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Election 1886 Results

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1886 Nebraska governor election

John M. Thayer (Republican) beat James E. North (Democrat) in Nebraska in 1886, 54.9% to 38.1%, a margin of 16.9 points and 23,300 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1884, when James W. Dawes won.

Republicans led in 63 of the 76 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 12 and other candidates in 1. The largest, Douglas, cast 9,276 votes and went to the Republican by 0.7 points. The closest was Stanton, where 7 votes separated the top two.

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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
John M. Thayer won Republican 75,956 54.9%
James E. North Democratic 52,656 38.1%
Harvey W. Hardy Prohibition 8,175 5.9%
All other candidates 1,452 1.1%
Total138,239

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 4,549 49.0% 4,610 49.7% 117 9,276 R+0.7
Lancaster 1,924 28.2% 3,985 58.3% 925 6,834 R+30.2
Gage 1,874 36.3% 2,863 55.4% 432 5,169 R+19.1
Cass 1,681 42.9% 2,080 53.1% 156 3,917 R+10.2
Richardson 1,729 47.3% 1,664 45.6% 259 3,652 D+1.8
Saline 1,287 35.6% 1,841 50.9% 492 3,620 R+15.3
Custer 1,257 35.7% 2,244 63.8% 18 3,519 R+28.0
Otoe 1,340 39.1% 1,776 51.8% 314 3,430 R+12.7
Saunders 1,613 47.6% 1,535 45.3% 244 3,392 D+2.3
Adams 990 30.1% 1,845 56.0% 457 3,292 R+26.0
Dodge 1,511 50.7% 1,324 44.4% 147 2,982 D+6.3
Seward 1,258 42.6% 1,615 54.7% 80 2,953 R+12.1
Holt 1,048 38.7% 1,445 53.3% 216 2,709 R+14.7
Buffalo 827 31.9% 1,572 60.7% 190 2,589 R+28.8
Hall 1,102 42.7% 1,459 56.6% 19 2,580 R+13.8
Nemaha 978 38.1% 1,410 54.9% 180 2,568 R+16.8
Fillmore 961 38.3% 1,420 56.7% 125 2,506 R+18.3
York 700 28.4% 1,556 63.2% 206 2,462 R+34.8
Butler 1,101 45.5% 1,069 44.2% 250 2,420 D+1.3
Clay 636 27.2% 1,430 61.1% 276 2,342 R+33.9
Johnson 876 40.7% 1,135 52.7% 143 2,154 R+12.0
Madison 908 42.3% 1,066 49.6% 174 2,148 R+7.4
Platte 1,278 60.9% 774 36.9% 48 2,100 D+24.0
Jefferson 738 35.7% 1,203 58.2% 125 2,066 R+22.5
Thayer 775 37.8% 1,185 57.9% 88 2,048 R+20.0
Webster 627 30.7% 1,169 57.2% 247 2,043 R+26.5
Pawnee 706 35.9% 1,100 55.9% 162 1,968 R+20.0
Washington 682 35.0% 948 48.7% 317 1,947 R+13.7
Hamilton 618 32.0% 1,272 65.9% 41 1,931 R+33.9
Brown 575 31.4% 1,187 64.9% 67 1,829 R+33.5
Cuming 912 49.9% 888 48.6% 27 1,827 D+1.3
Polk 239 14.2% 715 42.4% 734 1,688 Others
Burt 481 29.5% 1,054 64.7% 94 1,629 R+35.2
Colfax 802 51.3% 681 43.6% 79 1,562 D+7.7
Kearney 497 32.1% 780 50.5% 269 1,546 R+18.3
Antelope 330 21.8% 1,021 67.6% 160 1,511 R+45.7
Nuckolls 456 31.5% 828 57.2% 164 1,448 R+25.7
Howard 684 47.4% 707 49.0% 52 1,443 R+1.6
Red Willow 481 34.1% 877 62.2% 51 1,409 R+28.1
Knox 376 26.8% 881 62.7% 148 1,405 R+35.9
Furnas 376 26.9% 957 68.6% 63 1,396 R+41.6
Harlan 319 23.9% 861 64.4% 156 1,336 R+40.6
Boone 426 32.9% 843 65.0% 27 1,296 R+32.2
Dawes 483 37.4% 743 57.5% 66 1,292 R+20.1
Phelps 197 15.2% 926 71.7% 169 1,292 R+56.4
Merrick 390 30.4% 678 52.9% 213 1,281 R+22.5
Sarpy 630 49.7% 581 45.9% 56 1,267 D+3.9
Franklin 424 33.9% 687 54.9% 140 1,251 R+21.0
Dawson 428 34.6% 757 61.2% 51 1,236 R+26.6
Lincoln 460 39.1% 694 59.0% 23 1,177 R+19.9
Dixon 481 42.8% 617 54.9% 26 1,124 R+12.1
Dakota 606 57.8% 438 41.8% 4 1,048 D+16.0
Cheyenne 422 41.0% 592 57.5% 15 1,029 R+16.5
Valley 305 31.1% 658 67.1% 18 981 R+36.0
Sheridan 385 39.4% 571 58.4% 21 977 R+19.0
Keith 391 40.3% 565 58.2% 14 970 R+17.9
Hitchcock 260 27.5% 681 72.0% 5 946 R+44.5
Cedar 555 58.9% 373 39.6% 15 943 D+19.3
Wayne 286 32.1% 597 67.0% 8 891 R+34.9
Sherman 352 40.1% 523 59.6% 3 878 R+19.5
Nance 229 26.7% 521 60.7% 108 858 R+34.0
Greeley 402 52.1% 366 47.4% 4 772 D+4.7
Frontier 182 25.0% 534 73.3% 13 729 R+48.3
Keya Paha 218 31.4% 474 68.2% 3 695 R+36.8
Pierce 311 45.4% 360 52.6% 14 685 R+7.2
Stanton 330 48.9% 323 47.9% 22 675 D+1.0
Cherry 285 42.9% 374 56.3% 5 664 R+13.4
Hayes 223 39.8% 336 59.9% 2 561 R+20.1
Gosper 159 30.8% 318 61.6% 39 516 R+30.8
Dundy 150 30.8% 297 61.0% 40 487 R+30.2
Chase 92 26.9% 249 72.8% 1 342 R+45.9
Garfield 107 40.4% 158 59.6% 265 R+19.2
Wheeler 73 27.9% 188 71.8% 1 262 R+43.9
Loup 28 12.0% 194 83.3% 11 233 R+71.2
Logan 70 43.5% 91 56.5% 161 R+13.0
Blaine 14 10.6% 117 88.6% 1 132 R+78.0

Counties as they stood in 1886; 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