2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Nebraska Legislative District 28

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Patty Pansing Brooks

Nonpartisan

Work: Attorney, Brooks Pansing Brooks law firm (Lincoln); former State Senator, District 28 (2015-2023)

Patty Pansing Brooks earned a law degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and co-founded the Lincoln law firm Brooks Pansing Brooks in 1986. She represented District 28 from 2015 to 2023 and was the Democratic nominee for Nebraska's 1st Congressional District in the 2022 special and regular elections.

Sources for Brooks

Patty Pansing Brooks (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), CC BY-SA 4.0; facts summarized)
Former state senator, Patty Pansing Brooks, enters the race for District 28 (KOLN 10/11 NOW, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Colby L. Woodson

Nonpartisan

We haven't found a sourced summary for Colby L. Woodson yet.

Where we looked, Thursday, October 15, 2026:

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campaign website not found
Nebraska Examiner voter guide not fetchable (bot check)
retry 2026-10-15: web search for name + Legislature District 28 (candidate lists only)

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Sources

Candidate list and race details

Final Statewide General Candidate List, November 3, 2026 General Election (Nebraska Secretary of State, Public record)

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