Brett Lindstrom

Brett Lindstrom is a financial adviser from Omaha who served in the Nebraska Legislature from 2015 to 2023 and finished third in the 2022 Republican primary for governor. He is now the America First Party nominee for governor, running on a platform he calls the "Nebraska Doctrine" that addresses property taxes, housing, public power, economic development and artificial intelligence policy.[1][2][3]

Lindstrom was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, and raised in Omaha.[1] He graduated from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science degree in history, and played in five games as a walk-on backup quarterback for the Cornhuskers.[1] He then returned to Omaha and worked as a financial adviser with his father, Dan Lindstrom.[1]

Lindstrom first sought office in 2012, when he challenged Republican Rep. Lee Terry in the primary for Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District and finished second with 22.8% of the vote.[1] In 2014 he won the open District 18 seat in northwestern Omaha in the Nebraska Legislature, defeating Mike Tesar with 54.9% of the vote, and he served until 2023.[1] In 2022 he ran for governor in the Republican primary, finishing third behind Jim Pillen and Charles Herbster.[1]

Lindstrom announced a run for the 2nd Congressional District seat in July 2025 and withdrew in January 2026, saying he did not want to engage with the "divisiveness of modern politics."[1] He then announced a campaign for governor as a nonpartisan candidate in July 2026 and submitted signatures to qualify on August 4, but the Secretary of State's office determined that he had too few valid signatures; his campaign submitted 5,765 signatures, of which 3,358 were validated.[1][2][3] On September 1, 2026, he filed to run for governor as the nominee of the newly recognized America First Party.[1][3] Lindstrom married Leigh Ancona in 2007, and the couple has three children.[1]

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21.