2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Nebraska Legislative District 36

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Rick Holdcroft

NonpartisanIncumbent

In office now: State Senator, District 36 (since 2022)

Rick Holdcroft has served as State Senator for District 36 in the Nebraska Legislature since 2022. Official legislature records list the occupation as Retired U.S. naval officer and aerospace executive.

Holdcroft's committees

Agriculture
General Affairs
Judiciary
Legislature's Planning Committee
Justice Reinvestment Oversight (LB605)
Statewide Tourism And Recreational Water Access and Resource Sustainability (LB406)

Sources for Holdcroft

Rick Holdcroft: official member information (Nebraska Legislature, Public record)
Nebraska Legislature: current member roster (Nebraska Legislature, Public record)

Darin Tompkins

Nonpartisan

Work: Animal health vaccine manufacturing leader (Merck Animal Health)

Darin Tompkins holds a microbiology degree from South Dakota State University and worked at Merck Animal Health as a production manager and executive director, leading an animal health vaccine manufacturing plant in Nebraska for 12 years and helping secure a $200 million facility investment.

Sources for Tompkins

Darin Tompkins candidate profile (BallotReady, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))
Election 2026: Community volunteer, business leader enters race for Nebraska Legislature (WOWT, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

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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