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Austin Ahlman

Running for U.S. House District 1 — 2026 election

Raised · 2026 cycle

$100K

Source: FEC

As of July 2026, Austin Ahlman is a Independent candidate for U.S. House District 1 in Nebraska in the 2026 election. Federal Election Commission filings report $100,132 in total receipts for the 2026 cycle. All figures on this page are drawn from primary sources — FEC filings, congressional records, and STOCK Act disclosures — and link back to them.

Data last updated July 2026.

Austin Lawrence Ahlman is an independent candidate for U.S. House in Nebraska's 1st Congressional District in 2026. He is a Norfolk, Nebraska-born investigative reporter who describes his work as focused on anti-monopoly and corporate accountability issues. He grew up in Norfolk, where his parents worked at a Tyson meatpacking plant that closed when he was eight, and he was the first in his family to attend college. His principal campaign committee, Ahlman for Nebraska, registered with the FEC on May 13, 2026, and lists a mailing address in Norfolk.

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84% of fundraising comes from individual donors — one of the more grassroots-funded profiles in this cycle.

$100K

Total raised

$65K

Total spent

$35K

Cash on hand

Where the money comes from

Individual donations ≥$200$48K · 48%
Small dollar donations <$200$36K · 36%
Candidate self-funding$16K · 16%

Reflects money received by the campaign committee itself. “Loans and other receipts” covers candidate or bank loans, offsets to operating expenditures, interest and other non-contribution receipts reported to the FEC. Independent expenditures by super PACs are not included.

Totals through 2026-06-30 · Source: FEC