Latest polls
Every eligible poll in every race covered, newest first. Excluded firms are listed separately with reasons. Polls on record as of October 31, 2026, 6:06 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (13:06 UTC); adjusted averages from the nowcasts as of October 30, 2026, 5:55 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time (00:55 UTC).
Newest polls
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Polls by 55 firms are not used and not listed here: firms that fabricated data, campaigns' own polling operations, and firms with no published poll of an election already decided, so no record to judge them by yet. The firms and why.
| Race | Dates | Pollster | Sample | Result | Margin | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska Governor | Oct 23–29, 2026 | New York Times/Siena College | 809 LV | Pillen 53 (R) · Walz 40 (D) | R+13 | Not checked yet release |
| Nebraska Senate | Oct 23–29, 2026 | New York Times/Siena College | 809 LV | Ricketts 49 (R) · Osborn 43 (I) | Ricketts+6 | Not checked yet release |
| Nebraska Governor | Oct 16–23, 2026 | Echelon Insights for NetChoice | 407 LV | Pillen 47 (R) · Walz 40 (D) · Beard 7 (LMN) · Lindstrom 4 (AF) | R+7 | Not checked yet release |
| Nebraska Senate | Oct 16–23, 2026 | Echelon Insights for NetChoice | 407 LV | Ricketts 47 (R) · Osborn 46 (I) | Ricketts+1 | Not checked yet release |
| Nebraska Senate | Oct 18–22, 2026 | GBAO for Working Class Majority PAC partisan sponsor | 800 LV | Osborn 46 (I) · Ricketts 45 (R) | Osborn+1 | Citation unreadable release |
| Nebraska Senate | Oct 14–20, 2026 | Impact Research for Osborn's campaign partisan sponsor | 600 LV | Ricketts 50 (R) · Osborn 48 (I) | Ricketts+2 | Not checked yet release |
| NE-1 | Oct 19–20, 2026 | Public Policy Polling for House Majority PAC partisan sponsor | 536 LV | Flood 46 (R) · Backemeyer 45 (D) | R+1 | Not checked yet release |
| Nebraska Governor | Oct 13–18, 2026 | Global Strategy Group for Walz's campaign partisan sponsor | 800 LV | Pillen 40 (R) · Walz 39 (D) · Lindstrom 5 (AF) · Beard 5 (LMN) | R+1 | Citation unreadable release |
| Nebraska Governor | Oct 15–18, 2026 | National Public Affairs | 598 LV | Pillen 47 (R) · Walz 41 (D) · Lindstrom 5 (AF) · Beard 3 (LMN) | R+6 | Checked release |
| Nebraska Governor | Oct 15–18, 2026 | Concord Public Opinion Partners for Education Reform Now Advocacy | 500 LV | Walz 43 (D) · Pillen 40 (R) | D+3 | Checked release |
| Nebraska Senate | Oct 15–18, 2026 | Concord Public Opinion Partners for Education Reform Now Advocacy | 500 LV | Osborn 48 (I) · Ricketts 41 (R) | Osborn+7 | Checked release |
| Nebraska Senate | Oct 15–18, 2026 | National Public Affairs | 598 LV | Ricketts 46 (R) · Osborn 43 (I) | Ricketts+3 | Checked release |
| Nebraska Governor | Oct 13–14, 2026 | Public Policy Polling for Walz's campaign partisan sponsor | 571 RV | Pillen 48 (R) · Walz 46 (D) | R+2 | Checked release |
| Nebraska Governor | Oct 2–5, 2026 | National Public Affairs | 800 LV | Pillen 44 (R) · Walz 40 (D) · Lindstrom 7 (AF) · Beard 5 (LMN) | R+4 | Checked release |
| Nebraska Senate | Oct 2–5, 2026 | National Public Affairs | 800 LV | Ricketts 46 (R) · Osborn 43 (I) | Ricketts+3 | Checked release |
| NE-2 | Oct 2–5, 2026 | National Public Affairs | 800 LV | Powell 50 (D) · Harding 38 (R) | D+12 | Checked release |
| Nebraska Governor | Sep 24–Oct 3, 2026 | YouGov | 1809 LV | Pillen 44 (R) · Walz 43 (D) | R+1 | Checked release |
| Nebraska Senate | Sep 24–Oct 3, 2026 | YouGov | 1809 LV | Osborn 48 (I) · Ricketts 47 (R) | Osborn+1 | Checked release |
| Nebraska Governor | Sep 28–30, 2026 | co/efficient | 1113 LV | Pillen 43 (R) · Walz 38 (D) · Lindstrom 5 (AF) · Beard 3 (LMN) | R+5 | Checked release |
| Nebraska Senate | Sep 28–30, 2026 | co/efficient | 1113 LV | Ricketts 48 (R) · Osborn 43 (I) | Ricketts+5 | Checked release |
