# George Dungan

George Dungan is a nonpartisan member of the Nebraska Legislature for district 26.

- Party: Nonpartisan
- Seat: Nebraska Legislature, district 26
- Serving since: 2023-01-04
- Current term: NE 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/14507b1b-007f-4f87-adbb-a5e4669efba8

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/14507b1b-007f-4f87-adbb-a5e4669efba8 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Dungan missed 16% of 1,770 roll calls, attendance in the bottom tenth of the Nebraska Legislature (nonpartisan) (average 95.5%).

## What Dungan says (NE 2025–26 session)

77 classified statements: 77 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the Nonpartisan state legislators average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Dungan | Nonpartisan state legislators average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 1.1% | 5 of 6 |
| Policy criticism | 16.9% | 16.3% | 3 of 6 |
| Policy discussion | 62.3% | 40.7% | 1 of 6 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.9% | 3.2% | 3 of 6 |
| Credit claiming | 40.3% | 16.6% | 1 of 6 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.4% | 5 of 6 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 34% (Nonpartisan state legislators 36%); Education 26% (Nonpartisan state legislators 17%); Armed Forces and National Security 17% (Nonpartisan state legislators 4.5%); Economics and Public Finance 17% (Nonpartisan state legislators 16%); Labor and Employment 15% (Nonpartisan state legislators 12%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.60 (standard error 0.03), from 85 donors and 433 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 9.2% of Nonpartisan state legislators score lower.

## Votes (NE 2025–26 session)

1,770 roll calls. Attendance 84% (Nebraska Legislature (nonpartisan) 95.5%).

Key votes:

- 2026-04-17 · voted yea · Fredrickson MO586 failed · LB 929 Provide for managed care organizations to pay the deductible, cost sharing, or similar charges on behalf of medicaid enrollees · fail · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB929/
- 2026-04-17 · voted yea · Cavanaugh, J. MO585 failed · LB 1256 Redefine a term under the Emergency Management Act · fail · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1256/
- 2026-04-10 · voted yea · Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 49-0-0 · LB 820A Appropriation Bill · pass · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB820A/
- 2026-04-10 · voted yea · Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 48-1*-0 · LB 912A Appropriation Bill · pass · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB912A/
- 2026-04-10 · voted yea · Passed on Final Reading 47-2*-0 · LB 955 Provide for practice agreements between pharmacists and physician assistants · pass · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB955/
- 2026-04-10 · voted yea · Passed on Final Reading 43-6*-0 · LB 1261A Appropriation Bill · pass · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1261A/
- 2026-04-10 · voted yea · Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 49-0-0 · LB 820 Change retirement provisions relating to approved identification documents, participation in certain retirement systems, state contributions, ex… · pass · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB820/
- 2026-04-10 · voted nay · Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 38-11-0 · LB 935 Provide for court fees; change provisions relating to incentives for rural legal practice, protection orders, hearsay, sentencing, support order liens,… · pass · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB935/
- 2026-04-10 · voted nay · Passed on Final Reading 41-8*-0 · LB 889 Change a penalty and provisions regulating licensure and registration under the State Electrical Act · pass · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB889/
- 2026-04-10 · voted yea · Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 49-0-0 · LB 905 Change and eliminate provisions relating to boards, commissions, committees, task forces, and funds that terminate · pass · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB905/

## Legislation (NE 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 47 bills: 47 reached committee, 11 passed one chamber, 11 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 13. 23.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Nebraska Legislature (nonpartisan) 36.9%; rank 36 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- LR 456: Interim study to examine the implementation of recreational cannabis in Nebraska (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR456/
- LR 392: Congratulate the St. Leger Cowley Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution on the recent celebration of one hundred and fifteen… (passed both chambers, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR392/
- LR 391: Interim study to examine the issue of diaper access for Nebraska families (in committee, 2026-07-21) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR391/
- LB 1158: Change provisions relating to certain motor carriers (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1158/
- LB 1136: Require political subdivisions to identify authorized recipients of tort claims filed under the Political Subdivisions Tort Claims Act (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1136/
- LB 1078: Adopt the Fair Online Pricing Act (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1078/
- LB 1034: Prohibit school staff from allowing federal immigration enforcement officers to access schools without a judicial warrant (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1034/
- LB 1039: Prohibit school resource officers and security guards from using corporal punishment (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1039/
- LB 1036: Change Nebraska Evidence Rules to provide for consideration of evidence of other crimes, wrongs, or acts as prescribed (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1036/
- LB 1011: Change provisions relating to compensation for temporary disability under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1011/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $194.6K (Nonpartisan state legislators median $10.9K). 81% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-05-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/George4NE/status/2051281587090637197
- 2025-12-24 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/George4NE/status/2003668788936655322
- 2025-11-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/George4NE/status/1987309538328863067
- 2025-11-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/George4NE/status/1985386945430589527
- 2025-09-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/George4NE/status/1967103462031995345
- 2025-09-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/George4NE/status/1965979568625561745
- 2025-09-02 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/George4NE/status/1962913207053422818
- 2025-08-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/George4NE/status/1957985368164147664
- 2025-07-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/George4NE/status/1945146708674900006
- 2025-06-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/George4NE/status/1934639177099858392

## Links

- Official site: https://nebraskalegislature.gov/senators/landing-pages/index.php?District=26
- Campaign site: https://georgefornebraska.com/
- X: https://x.com/George4NE
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/George4Ne/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/george4ne/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/14507b1b-007f-4f87-adbb-a5e4669efba8