County Assessor/Register of Deeds
Lancaster County, Nebraska
My vote power
Above average
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election
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: Above average · 58 out of 100
This district is a good deal smaller than its state, so each vote here carries more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 326,696 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 ÷ 326,696) ÷ ln(50,000) = 58.32, measured against a statewide vote in NE (grades: 66+ high, 55+ above average, 33+ average, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
Above average representation → My vote power: Above average.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information.
About this office
- Setting the value of your home or land for tax purposes
- Approving property tax exemptions, such as homeowner or veteran discounts
- Keeping property maps and assessment records
Affects: Anti-Corruption, Government Efficiency, Housing Affordability,
Candidates
Democratic · Incumbent · declared
Dan Nolte is the Lancaster County Assessor/Register of Deeds. The county identifies him in that role, and his campaign biography describes his current assessment and records administration work.
Republican · declared
Tim Johns is the Republican candidate for Lancaster County Assessor/Register of Deeds in the 2026 general election; the county identifies him as an assessor-office residential staff member, not the current elected assessor.
Source: lancaster.ne.gov