| Nebraska Governor | Sep 8–14, 2026 | Lake Research Partners for Lynne Walz for Governor campaign internal | 900 RV | Walz 40 (D) · Pillen 40 (R) · Lindstrom 9 (AF) · Beard 4 (LMN) | Even | Release found release |
| Nebraska Governor | Sep 8–13, 2026 | SurveyUSA for Grant Forbes, LLC | 503 LV | Pillen 43 (R) · Walz 35 (D) | R+8 | Checked release |
| Nebraska Senate | Sep 8–13, 2026 | SurveyUSA for Grant Forbes, LLC | 503 LV | Osborn 46 (I) · Ricketts 42 (R) | Osborn+4 | Checked release |
| NE-2 | Sep 8–13, 2026 | SurveyUSA | 182 LV | Powell 46 (D) · Harding 42 (R) | D+4 | Citation unreadable release |
| Nebraska Senate | Sep 3–8, 2026 | GBAO for Working Class Majority PAC partisan sponsor | 800 LV | Osborn 47 (I) · Ricketts 46 (R) | Osborn+1 | Checked release |
| NE-1 | Aug 31–Sep 3, 2026 | Global Strategy Group for Fight for Nebraska partisan sponsor | 600 LV | Backemeyer 43 (D) · Flood 42 (R) | D+1 | Checked release |
| Nebraska Governor | Sep 1–2, 2026 | Public Policy Polling for Democratic Governors Association partisan sponsor | 559 RV | Pillen 32 (R) · Walz 31 (D) · Lindstrom 10 (AF) · Beard 7 (LMN) | R+1 | Checked release |
| Nebraska Senate | Aug 9–13, 2026 | Impact Research for Osborn for Senate campaign internal | 600 LV | Ricketts 47 (R) · Osborn 47 (I) | Even | Release found release |
| NE-1 | May 8–11, 2026 | Zenith Researchpartisan sponsor | 371 LV | Flood 45 (R) · Backemeyer 38 (D) | R+7 | No citation |
| Nebraska Governor | Apr 25–29, 2026 | Lake Research Partners for Lynne Walz for Governor campaign internal | 900 LV | Pillen 47 (R) · Walz 45 (D) | R+2 | Checked release |
| Nebraska Governor | Apr 6–7, 2026 | Public Policy Polling for Lynne Walz for Governor campaign internal | 670 RV | Pillen 38 (R) · Walz 33 (D) · Beard 12 (LMN) | R+5 | Release found release |
| Nebraska Senate | Feb 2–5, 2026 | Impact Research for Osborn for Senate campaign internal | 600 LV | Ricketts 48 (R) · Osborn 47 (I) | Ricketts+1 | Checked release |
| Nebraska Governor | Dec 11–17, 2025 | Lake Research Partnerspartisan sponsor | 900 LV | Pillen 48 (R) · Walz 43 (D) | R+5 | Checked |
| Nebraska Senate | Dec 11–17, 2025 | Lake Research Partnerspartisan sponsor | 900 LV | Ricketts 48 (R) · Osborn 47 (I) | Ricketts+1 | Checked release |
| Nebraska Governor | Jul 23–29, 2025 | Lake Research Partnerspartisan sponsor | 900 LV | Pillen 51 (R) · Walz 39 (D) | R+12 | Checked |
| Nebraska Senate | Jul 23–29, 2025 | Lake Research Partnerspartisan sponsor | 900 LV | Osborn 47 (I) · Ricketts 46 (R) | Osborn+1 | Citation unreadable |
| Nebraska Senate | Mar 28–Apr 1, 2025 | Change Research for Osborn for Senate campaign internal | 524 LV | Ricketts 46 (R) · Osborn 45 (I) | Ricketts+1 | Release found release |
Polling averages by race
Simple average: the plain mean margin of the race's polls in the 30 days before its newest one, between the two candidates the forecast is between (the Democrat and the Republican in most races; where an independent is the main challenger, the independent). Adjusted average: the nowcast's estimate of the race today -- polls weighted by recency and size, corrected for each pollster's measured lean. Where they differ, the difference is the adjustment. House district polls listed here are inputs to the House model's election-day forecast (each district's estimate is moved toward its own polls, corrected for the sponsor's measured lean); there is no House nowcast. A race the model withholds shows its polls and no adjusted average.
| Race | Polls | Latest | Simple average 30 days to the newest poll (n) | Adjusted average our nowcast | Forecast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska Senate | 16 | Oct 29, 2026 | R+1 (9) | Even | Nebraska Senate forecast |
| Nebraska Governor | 16 | Oct 29, 2026 | R+4 (9) | R+3 | Nebraska Governor forecast |
| NE-1 | 3 | Oct 20, 2026 | R+1 (1) | — | NE-1 forecast |
| NE-2 | 2 | Oct 5, 2026 | D+8 (2) | — | NE-2 forecast |