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Rick Holdcroft

NonpartisanState Senator (Unicameral Legislature) · District 36

On the ballot Nov 3, 2026: Nebraska Unicameral Legislature District 36

Biography

Rick Holdcroft is a member of the Nebraska Legislature who has represented District 36 since January 2023 and is seeking re-election in the November 3, 2026 general election.[1][2] He is a retired Navy officer and former aerospace executive.[1]

Holdcroft was born in San Diego, California, and graduated from Key West High School in 1972.[1] He earned a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1976 and a graduate degree from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1982.[1] He served in the U.S. Navy from 1976 to 2005 as a surface warfare officer, and his career experience includes working as an aerospace executive.[1] Ballotpedia lists volunteer service with the Knights of Columbus, the Bellevue Rotary Club, the Nebraska Navy League and the Air Force Association.[1]

Holdcroft lost the 2020 general election for Nebraska Legislature District 3, according to Ballotpedia's campaign finance table, and won District 36 in 2022.[1] He assumed office on January 4, 2023, and Ballotpedia lists him as chair of the General Affairs Committee and a member of the Agriculture and Judiciary committees for 2025-2026.[1] In a Ballotpedia survey, he described himself as a retired naval officer with 28 years of service, a father of five, a grandfather of eleven and a beekeeper.[3] He listed his campaign messages as reducing taxes, supporting education and opposing abortion while supporting women through pregnancy, and said he is passionate about criminal justice, agriculture and law enforcement.[3]

  1. 1.Rick Holdcroft · Ballotpedia Reference
  2. 2.Nebraska State Senate elections, 2026 · Ballotpedia Reference
  3. 3.Rick Holdcroft - 2026 Candidate Connection survey · Ballotpedia Candidate's own words

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.

Nebraska Unicameral Legislature District 36

Rick Holdcroft is on the Nov 3, 2026 ballot for Nebraska Unicameral Legislature District 36. Not researched in depth — candidate list only.

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LB 1165A · NE LEGISLATURE

Appropriation Bill

YesVOTED

Motion: Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 43-6*-0

Passed 43–6·Substantive·Apr 10, 2026Roll call ↗
LB 1237A · NE LEGISLATURE

Appropriation Bill

YesVOTED

Motion: Passed on Final Reading 47-2-0

Passed 47–2·Substantive·Apr 10, 2026Roll call ↗
LB 935 · NE LEGISLATURE

Provide for court fees; change provisions relating to incentives for rural legal practice, protection orders, hearsay, sentencing, support order liens, and paternity proceedings; provide for no-contact periods for victims of certain assaults and civil actions for conduct relating to prohibited content or child exploitation devices; and provide for and change offenses involving mobile tracking devices, stalking, unlawful intrusion, operation of unmanned aircraft systems, and swatting

YesVOTED

Motion: Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 38-11-0

Creates the offense of swatting with restitution, bars tracking people with mobile tracking devices without consent, changes stalking penalties, rural legal practice loan repayment rules and other court procedures, and allows civil actions over obscene and child sexual abuse materials.

AI summary — read the bill text ↗
Passed 38–11·Substantive·Apr 10, 2026Roll call ↗
LB 365 · NE LEGISLATURE

Require coverage of self-measure blood pressure monitoring services under the Medical Assistance Act

YesVOTED

Motion: Passed on Final Reading 44-5*-0

Requires Nebraska Medicaid, by January 1, 2027, to cover and reimburse self-measure blood pressure monitoring for pregnant and postpartum women, including training on home devices, separate readings, daily collection, and sending readings to a provider.

AI summary — read the bill text ↗
Passed 44–5·Substantive·Apr 9, 2026Roll call ↗
LB 935 · NE LEGISLATURE

Provide for court fees; change provisions relating to incentives for rural legal practice, protection orders, hearsay, sentencing, support order liens, and paternity proceedings; provide for no-contact periods for victims of certain assaults and civil actions for conduct relating to prohibited content or child exploitation devices; and provide for and change offenses involving mobile tracking devices, stalking, unlawful intrusion, operation of unmanned aircraft systems, and swatting

NoVOTED

Motion: Spivey AM3046 lost

On the version voted Apr 10, 2026: Creates the offense of swatting with restitution, bars tracking people with mobile tracking devices without consent, changes stalking penalties, rural legal practice loan repayment rules and other court procedures, and allows civil actions over obscene and child sexual abuse materials.

AI summary — read the bill text ↗
Failed 13–30·Substantive·Apr 1, 2026Roll call ↗
LB 935 · NE LEGISLATURE

Provide for court fees; change provisions relating to incentives for rural legal practice, protection orders, hearsay, sentencing, support order liens, and paternity proceedings; provide for no-contact periods for victims of certain assaults and civil actions for conduct relating to prohibited content or child exploitation devices; and provide for and change offenses involving mobile tracking devices, stalking, unlawful intrusion, operation of unmanned aircraft systems, and swatting

YesVOTED

Motion: Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment

On the version voted Apr 10, 2026: Creates the offense of swatting with restitution, bars tracking people with mobile tracking devices without consent, changes stalking penalties, rural legal practice loan repayment rules and other court procedures, and allows civil actions over obscene and child sexual abuse materials.

AI summary — read the bill text ↗
Passed 33–12·Substantive·Apr 1, 2026Roll call ↗
LB 935 · NE LEGISLATURE

Provide for court fees; change provisions relating to incentives for rural legal practice, protection orders, hearsay, sentencing, support order liens, and paternity proceedings; provide for no-contact periods for victims of certain assaults and civil actions for conduct relating to prohibited content or child exploitation devices; and provide for and change offenses involving mobile tracking devices, stalking, unlawful intrusion, operation of unmanned aircraft systems, and swatting

NoVOTED

Motion: Cavanaugh, J. FA1150 lost

On the version voted Apr 10, 2026: Creates the offense of swatting with restitution, bars tracking people with mobile tracking devices without consent, changes stalking penalties, rural legal practice loan repayment rules and other court procedures, and allows civil actions over obscene and child sexual abuse materials.

AI summary — read the bill text ↗
Failed 11–23·Substantive·Apr 1, 2026Roll call ↗
LB 1165A · NE LEGISLATURE

Appropriation Bill

YesVOTED

Motion: Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial

Passed 40–4·Substantive·Mar 30, 2026Roll call ↗
LB 1261A · NE LEGISLATURE

Appropriation Bill

YesVOTED

Motion: Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial

Appropriates $4,750 in each of fiscal years 2026-27 and 2027-28 from the Nebraska Power Review Fund to the Power Review Board to carry out LB 1261, which bars consumer-owned utilities from using eminent domain on certain privately owned generation facilities.

AI summary — read the bill text ↗
Passed 36–1·Substantive·Mar 25, 2026Roll call ↗
LB 935 · NE LEGISLATURE

Provide for court fees; change provisions relating to incentives for rural legal practice, protection orders, hearsay, sentencing, support order liens, and paternity proceedings; provide for no-contact periods for victims of certain assaults and civil actions for conduct relating to prohibited content or child exploitation devices; and provide for and change offenses involving mobile tracking devices, stalking, unlawful intrusion, operation of unmanned aircraft systems, and swatting

YesVOTED

Motion: Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial

On the version voted Apr 10, 2026: Creates the offense of swatting with restitution, bars tracking people with mobile tracking devices without consent, changes stalking penalties, rural legal practice loan repayment rules and other court procedures, and allows civil actions over obscene and child sexual abuse materials.

AI summary — read the bill text ↗
Passed 35–4·Substantive·Mar 25, 2026Roll call ↗

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