Cherry County, Nebraska ballot, Nov 3, 2026

Contested races

Source: Ballotpedia, Cherry County, Nebraska, elections, 2026 (secondary source, not the official ballot) (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
Schools, colleges & special districts
Gordon-Rushville Public Schools, At-large Vote for 3	Carrie Child, Ronald J. Fisher, Kami Scott, Seth Tausan, Ward Wacker
Mullen Public Schools, At-large Vote for 3	Barb McIntosh, Casey Phillips, Jessica Polt, Liza Simonson, Patrick Wright
Middle Niobrara Natural Resource District Board At-large	Tonny W. Beck vs. Mark Monroe
Middle Niobrara Natural Resource District Board Subdistrict 2	Justin Hammond vs. Robert Shelbourn
Middle Niobrara Natural Resource District Board Subdistrict 4	Casey J. Foster vs. Stephanie Ladely
City & town offices
Village of Merriman Board of Trustees Vote for 2	Henry Brown, Hayley A. Nelson, Luke Storer, Terry Thayer, Theresa Vaile
Village of Nenzel Board of Trustees Vote for 3	Barry D. Lancaster, Timothy J. Nollette, Brent N. Nollette, Kimberly D. Schmit
Valentine City Council Vote for 2	Brad Arnold, Bradley Cardinal, Neil Wescott

Also on every Cherry 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.

Party labels are as listed by Ballotpedia (R = Republican, D = Democrat). Nebraska county offices are partisan; school, city, village, natural resources district and judicial retention races are nonpartisan. Party nominees were chosen in the May 12 primary; only races on the Nov 3 ballot are listed.

This list comes from Ballotpedia, a secondary source, not the official ballot, and Ballotpedia notes its local lists may be incomplete. Your exact ballot: Nebraska VoterView (Secretary of State).

Unopposed

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

County offices

Cherry County Assessor: Melissa J. Bancroft (R)
Cherry County Attorney: Eric A. Scott (R)
Cherry County Clerk: Samantha Leonard (R)
Cherry County Commissioner: Duane Kime (R), Mike McConaughey (R)
Cherry County Public Defender: Andrew C. Johnson (R)
Cherry County Sheriff: Erick Wickman (R)
Cherry County Surveyor: Timothy A. Hanson (R)
Cherry County Treasurer: Kathy Hammond (R)

Courts & justices of the peace

Cherry County Clerk of the District Court: Jessica Hanson (R)

Schools, colleges & special districts

Cody-Kilgore Public Schools, At-large: Maggie Cox, Shara Ford, Jason McNare
Hyannis Area Schools, At-large: Chris Cover, Justin Vinton
Thedford Public Schools, At-large: Spencer Burk, Alison Werner
Valentine Community Schools, At-large: Clinton L. Assarsson, Jessica Dawson-Coyle, Gregory Gass
Middle Niobrara Natural Resource District Board Subdistrict 6: Martin Graff
Educational Service Unit 13 District 1: Mandy Plog
Educational Service Unit 13 District 3: Caroline B. Winchester
Educational Service Unit 13 District 9: Carolyn Applegate
Educational Service Unit 13 District 11: Eric Packer
Educational Service Unit 16 District 1: Julie Boettcher
Educational Service Unit 16 District 3: William Mackley Jr.
Educational Service Unit 16 District 5: Cheryl Bales
Educational Service Unit 16 District 7: Sherry Polk
Educational Service Unit 16 District 9: Judy Seger
Educational Service Unit 16 District 11: Vicki Spahn
Educational Service Unit 17 District 1: Donald Connell
Educational Service Unit 17 District 3: Connie Lentz
Educational Service Unit 17 District 5: Diane M. Linster
Educational Service Unit 17 District 7: Mark Ormesher
Upper Loup Natural Resource District Board At-large: Patrick Wright
Upper Loup Natural Resource District Board Subdistrict 4: Max Fay
Upper Loup Natural Resources District Board of Directors Subdistrict 1: David Vinton
Upper Loup Natural Resources District Board of Directors Subdistrict 2: John Kraye
Upper Loup Natural Resources District Board of Directors Subdistrict 3: Christopher M. Higgins

City & town offices

Village of Kilgore Trustee Board At-large: Wesley Hill
Village of Wood Lake Board of Trustees: Ken Colburn, Sydney B. Dexter

Judges on the retention ballot

Yes or no on keeping each judge in office.

Nebraska 8th Judicial District County Court

Kale B. Burdick

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