State executive candidate update
Topic: Nebraska filing deadline
From Ballotpedia - Reading time: 4 min
March 4, 2014
Lincoln, Nebraska: Six state executive positions are up for election in 2014 in the state of Nebraska. A total of 27 candidates have filed.
On March 3, the filing period for candidates came to a close. The first filing deadline, February 18, was the deadline for incumbent candidates to file. The primary election is scheduled for May 13, 2014. A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. In Nebraska, participation rules for primaries vary by the office up for election. State legislative primaries use a nonpartisan top-two primary system in which any voter can participate. Congressional primaries are partisan, but any voter may vote in the congressional primary of their choice. For all other statewide offices, a state party can determine if it will allow unaffiliated voters to vote their primary ballot.[1]
As of October 2025, the Democratic Party held a semi-closed primary in which registered party members and unaffiliated voters could participate, and the Republican Party held a closed primary in which only registered party members could participate.[2][3]
Incumbent Governor of Nebraska Dave Heineman is prevented by term limits from seeking another term in office. Current Attorney General Jon Bruning and State Auditor Mike Foley are both running for governor this year. Only Secretary of State John Gale and Treasurer Don Stenberg are running for re-election to their posts.
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Governor
Note: Lavon Heidemann's name did not appear on the ballot after an appeal by Pete Ricketts to add running mate Mike Foley following Heidemann's withdrawal on September 9, 2014. State law required gubernatorial candidates to select their running mates by September 1, with no provision for removing selected candidates from the ballot. Ricketts selected State Auditor Mike Foley as a replacement for Heidemann, and the Nebraska Secretary of State approved an appeal to replace Heidemann with Foley on September 10, 2014.[4][5] General election
Withdrew from race
Lost in primary
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Attorney general Lost in primary |
Secretary of state
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Treasurer |
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Auditor |
Public Service Commission |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Nebraska Legislature, "Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32–912," accessed October 27, 2025
- ↑ Nebraska Secretary of State, "How nonpartisan voting works in Nebraska primary elections," accessed October 27, 2025
- ↑ Nebraska Democratic Party, "2026 Democratic Candidates," accessed October 27, 2025
- ↑ WOWT, "Update: Ricketts Names Mike Foley As New Running Mate," September 9, 2014
- ↑ Kearney Hub, "Secretary of State: Mike Foley's name to appear on ballot," September 10, 2014
- ↑ Journal Star, "Waiting for shoes to fall," accessed July 21, 2013
- ↑ Wichita Eagle, "Pete Ricketts joins GOP race for Nebraska governor," accessed September 8, 2013 (dead link)
- ↑ The Freemont Tribune, "Hasseback will enter 2014 governor's race," accessed June 3, 2013
- ↑ Nebraska Secretary of State, "2014 Filed Candidates," accessed February 19, 2014
- ↑ Journal Star, "Walton: Speaker Adams looks at governor race," accessed September 1, 2013
- ↑ Omaha World-Herald, "State Sen. Charlie Janssen to run for governor; Clare won't run," accessed February 18, 2013
- ↑ Nebraska Watchdog, "Janssen 'seriously considering' run for governor," accessed December 13, 2012
- ↑ Omaha World-Herald, "Mike Flood drops bid for governor; wife ill," accessed December 6, 2012
- ↑ Lincoln Journal Star, "Don Walton: Flood won't re-enter governor's race," accessed July 7, 2013
- ↑ Omaha World-Herald, "Sheehy's gubernatorial campaign shutting down," accessed February 5, 2013
- ↑ World Herald-Bureau, "Mike Flood launches bid for governor's office in 2014," accessed November 13, 2012
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 News & Observer, "Nebraska Treasurer Stenberg to seek re-election," accessed December 5, 2013 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "reelect2014" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Omaha, "Democrat Annette Dubas' bid for governor stirs excitement about the race in both parties," accessed August 9, 2013
- ↑ The Grand Island Independent, "Dubas drops out of Nebraska governor’s race," accessed November 26, 2013
- ↑ Fox 14 News, "State Sen. Carlson joins race for Neb. governor," accessed July 12, 2013 (dead link)
- ↑ Centre Daily Times, "Republican Beau McCoy to enter governor's race," accessed August 23, 2013
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Omaha World-Herald, "Potential candidates jockey for office vacated by Sheehy," accessed February 2, 2013
- ↑ Journal Star, "Sen. Beau McCoy enters GOP governor race," accessed August 23, 2013
- ↑ Omaha, "Nebraska AG Jon Bruning Confirms Interest in Gubernatorial Bid," accessed January 30, 2014
- ↑ NTV, "Bryan Slone Enters Nebraska Governor's Race," accessed December 17, 2013
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 26.4 26.5 Nebraska Secretary of State, "2014 Candidate Filings," accessed February 19, 2014 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "sos" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 27.4 27.5 27.6 27.7 Nebraska Secretary of State, "2014 Candidate Filings," accessed March 3, 2014 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "sos2" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Nebraska Secretary of State, "2014 Candidate Filing," accessed March 3, 2014
- ↑ Nebraska Watchdog, Lincoln senator McGill to run for state auditor, January 2, 2013
- ↑ Omaha, Anne Boyle to retire from Nebraska Public Service Commission, September 4, 2013
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