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
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Macey Budke
Nebraska Worki
Macey Budke is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Nebraska's 3rd Congressional District as the Nebraska Working People nominee, per the Nebraska Secretary of State's Final Statewide General Candidate List, certified September 11, 2026. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
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Mark Cohen
I
Mark Cohen is an independent candidate for U.S. House in Nebraska's 3rd District. He is a former U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate who later practiced law in Omaha during the farm crisis, taught legal writing at the University of Arkansas School of Law, and holds a law degree from the University of Colorado and a master's degree in agricultural and food law, per his campaign site. He is also a karate instructor in Ogallala, Nebraska.
About this race
Nebraska's 3rd Congressional District elects one member of the U.S. House of Representatives to a two-year term. Every House seat in the country is on the ballot in 2026. The Nebraska primary is Tuesday, May 12, 2026, and the general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.