Running for Legislature got a lot more expensive in Nebraska last year. Candidates in the 2020 general election shattered records set just two years earlier, with average spending 30% higher than in 2018 and the top-spending campaign nearing the half-million-dollar mark. But neither lawmakers nor campaign observers expect the trend to slow down anytime soon. "I donât think the spending record that was set in my race will stand for very long," said State Sen. Eliot Bostar of Lincoln, who poured an eye-popping $492,353 into his successful bid for elected office last year. Eliot Bostar Bostar, a Democrat, the top spender in the 2020 election, won the seat being vacated by Sen. Kate Bolz.