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1880 Nebraska governor election

Albinus Nance (Republican) beat T. W. Tipton (Democrat) in Nebraska in 1880, 63.2% to 32.2%, a margin of 31.0 points and 27,070 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1878, when Albinus Nance also won.

Republicans led in 57 of the 63 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 6. The largest, Douglas, cast 5,842 votes and went to the Republican by 17.0 points. The closest was Platte, where 2 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Albinus Nance won Republican 55,237 63.2%
T. W. Tipton Democratic 28,167 32.2%
All other candidates 3,941 4.5%
Total87,345

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 2,326 39.8% 3,322 56.9% 194 5,842 R+17.0
Lancaster 1,375 28.2% 3,392 69.6% 110 4,877 R+41.4
Richardson 1,487 43.8% 1,779 52.4% 129 3,395 R+8.6
Cass 1,299 38.7% 1,865 55.5% 196 3,360 R+16.8
Otoe 1,206 37.6% 1,953 60.9% 47 3,206 R+23.3
Saunders 544 18.3% 1,719 57.9% 705 2,968 R+39.6
Saline 1,000 34.0% 1,832 62.3% 109 2,941 R+28.3
Gage 773 28.4% 1,748 64.3% 197 2,718 R+35.9
Dodge 1,082 42.9% 1,439 57.0% 2 2,523 R+14.1
Nemaha 844 36.3% 1,475 63.4% 6 2,325 R+27.1
Seward 657 29.0% 1,309 57.8% 300 2,266 R+28.8
York 529 24.5% 1,490 69.1% 138 2,157 R+44.6
Clay 516 24.5% 1,519 72.3% 67 2,102 R+47.7
Adams 547 26.9% 1,448 71.1% 42 2,037 R+44.2
Fillmore 437 21.7% 1,415 70.4% 158 2,010 R+48.7
Butler 712 39.9% 958 53.7% 114 1,784 R+13.8
Washington 495 28.7% 1,198 69.5% 30 1,723 R+40.8
Hall 546 31.9% 1,149 67.2% 14 1,709 R+35.3
Platte 840 49.2% 842 49.3% 25 1,707 R+0.1
Jefferson 401 24.3% 1,068 64.6% 183 1,652 R+40.4
Johnson 576 34.9% 1,073 65.1% 1,649 R+30.1
Buffalo 391 24.1% 1,195 73.5% 39 1,625 R+49.5
Hamilton 356 22.2% 985 61.3% 265 1,606 R+39.2
Pawnee 329 20.6% 1,182 74.2% 83 1,594 R+53.5
Burt 381 26.5% 1,007 70.1% 48 1,436 R+43.6
Webster 392 27.9% 1,009 71.9% 2 1,403 R+44.0
Thayer 352 28.3% 833 67.0% 59 1,244 R+38.7
Cuming 537 45.1% 598 50.2% 57 1,192 R+5.1
Polk 214 18.0% 965 81.0% 13 1,192 R+63.0
Madison 424 36.8% 670 58.2% 58 1,152 R+21.4
Merrick 272 24.2% 816 72.5% 38 1,126 R+48.3
Colfax 399 36.7% 687 63.1% 2 1,088 R+26.5
Sarpy 518 51.0% 488 48.1% 9 1,015 D+3.0
Howard 351 35.6% 633 64.3% 1 985 R+28.6
Harlan 237 24.9% 682 71.6% 33 952 R+46.7
Nuckolls 336 36.1% 593 63.6% 3 932 R+27.6
Boone 217 24.3% 675 75.7% 892 R+51.3
Franklin 248 28.0% 583 65.7% 56 887 R+37.8
Furnas 198 23.0% 607 70.5% 56 861 R+47.5
Knox 230 28.3% 559 68.8% 23 812 R+40.5
Antelope 142 17.6% 577 71.6% 87 806 R+54.0
Kearney 230 29.0% 557 70.2% 6 793 R+41.2
Dixon 315 40.3% 460 58.9% 6 781 R+18.6
Dakota 384 54.1% 326 45.9% 710 D+8.2
Holt 307 43.6% 322 45.7% 75 704 R+2.1
Lincoln 256 39.9% 386 60.1% 642 R+20.2
Cheyenne 304 54.4% 255 45.6% 559 D+8.8
Cedar 327 60.0% 218 40.0% 545 D+20.0
Dawson 177 33.1% 353 66.0% 5 535 R+32.9
Phelps 36 7.3% 425 86.2% 32 493 R+78.9
Valley 93 19.1% 394 80.7% 1 488 R+61.7
Red Willow 146 30.2% 289 59.8% 48 483 R+29.6
Custer 80 18.5% 352 81.5% 432 R+63.0
Sherman 49 12.3% 341 85.5% 9 399 R+73.2
Stanton 162 44.4% 185 50.7% 18 365 R+6.3
Greeley 124 38.8% 193 60.3% 3 320 R+21.6
Nance 85 30.5% 194 69.5% 279 R+39.1
Gosper 74 28.2% 150 57.3% 38 262 R+29.0
Pierce 119 60.7% 77 39.3% 196 D+21.4
Hitchcock 47 25.3% 137 73.7% 2 186 R+48.4
Frontier 44 24.3% 137 75.7% 181 R+51.4
Wayne 44 27.3% 117 72.7% 161 R+45.3
Keith 48 60.0% 32 40.0% 80 D+20.0

