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Debra Leanne MS Axtell Schultz is running as a Republican in Nebraska’s 2026 U.S. Senate election. The contested general election is scheduled for Nov. 3, 2026, and the field includes 11 candidates.
Pete Ricketts is identified as the incumbent. The other candidates carry Republican, Democrat, Independent, Other, VET or DE labels.
Debra Leanne MS Axtell Schultz
Schultz is listed as a Republican candidate. No biography is on file, leaving the candidate’s education, employment history, public service and other background details unspecified.
Schultz also has no documented policy positions on file. That means there is no official position to report on taxes, agriculture, health care, immigration, national defense or other issues handled by the U.S. Senate.
Figures for Schultz’s funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
Candidates in the race
Each candidate currently has no biography, documented policy positions or campaign-finance figures on file.
- Owen Nicholas Carlson is listed with the VET label. Figures for funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
- Pete Ricketts is listed as a Republican and the incumbent. Figures for funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
- Benjamin E. Sasse is listed as a Republican. Figures for funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
- Debra Leanne MS Axtell Schultz is listed as a Republican. Figures for funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
- Mac Stevens is listed as a Republican. Figures for funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
- Cindy Burbank is listed with the DE label. Figures for funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
- Edward Mr. Dunn is listed as a Republican. Figures for funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
- William Forbes is listed as a Democrat. Figures for funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
- Mike Marvin is listed as Other. Figures for funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
- Dan Osborn is listed as an Independent. Figures for funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
- Gavin Solomon is listed as a Republican. Figures for funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
What the official records establish
The candidate labels identify how each person is listed in the race. A party or other label does not, by itself, establish a candidate’s view on a specific issue.
None of the 11 candidates has a documented policy position on file. There are also no biographies or figures for funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand on file for any candidate. Pete Ricketts’ incumbent designation is the only officeholding detail listed in the field.
Election date and next steps
Nebraska’s U.S. Senate general election is set for Nov. 3, 2026. Because the race is contested, voters will have multiple candidates to consider.
Before Election Day, voters can watch for changes to the candidate field, campaign-finance filings, candidate biographies and issue statements. Those developments would provide additional ways to compare the candidates beyond their names, labels and incumbent status.
