Chris Backemeyer
- Democratic · On the Nov 3 ballot for US House, Nebraska District 1
- Raised
- $1.2M
- Cash on hand
- $355K
Now
US House, Nebraska District 1
- Newest poll
- Flood 46, Backemeyer 45 · Public Policy Polling, Oct 20, 2026 · Polls updated Oct 31, 9:30 a.m. ET, from VoteHub
Career
On the 2026 ballot for US House NE-01, status certified.
Money
FEC, through Oct 14, 2026Spent $799K · Debts owed $100K
Where the money came from
- Individuals$972K
- PACs and other committees$77K
- Party committees$0
- Candidate’s own money$5K
- Loans from the candidate$100K
As the campaign reported to the FEC through Oct 14, 2026. Bars compare these lines. Some money has no line here, so they may not add up to the total raised. Source: FEC candidate summary.
Committees giving to this campaign
12 committees reported giving $40K.
- Way Back PACPAC$10,000
- American Federation of Govt. Empl. PACPAC$7,500
- UA Union Plumbers & Pipefitters Vote! PAC (United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada)PAC$5,000
- Midwest Region Laborers' Political LeaguePAC$5,000
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen PAC FundPAC$2,500
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- Defeat ExtremistsPAC$2,000
- Rebuild America PACPAC$2,000
- Communications Workers of America - Cope Political Contributions CommitteePAC$1,500
- NEA Fund for Children and Public EducationPAC$1,000
- In Our HandsLeadership PAC$1,000
- Silicorn Valley PACLeadership PAC$1,000
- A Pleasant Peninsula PACLeadership PAC$1,000
Refunds the committees reported are taken out. Independent spending isn’t included. These figures come from the committees’ own reports, so they can differ from the campaign’s lines above, sometimes by a lot. Source: FEC committee-to-candidate file, dated Oct 25, 2026.
Reports through Oct 14, 2026. Matched to the FEC by name, party and seat, so it could be the wrong person.
How these are counted
Later filings are not in yet. Totals for the 2025 to 2026 cycle. Raised $1,154,613. Cash on hand $355,166. Spent $799,447. Debts owed $100,000. Individuals $971,501. PACs and other committees $77,000. Party committees $0. Candidate’s own money $5,195. Loans from the candidate $100,000. Other loans $0. Transfers from the candidate’s other committees $0. Main committee: Backemeyer for Nebraska. No individual donor names are shown.
More about Chris Backemeyer
Official pages (1 link)
Sources (5 sources)
Ballot listing, sos.nebraska.gov
Name, party, office and status. Retrieved Sep 11, 2026.
Federal 2026 candidates: money totals (web/data/people/money) and the MN federal filing list. Bulk files, no API and no key. Retrieved Oct 31, 2026. License: US government work, public domain. Totals and committee names only; no donor names or addresses are stored.
FEC bulk data 2025-2026: contributions from committees to candidates (pas226)
Federal 2026 candidates: committees giving to each candidate (web/data/people/money-types). Bulk file, no API and no key. Retrieved Oct 31, 2026. License: US government work, public domain. Committee totals only; the individual contributions file is not used.
Election Wrld 2026 candidate files (state election office lists)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: state public records; see each row's sourceUrl.
FEC candidate master file (cnYY.zip bulk download)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work, public domain.
Officials files, 2026 candidate files, returns files, DIME, FEC candidate master and congress-legislators terms, as of 2026-10-29. Nothing about jobs, retirement, or reasons is recorded or inferred.
Not available for Chris Backemeyer: an ideology score, a background, an age.
DataSources: FEC, Results filesData as of Oct 29, 2026Photo credits