Counties as they stood in 1880; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Nebraska governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Jim Pillen (R) R+23.2
2018 Pete Ricketts (R) R+18.0
2014 Pete Ricketts (R) R+17.9
2010 Dave Heineman (R) R+47.8
2006 Dave Heineman (R) R+48.9
2002 Mike Johanns (R) R+41.2
1998 Mike Johanns (R) R+7.9
1994 Earl Nelson (D) D+47.5
1990 Earl Nelson (D) D+0.7
1986 Kay Orr (R) R+5.9
1982 Bob Kerrey (D) D+1.3
1978 Charles Thone (R) R+11.9
1974 J. James Exon (D) D+23.8
1970 J. James Exon (D) D+10.1
1966 Norbert T. Tiemann (R) R+23.1
1964 Frank B. Morrison (D) D+20.1
1962 Frank B. Morrison (D) D+4.5
1960 Frank B. Morrison (D) D+4.0
1958 Ralph G. Brooks (D) D+0.4
1956 Victor Anderson (R) R+14.1
1954 Victor E. Anderson (R) R+20.6
1952 Robert B. Crosby (R) R+22.9
1950 Val Peterson (R) R+9.9
1948 Val Peterson (R) R+20.1
1946 Val Peterson (R) R+31.0
1944 Dwight Griswold (R) R+52.2
1942 Dwight Griswold (R) R+49.7
1940 Dwight Griswold (R) R+21.7
1938 Robert L. Cochran (D) D+3.4
1936 Robert L. Cochran (D) D+12.8
1934 Robert L. Cochran (D) D+3.1
1932 Charles W. Bryan (D) D+6.2
1930 Charles W. Bryan (D) D+1.5
1928 Arthur J. Weaver (R) R+14.3
1926 Adam McMullen (R) R+0.8
1924 Adam McMullen (R) R+10.1
1922 Charles W. Bryan (D) D+12.7
1920 Samuel R. McKelvie (R) R+5.9
1918 Samuel R. McKelvie (R) R+10.5
1916 Keith Neville (D) D+2.3
1914 John H. Morehead (D) D+7.9
1912 John H. Morehead (D) D+3.9
1910 Chester H. Aldrich (R) R+6.5
1908 Ashton C. Shallenberger (D) D+2.6
1906 George L. Sheldon (R) R+6.8
1904 John H. Mickey (R) R+4.1
1902 John H. Mickey (R) R+2.8
1900 Charles Henry Dietrich (R) R+48.9
1898 William A. Poynter (other)
1896 Silas A. Holcomb (other)
1894 Silas A. Holcomb (other)
1892 Lorenzo Crounse (R) R+17.3
1890 James E. Boyd (D) D+1.1
1888 John M. Thayer (R) R+9.1
1886 John M. Thayer (R) R+16.9
1884 James W. Dawes (R) R+11.4
1882 James W. Dawes (R) R+16.8
1880 Albinus Nance (R) R+31.0
1878 Albinus Nance (R) R+30.5
1876 Silas Garber (R) R+28.2
1874 Silas Garber (R) R+35.0
1872 Robert W. Furnas (R) R+19.0
1870 David Butler (R) R+12.5
1868 David Butler (R) R+14.9
1866 David Butler (R) R+1.8