Nebraska Legislature District 31

Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Kathleen Kauth Nonpartisan · Member list as of Oct 28

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: Kathleen Kauth (Nonpartisan) won by 8.2 points, 2024

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History (16 elections for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 19,728
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Older district map (2022 to 2024)

Nebraska Legislature District 31, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
NonpartisanKathleen KauthWon	Other	10,66454.1%	54.1%
NonpartisanMary Ann Folchert	Other	9,06445.9%	45.9%

Nebraska Legislature District 31, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
NonpartisanKathleen KauthWon	Other	8,07652.5%	52.5%
NonpartisanTim Royers	Other	7,30647.5%	47.5%

Nebraska Legislature District 31, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
NonpartisanRich PahlsWon	Other	10,72752.8%	52.8%
NonpartisanTim Royers	Other	9,60847.3%	47.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 18,747
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Nebraska Legislature District 31, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
NonpartisanRick KolowskiWon(incumbent)	Other	9,76252.1%	52.1%
NonpartisanIan M. Swanson	Other	8,98547.9%	47.9%

Nebraska Legislature District 31, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
NonpartisanRick KolowskiWon	Other	8,79051.9%	51.9%
NonpartisanAcela Turco	Other	8,15248.1%	48.1%

Nebraska Legislature District 31, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
NonpartisanRich PahlsWon(incumbent)	Other	13,343100.0%	100.0%

Nebraska Legislature District 31, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
NonpartisanRich PahlsWon	Other	7,65350.1%	50.1%
NonpartisanBen Thompson	Other	7,61149.9%	49.9%

Nebraska Legislature District 31, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
NonpartisanMark QuandahlWon	Other	12,724100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 16,174
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Nebraska Legislature District 31, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
NonpartisanKate WitekWon(incumbent)	Other	11,43270.7%	70.7%
NonpartisanMimi Heintzman	Other	4,74229.3%	29.3%

Nebraska Legislature District 31, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
NonpartisanKate WitekWon	Other	8,54852.3%	52.3%
NonpartisanKathy Huff	Other	7,80747.7%	47.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 17,635
Election day: November 8, 1988
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Nebraska Legislature District 31, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
NonpartisanJerry ChizekWon(incumbent)	Other	13,56476.9%	76.9%
NonpartisanDavid Michael Dulaney	Other	4,03122.9%	22.9%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	400.2%	0.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 15,902
Election day: November 6, 1984
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Nebraska Legislature District 31, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
NonpartisanJerry ChizekWon	Other	9,00056.6%	56.6%
NonpartisanChuck Sigerson	Other	6,88643.3%	43.3%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	160.1%	0.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 25,031
Election day: November 4, 1980
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Nebraska Legislature District 31, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
NonpartisanSteve WiitalaWon	Other	12,99051.9%	51.9%
NonpartisanRuss Sawyer	Other	12,00648.0%	48.0%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	350.1%	0.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 16,651
Election day: November 2, 1976
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Nebraska Legislature District 31, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
NonpartisanNeil SimonWon	Other	8,66052.0%	52.0%
NonpartisanJames A. Dickinson(incumbent)	Other	7,98748.0%	48.0%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	40.0%	0.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 10,220
Election day: November 7, 1972
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Nebraska Legislature District 31, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
NonpartisanJames A. DickinsonWon	Other	5,78356.6%	56.6%
NonpartisanDonald G. Lamp	Other	4,43643.4%	43.4%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	10.0%	0.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 10,540
Election day: November 5, 1968
District map: Older district map (1966 to 1971)

Nebraska Legislature District 31, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
NonpartisanWillard H. WaldoWon	Other	5,30750.4%	50.4%
NonpartisanTed Scherbarth	Other	5,23049.6%	49.6%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	30.0%	0.0%

2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
1968 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source

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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.

District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:ne/sldu:31

DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026