Macey Budke
Candidate for Nebraska 3rd Congressional District · Independent
On the 2026 ballotChallenger · Nebraska 3rd Congressional District · Nov 3 General
Ballot status source: Nebraska Secretary of State — Final Statewide General Candidate List, November 3, 2026 General Election (September 11, 2026): Representative in Congress District 03 — 'Macey Budke', Nebraska Working · read Sep 24, 2026
Running for Nebraska 3rd Congressional District, Nov 3 General. The race page has 4 other candidates, 2 certified results. See the race
Roles on File
Seats held and sought, elections and committees, newest first.
- RunningNebraska 3rd Congressional DistrictNov 3, 2026 · On the 2026 ballot
The District
What Nebraska 3rd Congressional District covers
Covers all of Cherry County, Custer County, Lincoln County, Sheridan County, Holt County, Sioux County, Garden County, Dawes County, Morrill County, Brown County, Cheyenne County, Knox County, Box Butte County, Keith County, Rock County and 61 more; parts of Nemaha County, Washington County, Dakota County and Polk County.
Includes Adams, Ainsworth, Albion, Alda, Alexandria, Allen, Alliance, Alma, Amherst, Anoka, Anselmo, Ansley and 441 more.
727 precincts · District lines: Congressional lines: U.S. Census Bureau (1:500,000 cartographic boundary, 119th Congress) · Precinct lines: Douglas County GIS (DCGIS), Precincts 2024 layer (dcgis.org Hosted/Precincts_2024); Sarpy County Election Commission, Voting Precincts (/FeatureServer/2, all 81 precincts last updated 2021-10-22) — official county layers; Census 2020 VTDs elsewhere in Nebraska; U.S. Census Bureau 2020 TIGER/Line VTDs where no official layer
Key Votes
The record
Current office: Practice manager in behavioral health (North Platte area) · votes/acts not compiled
Office per official source. Checked 2026-09-24.
Sep 24, 2026 · Self-published · Official source · source
Newest first. A close vote was decided by 5% of the votes cast or less (or 10 votes or fewer, under a fifth of the votes). Broke with party: voted against most of their party, where the record gives the party split.
Their Money
Campaign finance
- Last Change
- Profile updated · Sep 24
- Raised
- Not on file
- Cash on Hand
- Not on file
- Next Report Due
- Q3 Report · Oct 15
No totals on file from the reports listed below.
Finance Reports
Campaign committee registered; no periodic FEC report on file yet
Checked 2026-09-24: principal campaign committee C00938340 (candidate ID H6NE03206) has no periodic Form 3 report (quarterly or pre-/post-election) covering 2025–26 in the FEC electronic-filing list or the FEC image index, so no receipts, spending or cash on hand have been reported yet. A committee registered after June 30 files its first report with the October Quarterly (due Oct 15, 2026).
Sep 24, 2026 · Official · Federal Election Commission
Money shows as the filings named here report it. Payees are who the campaign paid; individual contributors are not shown.
In Their Words
What they have said, on the record
“I’m Macey Budke, an Independent candidate for Congress from North Platte. I grew up in rural Nebraska and now work in behavioral health management, helping rural communities access quality care. I hold master’s degrees in psychology and healthcare administration and have a record of solving practical problems. I’m running to bring commonsense leadership to Washington—focused on rural healthcare, schools, and agriculture—not partisan divides.”
In the News
Press coverage
- Macey Budke · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection surveyJan 1, 2026 · Ballotpedia · Ballotpedia
Headlines link to the original reporting, captured on the date shown.
Reach Them
Websites and accounts
Campaign website: https://budkeforcongress.com/
Source: budkeforcongress.com (candidate campaign site)
Sep 24, 2026 · Self-published · Campaign website · source
The Paper Trail
Filings, results and exhibits
On the ballot: U.S. House, Nebraska 3rd District · November 3, 2026 general election
Listed as "Macey Budke" (Nebraska Working People) on the NE official election authority certified candidate list for the 2026 General Election (as of read 2026-09-24). Checked 2026-09-24.
Sep 24, 2026 · Official · NE official election authority · sourceU.S. Representative · NE-03
Independent · Candidate · On the 2026 ballot
Sep 19, 2026 · Official · fec-cn26
Not on file for Macey yet: Advertising. Coverage varies by state and office.
File read Sep 25, 2026. Each item names its source. Record ID p_e6pj5cqrr.
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