Kearney Public Schools Board of Education (3 seats)
Kearney Public Schools, Nebraska
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election · 3 seats
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 68 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 39,714 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(1,978,707 ÷ 39,714) ÷ ln(50,000) = 68.06, measured against a statewide vote in NE (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
High representation → My vote power: High.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".
About this office
- Deciding how school district money is spent
- Picking the superintendent
- Choosing curriculum, within state rules
Affects: Government Efficiency, Government Spending Reduction, Public Safety and Crime Control,
Candidates
Nonpartisan · declared
Byron D. Hansen is a nonpartisan challenger for one of three Kearney Public Schools Board of Education seats in Nebraska. Public institutional records identify him as a Kearney-area business and community leader; no prior public office or candidate website was found.
Nonpartisan · Incumbent · declared
Drew Blessing is an incumbent member of the Kearney Public Schools Board of Education in Nebraska. He also serves as board president of Kearney Community Sustainable Housing and has a professional background in software engineering.
Records: Government Spending Reduction 2 against
Nonpartisan · declared
Kyle McCartney is a nonpartisan challenger for one of three Kearney Public Schools Board of Education seats in Nebraska. The official candidate list identifies him as a 2026 candidate; no prior public office or candidate website was found.
Nonpartisan · declared
Marty Albrecht is a nonpartisan challenger for one of three Kearney Public Schools Board of Education seats in Nebraska. He is a longtime sales manager at Nebraskaland Distributors and has served in local baseball-board leadership; this campaign is identified as his first run for public office.
Nonpartisan · Incumbent · declared
Paul Hazard is an incumbent Kearney Public Schools Board of Education member in Nebraska. He is a retired State Trooper and Vice President of DuVall Financial Group.
Records: Government Spending Reduction 2 against
Sources: buffalocounty.ne.gov · sos.nebraska.gov · kearneypublicschools.org