# Tom Brandt

Tom Brandt is a nonpartisan member of the Nebraska Legislature for district 32.

- Party: Nonpartisan
- Seat: Nebraska Legislature, district 32
- Serving since: 2019-01-09
- Current term: NE 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/37ed5b35-3aea-40a2-95ed-ecc5120fbe82

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/37ed5b35-3aea-40a2-95ed-ecc5120fbe82 (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

78% of Brandt’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Nebraska, in the bottom quarter of Nonpartisan state legislators.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.01 (standard error 0.01), from 56 donors and 1,058 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 34% of Nonpartisan state legislators score lower.

## Votes (NE 2025–26 session)

1,770 roll calls. Attendance 99.0% (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 yea · 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 yea · 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, 18 passed one chamber, 18 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 9. 38.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Nebraska Legislature (nonpartisan) 36.9%; rank 19 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- LB 815A: Appropriation Bill (became law, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB815A/
- LR 471: Interim study to examine issues related to the production of natural gas (in committee, 2026-08-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR471/
- LB 759A: Appropriation Bill (passed both chambers, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB759A/
- LR 352: Thank Erwin H. Schopp for his service to the United States (passed both chambers, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR352/
- LB 1218: Change provisions of the County Bridge Match Program and provide for a transfer of funds from the Roads Operations Cash Fund (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1218/
- LR 317CA: Constitutional amendment to limit the annual growth in the amount of property taxes levied by political subdivisions (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR317CA/
- LB 1219: Limit the amount of property taxes that may be levied by a political subdivision (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1219/
- LB 1220: Change provisions relating to hunting, fur-harvesting and fishing (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1220/
- LB 1077: Change provisions relating to workers' compensation insurance policies and deductibles (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1077/
- LB 1076: Change penalty provisions relating to the Nebraska Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide Act (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1076/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $4,900 (Nonpartisan state legislators median $10.9K). 78% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://nebraskalegislature.gov/senators/landing-pages/index.php?District=32
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tombrandt32/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/37ed5b35-3aea-40a2-95ed-ecc5120fbe82