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Nebraska · U.S. House · District 01 · 2026

Nebraska District 01 House race

General election in 51 days · Nov 3, 2026
The read · Nebraska District 01 House race

Mike Flood has raised more than 4 times the next candidate.

Candidates in the Nebraska District 01 House race, 2026 report raising $3M between them. Mike Flood reports $2.2M and Christopher Backemeyer reports $592,233, a gap of $1.6M. Of what Mike Flood reports, 49% came from individuals and 51% from PACs.

Public campaign-finance filings, 2026 cycle. Candidate rows are filers on record, not final ballot lists. Totals are rounded to whole dollars.

Every candidate on file

Ranked by money raised. Each row shows the campaign money mix and a plain-English read.

Mike Flood

Mike Flood

RIncumbent
R · incumbent

Incumbent leans on PAC money. 51% from PACs and 49% from individuals.

49% individuals51% PACs0% other
$2.2M
raised
CB

Christopher Backemeyer

D
D · challenger

78% from individuals, 4% from PACs, and 18% from other sources.

78% individuals4% PACs18% other
$592K
raised
AA

Austin Ahlman

I
I · challenger

84% from individuals, 0% from PACs, and 16% from other sources.

84% individuals0% PACs16% other
$100K
raised
EM

Eric Moyer

D
D · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 97% from individuals and 0% from PACs.

97% individuals0% PACs3% other
$67K
raised

Where the money came from

$0 in itemized outside money is on file for this cycle. Candidate fundraising is shown separately below.

Banking & Financial$40K
Insurance$40K
Small donors & unclassified$20K
Transportation$20K
Real Estate & Construction$10K
Sports, Media & Entertainment$10K

Biggest itemized outside spenders

  • ALLY FINANCIAL INC. ADVOCACY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · pac$10K
  • AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. · pac$10K
  • AMERICAN LAND TITLE ASSOCIATION TITLE INDUSTRY PAC (TIPAC) · pac$10K
  • AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURING AMERICA PAC) · pac$10K
  • COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FINANCE COUNCIL PAC · pac$10K
  • MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MORPAC) · pac$10K
  • NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · pac$10K
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC) · pac$10K

PACs vs the people

This split is from the candidates' own reported fundraising.

39%57%
39% PACs57% individuals4% other

The incumbent's record

Mike Flood is the linked incumbent for this race.

Net worth (2024)
$8.0M
$3.3M+. up $1.5M since 2022.
Stock trades
None on file
No disclosed individual stock transactions.
Committees
1
Current full committee seats on file.

Where they sit

  • House Committee on Financial Services

Who funds them

This is the incumbent's own funding by donor sector for the cycle.

Banking & Financial$40K
Insurance$40K
Small donors & unclassified$20K
Transportation$20K
Real Estate & Construction$10K
Sports, Media & Entertainment$10K
Full profile: net worth, donors, trades, and votes ->

The tale of the tape

Money, side by side. Green marks the leader on each line.

Mike Flood
R · incumbent
Mike Flood
vs
CB
Christopher Backemeyer
D · challenger
$2.2M
Raised
$592K
$1.6M
Cash on hand
$291K
51%
From PACs
4%
49%
From individuals
78%
Banking & Financial
Top donor sector
Too few to rank
Yes
Incumbent
No