Candidate · November 3, 2026

Adrian Smith

On the ballot for U.S. House · Nebraska's 3rd District

RepublicanIncumbent
raised through Oct 14, 2026
$2.2M
cash on hand
$1.1M
issues with public statements
9
outside spending for or against
$283K

§1On the ballot

Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.

OfficeU.S. House · Nebraska's 3rd District1
Party on the ballotRepublican1
StatusIncumbent — Currently represents Nebraska's 3rd District in the U.S. House.2
Also on the ballot

§2Who they are

Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Adrian Smith was elected to the U.S. House in 2006 and has served on the Ways and Means Committee since 2010, where he chairs the trade subcommittee, according to his official biography.3 His official biography says that before Congress he worked as an educator and a real estate agent, served on his hometown's city council, and represented District 48 in the Nebraska Legislature for eight years.3 His campaign website says he earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.4

Why they say they're running

His campaign website says he is committed to strengthening rural communities and restoring fiscal responsibility to government, and that he will keep working on the issues most important to Nebraskans.5

Service in Congress since 2023

  • 2025–nowU.S. Representative, NE-32
  • 2023–2025U.S. Representative, NE-32

Websites and accounts

§3What they've said on the issues

Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.

Abortion and Reproductive Health

Abortion law

His campaign website says he believes life begins at conception and continues until natural death, that he is a member of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, and that he supports legislation protecting the unborn and promotes adoption as an alternative to abortion.4,7

Government funding and abortion

His campaign website says he opposes taxpayer funding of abortions and lists a vote to end federal funding for Planned Parenthood among his record.4,7

  1. Bar public funds for abortions and for groups that provide them, including for their other services
  2. Bar public funds for most abortions, but let clinics that provide them be paid for other care
  3. Let Medicaid and other public programs cover abortion (ending the Hyde Amendment)
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Immigration

Border wall and barriers

His campaign website lists among his accomplishments votes to finish the border wall and to give the Border Patrol more funding and resources.4,7

Social Security and Medicare

Income tax on Social Security benefits

His campaign website lists among his accomplishments helping write the 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill, which it says reduces taxes on Social Security benefits.7

Taxes and Budget

Business tax breaks

His campaign website says the 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill, which he helped write, expands small business expensing.7

Agriculture and Rural Life

Ethanol and biofuel requirements

His campaign website says he chairs the Congressional Biofuels Caucus and champions year-round E15 sales.7

  1. Expand biofuel use, such as by allowing E15 sales all year
  2. Keep the current requirements
  3. Lower the requirements or end the Renewable Fuel Standard
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Economy, Jobs and Trade

Trade agreements

His campaign website calls expanded fair trade vital for Nebraska's farmers, ranchers and manufacturers, and says that as chair of the Trade Subcommittee he works to open more markets to Nebraska farmers and ranchers.4,7

Health Care

Health insurance system

His campaign website says he has sponsored bills and cast votes to cut off funding for and repeal the Affordable Care Act, which the site calls Obamacare.5

Elections and Government Reform

Federal agencies' power to write rules

His campaign website says he has sponsored and voted for legislation to limit costly and burdensome federal regulations and to hold the federal government accountable.5

§4Popular bills that never got a vote

Why this matters: Many bills with wide support from both parties never reach a vote, so no member of Congress is ever on record for or against them. Signing on as a sponsor or cosponsor is the only public record of support.

While Adrian Smith served, these bills had broad support from both parties but never reached a floor vote. No officeholder ever had to vote on them. Adrian Smith sponsored or cosponsored 17 of the 52. How bills die without a vote.

See all 52

§5Money

Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left. Outside groups that spend on their own, without coordinating with the campaign, report that too.

Reported to the Federal Election Commission for the 2025–2026 election cycle, through October 14, 2026.60

Raised$2,246,593
Spent$2,073,259
Cash on hand$1,101,567

Where the money came from

Individual donors$442K · 20%
PACs and other political committees$1.6M · 72%
Transfers from the candidate's other committees$128K · 6%
Other receipts (other loans, refunds, interest)$58K · 3%

Outside spending

Groups spending independently reported $282,975 supporting and $0 opposing Adrian Smith this cycle, primary and general combined, in the 24- and 48-hour reports the law requires for larger expenditures, filed through May 6, 2026.61

Largest independent spenders, as named in their FEC filings.
GroupSupportingOpposing
DEFEND AMERICAN JOBS$282,975—

Smaller expenditures that appear only on a group's regular monthly or quarterly report aren't in these totals, so the full amounts can be somewhat higher. When a group amends a report, only its latest version is counted.

§6Financial disclosures

Why this matters: Federal candidates and members of Congress must report their assets, income, debts and outside jobs, and members must report stock trades. These filings show possible conflicts of interest.