# Brad von Gillern

Brad von Gillern is a nonpartisan member of the Nebraska Legislature for district 4.

- Party: Nonpartisan
- Seat: Nebraska Legislature, district 4
- Serving since: 2023-01-04
- Current term: NE 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/63d2956a-a0be-40db-a0e3-6c32743951ab

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/63d2956a-a0be-40db-a0e3-6c32743951ab (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

Gillern reported $404.7K in the 2026 cycle, the highest of 46 Nonpartisan state legislators (median $10.9K).

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

26 classified statements: 26 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 | Gillern | Nonpartisan state legislators average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 1.1% | 5 of 6 |
| Policy criticism | 26.9% | 16.3% | 1 of 6 |
| Policy discussion | 57.7% | 40.7% | 2 of 6 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 3.2% | 6 of 6 |
| Credit claiming | 23.1% | 16.6% | 2 of 6 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.4% | 5 of 6 |

Most discussed policy areas: Taxation 40% (Nonpartisan state legislators 16%); Education 33% (Nonpartisan state legislators 17%); Health 33% (Nonpartisan state legislators 36%); Crime and Law Enforcement 6.7% (Nonpartisan state legislators 14%); Finance and Financial Sector 6.7% (Nonpartisan state legislators 1.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.19 (standard error 0.02), from 133 donors and 543 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 52% of Nonpartisan state legislators score lower.

## Votes (NE 2025–26 session)

1,770 roll calls. Attendance 98.5% (Nebraska Legislature (nonpartisan) 95.5%).

Key votes:

- 2026-04-17 · voted nay · 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 nay · 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 37 bills: 37 reached committee, 18 passed one chamber, 18 passed both, 13 became law. Cosponsored 3. 48.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Nebraska Legislature (nonpartisan) 36.9%; rank 10 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- LB 803A: Appropriation Bill (became law, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB803A/
- LB 1165A: Appropriation Bill (became law, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1165A/
- LR 445: Interim study to examine the sales tax revenue remittance process under the Good Life District Economic Development Act (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR445/
- LB 901A: Appropriation Bill (passed both chambers, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB901A/
- LB 1110A: Appropriation Bill (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1110A/
- LR 332: Congratulate Ezra Millard Elementary School for being named a Nebraska Department of Education 2025 Blue Ribbon School (passed both chambers, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR332/
- LB 1165: Adopt the Grow the Good Life Act, provide an income tax credit, change provisions relating to the Convention Center Facility Financing Assistance Act, the… (became law, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1165/
- LB 1110: Change provisions related to the distribution of certain tax revenue, confidentiality of shared information, contracts between the Tax Commissioner and… (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1110/
- LB 1109: Eliminate certain sales and use tax exemptions and a renewable energy tax credit and change provisions relating to the Nebraska Advantage Research and… (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1109/
- LB 1079: Change provisions relating to the habitual criminal enhancement for theft offenses (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1079/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $404.7K (Nonpartisan state legislators median $10.9K). 96% 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.

- 2025-05-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/bradvongillern/status/1928570708965085429
- 2025-05-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/bradvongillern/status/1928570710223368532
- 2025-05-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/bradvongillern/status/1928570711523697066
- 2025-05-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/bradvongillern/status/1928118317174177815
- 2025-05-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/bradvongillern/status/1928118318482784590
- 2025-05-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/bradvongillern/status/1927368984338244025
- 2025-05-21 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/bradvongillern/status/1925266550556078460
- 2025-05-21 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/bradvongillern/status/1925266551931818030
- 2025-05-21 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/bradvongillern/status/1925266553215320083
- 2025-05-21 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/bradvongillern/status/1925266554695917655

## Links

- Official site: https://nebraskalegislature.gov/senators/landing-pages/index.php?District=4
- Campaign site: https://vongillern4ne.com/
- X: https://x.com/bradvongillern
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vongillern4ne/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradvongillern/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/63d2956a-a0be-40db-a0e3-6c32743951ab