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Election 1888 Results

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1888 Nebraska governor election

John M. Thayer (Republican) beat J. A. McShane (Democrat) in Nebraska in 1888, 51.3% to 42.1%, a margin of 9.1 points and 18,562 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1886, when John M. Thayer also won.

Republicans led in 64 of the 81 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 17. The largest, Douglas, cast 21,535 votes and went to the Democrat by 18.0 points. The closest was Thomas, where 1 vote 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
John M. Thayer won Republican 103,982 51.3%
J. A. McShane Democratic 85,420 42.1%
All other candidates 13,462 6.6%
Total202,864

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 12,479 57.9% 8,598 39.9% 458 21,535 D+18.0
Lancaster 3,610 36.6% 5,440 55.1% 821 9,871 R+18.5
Gage 2,625 41.9% 3,323 53.0% 320 6,268 R+11.1
Cass 3,102 49.8% 2,941 47.3% 180 6,223 D+2.6
Custer 1,627 34.7% 2,675 57.0% 389 4,691 R+22.3
Otoe 2,166 47.6% 2,002 44.0% 386 4,554 D+3.6
Saunders 1,880 42.9% 2,103 48.0% 396 4,379 R+5.1
Dodge 2,320 54.3% 1,780 41.6% 175 4,275 D+12.6
Saline 1,785 43.0% 2,081 50.1% 285 4,151 R+7.1
Richardson 1,911 46.0% 2,070 49.9% 169 4,150 R+3.8
Buffalo 1,419 36.1% 2,282 58.1% 228 3,929 R+22.0
Adams 1,339 35.1% 1,887 49.5% 585 3,811 R+14.4
Holt 1,641 43.7% 1,920 51.1% 195 3,756 R+7.4
York 1,205 33.5% 2,148 59.7% 246 3,599 R+26.2
Seward 1,687 47.1% 1,776 49.6% 119 3,582 R+2.5
Hall 1,514 42.5% 1,902 53.4% 145 3,561 R+10.9
Clay 1,060 31.1% 2,030 59.5% 319 3,409 R+28.5
Fillmore 1,356 39.8% 1,884 55.3% 168 3,408 R+15.5
Butler 1,507 46.4% 1,471 45.3% 269 3,247 D+1.1
Platte 1,691 56.9% 1,187 40.0% 93 2,971 D+17.0
Cheyenne 1,170 39.4% 1,647 55.5% 151 2,968 R+16.1
Jefferson 1,104 38.3% 1,657 57.4% 125 2,886 R+19.2
Hamilton 1,016 35.6% 1,713 60.0% 127 2,856 R+24.4
Nemaha 1,116 40.5% 1,410 51.2% 230 2,756 R+10.7
Madison 1,208 44.7% 1,326 49.0% 170 2,704 R+4.4
Thayer 1,100 42.1% 1,372 52.6% 138 2,610 R+10.4
Cuming 1,357 54.8% 998 40.3% 121 2,476 D+14.5
Washington 1,027 41.8% 1,233 50.2% 198 2,458 R+8.4
Burt 636 26.6% 1,610 67.4% 144 2,390 R+40.8
Johnson 970 40.6% 1,232 51.6% 186 2,388 R+11.0
Antelope 655 28.8% 1,392 61.3% 225 2,272 R+32.4
Webster 783 35.0% 1,222 54.6% 233 2,238 R+19.6
Pawnee 663 29.7% 1,278 57.3% 288 2,229 R+27.6
Nuckolls 766 34.7% 1,235 55.9% 207 2,208 R+21.2
Furnas 692 32.9% 1,293 61.5% 117 2,102 R+28.6
Merrick 674 32.9% 1,099 53.6% 277 2,050 R+20.7
Red Willow 538 26.7% 1,124 55.8% 354 2,016 R+29.1
Polk 524 26.2% 930 46.5% 547 2,001 R+20.3
Dawes 658 33.3% 1,132 57.3% 185 1,975 R+24.0
Colfax 1,077 55.1% 790 40.4% 89 1,956 D+14.7
Kearney 709 36.3% 1,021 52.2% 225 1,955 R+16.0
Howard 978 51.1% 904 47.2% 33 1,915 D+3.9
Lincoln 775 40.5% 1,114 58.2% 26 1,915 R+17.7
Knox 753 39.7% 994 52.4% 151 1,898 R+12.7
Sheridan 718 38.6% 1,000 53.8% 141 1,859 R+15.2
Boone 621 33.7% 1,173 63.6% 49 1,843 R+30.0
Phelps 367 20.0% 1,219 66.4% 251 1,837 R+46.4
Harlan 490 27.1% 950 52.5% 371 1,811 R+25.4
Dawson 651 36.0% 1,080 59.8% 75 1,806 R+23.8
Brown 566 31.4% 1,064 59.0% 173 1,803 R+27.6
Frontier 600 35.0% 1,034 60.4% 79 1,713 R+25.3
Dixon 659 40.5% 860 52.8% 109 1,628 R+12.3
Dakota 969 60.3% 625 38.9% 13 1,607 D+21.4
Franklin 614 38.3% 841 52.5% 147 1,602 R+14.2
Sarpy 917 57.3% 613 38.3% 71 1,601 D+19.0
Valley 550 35.8% 808 52.6% 178 1,536 R+16.8
Cherry 566 40.5% 733 52.5% 98 1,397 R+12.0
Hitchcock 469 34.8% 796 59.0% 84 1,349 R+24.2
Box Butte 587 44.3% 688 52.0% 49 1,324 R+7.6
Sherman 580 44.3% 685 52.3% 45 1,310 R+8.0
Cedar 655 50.2% 576 44.1% 74 1,305 D+6.1
Wayne 453 37.0% 614 50.2% 156 1,223 R+13.2
Chase 436 35.9% 724 59.5% 56 1,216 R+23.7
Perkins 427 37.7% 625 55.2% 81 1,133 R+17.5
Nance 375 33.3% 642 57.0% 110 1,127 R+23.7
Greeley 628 57.8% 453 41.7% 5 1,086 D+16.1
Keya Paha 343 32.0% 631 58.9% 97 1,071 R+26.9
Gosper 372 35.0% 667 62.7% 25 1,064 R+27.7
Stanton 500 53.1% 416 44.2% 26 942 D+8.9
Dundy 293 31.2% 535 57.0% 110 938 R+25.8
Pierce 457 49.7% 418 45.4% 45 920 D+4.2
Hayes 331 37.4% 506 57.2% 47 884 R+19.8
Keith 272 42.7% 312 49.0% 53 637 R+6.3
Sioux 320 51.8% 258 41.7% 40 618 D+10.0
Wheeler 144 33.5% 277 64.4% 9 430 R+30.9
Garfield 141 34.7% 222 54.7% 43 406 R+20.0
Logan 157 44.0% 199 55.7% 1 357 R+11.8
Loup 89 25.0% 261 73.3% 6 356 R+48.3
Blaine 100 36.5% 134 48.9% 40 274 R+12.4
Thomas 78 47.3% 79 47.9% 8 165 R+0.6
Grant 52 55.3% 38 40.4% 4 94 D+14.9

Counties as they stood in 1888; 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