Buffalo County, Nebraska ballot, Nov 3, 2026

Contested races

Source: Buffalo County Election Office, 2026 General Election Candidates (local candidate list) (accessed Oct 19, 2026). Names are shown as listed by the source. Which district races you see depends on where you live; check yours at Nebraska VoterView (Secretary of State).

Office	Candidates
County offices
Register of Deeds	Jen Schleusener (R) vs. Brandy R. Sorensen (D)
County Surveyor	Trenton D. Snow (R) vs. Bryan A. Brown (R)
Schools, colleges & special districts
Elm Creek Public Schools (District 9) Board Vote for 3	Hannah J. Hild, Cole Brodine, Marvion Reichert Jr., Jennifer McDaniel
Kearney Public Schools (District 7) Board Vote for 3	Paul Hazard, Drew Blessing, Kyle McCartney, Marty Albrecht, Byron D. Hansen
Shelton Public Schools (District 19) Board Vote for 3	Dana D. Tompkin, Abby Carman, Sarah Rolfsmeyer, Patricia Wiehn, Sonja Warren
Sumner-Eddyville-Miller Schools (District 101) Board Vote for 3	Laura M. Robbins, Kirby D. Burden, Yantsy Claflin, Chase J. Freeman
City & town offices
Gibbon City Council, Ward I	Armando Hernandez Perez vs. Chase Middleswart
Kearney City Council Vote for 2	Randy Buschkoetter, Kristin Ohri, Robert F. Fitzgerald, Thomas Cross
Ravenna Mayor	Fred A. Matejka vs. Peggy Dethlefs
Ravenna City Council Vote for 2	Tonya Dale, Josh Bauer, Michael Bauer

Also on every Buffalo County ballot: U.S. Senate, Governor, the other statewide offices, your U.S. House district, your nonpartisan Legislature district, the University Board of Regents and State Board of Education districts, judicial retention and any statewide measures.

Copied as printed in the county's list, which shows two Republican candidates for Surveyor and lists some village board seats with fewer candidates than seats; check your sample ballot. Judicial retention, natural resources district and statewide races are not on this county list.

Party labels as printed by the county (R = Republican, D = Democrat). School, city, village, utility and natural resources district races and judicial retention are nonpartisan.

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Unopposed

One candidate per seat on the list (write-ins may still be possible).

County offices

County Commissioner, District 1: Ivan H. Klein (R)
County Commissioner, District 3: Timothy John Higgins (R)
County Commissioner, District 5: Mike Morgan (R)
County Commissioner, District 7: Myron Kouba (R)
County Assessor: Roy Meusch (R)
County Attorney: Shawn R. Eatherton (R)
County Clerk: Heather A. Christensen (R)
Clerk of the District Court: Cheryl S. Stabenow (R)
Public Defender: D. Brandon Brinegar (R)
Sheriff: Daniel J. Schleusener (R)
County Treasurer: Brenda R. Rohrich (R)

Schools, colleges & special districts

Amherst Public Schools (District 119) Board: Karen K. Harmoney, Casey Mitchell
Ansley Public Schools (District 44) Board: Danielle Ostrand, Christopher Varney
Centura Public Schools (District 100) Board: Mark Johnson, Todd M. Nitsch
Gibbon Public Schools (District 2) Board: Jodi Bendfeldt, Jon Ewoldt
Pleasanton Public Schools (District 105) Board: Justin Epley, Doug Geisler, Nathan Phillips
Ravenna Public Schools (District 69) Board: Ryan Osten

City & town offices

Gibbon City Council, Ward II: Kevin Kraenow
Elm Creek Village Board of Trustees: Tanner Tool
Miller Village Board of Trustees: Charles D. Day
Pleasanton Village Board of Trustees: Theodore Eichholz
Riverdale Village Board of Trustees: Aaron C. Cudaback

No candidate filed

Amherst Village Board of Trustees
Shelton Village Board of Trustees

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