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Both candidates' names will be on both Primary and General ballots.
Contacted by a resident of the District.
03/19/26, 5:53pm, sent permission email to official page
03/24/26, 7:05pm, sent second email asking for permission to send questionnaire code
02/31/26, 9:38 am, sent email to updated address
Answers provided elsewhere:
https://nebraskaexaminer.com/voter-guides/contests/2026-primary-nu-board-of-regents-district-2/
Both candidates' names will be on both Primary and General ballots.
Contacted by a resident of the District.
03/19/26, 5:48pm, sent text asking for email address
03/24/26, 7:12pm, sent second text asking for email address
Answers provided elsewhere:
https://nebraskaexaminer.com/voter-guides/contests/2026-primary-nu-board-of-regents-district-2/
• Hire/fire the president and other leadership of the university. • Determine faculty tenure, compensation, insurance, retirement benefits (according to certain requirements) and benefits for all employees • Pay expenses for recruiting academic, administrative, professional, and managerial personnel. • Manage/Approve the quality of buildings/properties of the university. • Determine the amount of money for purchasing art and selling textbooks at a fair price. • Provide governance for postsecondary educational institutions designated by the Legislature to be a part of the University of Nebraska system, including the medical center. • Approve programs of instruction in the colleges which may be designed by the faculty and provide for holding classes without duplication throughout the university system. • Confer degrees
• Hire/fire the president and other leadership of the university. • Determine faculty tenure, compensation, insurance, retirement benefits (according to certain requirements) and benefits for all employees • Pay expenses for recruiting academic, administrative, professional, and managerial personnel. • Manage/Approve the quality of buildings/properties of the university. • Determine the amount of money for purchasing art and selling textbooks at a fair price. • Provide governance for postsecondary educational institutions designated by the Legislature to be a part of the University of Nebraska system, including the medical center. • Approve programs of instruction in the colleges which may be designed by the faculty and provide for holding classes without duplication throughout the university system. • Confer degrees
Requirements for the position
Must be a registered voter.
Other information
Many of the noted duties and responsibilities are being managed by others within the university system without Regents direct supervision. Current tenured employment framework allows for others to create and determine policies and practices. If someone running for the office wants to be more involved in the details, there would need to be some changes in policy for how things are managed. The position requires the ability to work collaboratively.
Term of office
6 years
Partisan?
Nonpartisan
When election is held
There are 8 regent districts roughly equally apportioned by population at each decimal census, with district boundaries determined by the State Legislature. Elections are staggered every 2 years for differing districts.
• Hire/fire the president and other leadership of the university. • Determine faculty tenure, compensation, insurance, retirement benefits (according to certain requirements) and benefits for all employees • Pay expenses for recruiting academic, administrative, professional, and managerial personnel. • Manage/Approve the quality of buildings/properties of the university. • Determine the amount of money for purchasing art and selling textbooks at a fair price. • Provide governance for postsecondary educational institutions designated by the Legislature to be a part of the University of Nebraska system, including the medical center. • Approve programs of instruction in the colleges which may be designed by the faculty and provide for holding classes without duplication throughout the university system. • Confer degrees
Requirements for the position
Must be a registered voter.
Other information
Many of the noted duties and responsibilities are being managed by others within the university system without Regents direct supervision. Current tenured employment framework allows for others to create and determine policies and practices. If someone running for the office wants to be more involved in the details, there would need to be some changes in policy for how things are managed. The position requires the ability to work collaboratively.
Term of office
6 years
Partisan?
Nonpartisan
When election is held
There are 8 regent districts roughly equally apportioned by population at each decimal census, with district boundaries determined by the State Legislature. Elections are staggered every 2 years for differing districts.
