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1912 Nebraska governor election

John H. Morehead (Democrat) beat Chester H. Aldrich (Republican) in Nebraska in 1912, 49.3% to 45.3%, a margin of 3.9 points and 9,922 votes.

Nebraska changed party: in 1910 it went Republican, for Chester H. Aldrich.

Republicans led in 49 of the 92 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 43. The largest, Douglas, cast 29,708 votes and went to the Democrat by 11.5 points. The closest was Grant, 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 H. Morehead won Democratic 123,997 49.3%
Chester H. Aldrich Republican 114,075 45.3%
All other candidates 13,606 5.4%
Total251,678

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 15,428 51.9% 12,000 40.4% 2,280 29,708 D+11.5
Lancaster 7,111 50.5% 6,256 44.4% 708 14,075 D+6.1
Gage 3,119 49.1% 2,998 47.2% 237 6,354 D+1.9
Custer 2,531 43.5% 2,876 49.4% 414 5,821 R+5.9
Buffalo 2,298 49.1% 2,073 44.3% 310 4,681 D+4.8
Saunders 2,384 51.1% 2,179 46.7% 106 4,669 D+4.4
Dodge 2,331 50.1% 1,995 42.9% 325 4,651 D+7.2
Richardson 2,740 61.1% 1,629 36.3% 117 4,486 D+24.8
Hall 2,454 54.8% 1,733 38.7% 295 4,482 D+16.1
Cass 2,328 53.1% 1,846 42.1% 207 4,381 D+11.0
Adams 2,180 52.2% 1,741 41.7% 252 4,173 D+10.5
York 2,036 49.2% 1,903 46.0% 199 4,138 D+3.2
Otoe 2,240 54.8% 1,724 42.2% 120 4,084 D+12.6
Madison 2,089 51.7% 1,853 45.9% 98 4,040 D+5.8
Saline 2,268 56.2% 1,654 41.0% 113 4,035 D+15.2
Platte 2,334 59.5% 1,513 38.6% 73 3,920 D+20.9
Knox 1,912 49.6% 1,836 47.6% 109 3,857 D+2.0
Clay 1,749 47.6% 1,806 49.2% 119 3,674 R+1.6
Holt 1,693 46.5% 1,742 47.9% 202 3,637 R+1.3
Seward 2,025 56.2% 1,528 42.4% 52 3,605 D+13.8
Fillmore 1,816 51.6% 1,599 45.4% 107 3,522 D+6.2
Jefferson 1,569 44.7% 1,683 47.9% 260 3,512 R+3.2
Dawson 1,723 50.2% 1,578 46.0% 129 3,430 D+4.2
Butler 1,984 59.2% 1,307 39.0% 61 3,352 D+20.2
Cedar 1,665 50.1% 1,629 49.0% 29 3,323 D+1.1
Thayer 1,710 52.0% 1,457 44.3% 121 3,288 D+7.7
Lincoln 1,200 37.1% 1,563 48.3% 470 3,233 R+11.2
Antelope 1,404 44.5% 1,648 52.3% 100 3,152 R+7.7
Hamilton 1,450 46.8% 1,502 48.5% 143 3,095 R+1.7
Nemaha 1,711 56.7% 1,217 40.3% 91 3,019 D+16.4
Nuckolls 1,471 48.8% 1,433 47.5% 111 3,015 D+1.3
Burt 1,271 42.5% 1,658 55.4% 63 2,992 R+12.9
Boone 1,526 51.5% 1,357 45.8% 80 2,963 D+5.7
Cuming 1,687 60.1% 1,076 38.3% 44 2,807 D+21.8
Washington 1,300 46.4% 1,384 49.4% 115 2,799 R+3.0
Webster 1,286 46.2% 1,355 48.7% 143 2,784 R+2.5
Cherry 1,177 44.6% 1,185 44.9% 278 2,640 R+0.3
Furnas 1,375 52.9% 1,104 42.5% 118 2,597 D+10.4
Polk 1,024 40.8% 1,141 45.4% 347 2,512 R+4.7
Dixon 910 37.2% 1,464 59.8% 74 2,448 R+22.6
Phelps 1,307 53.8% 998 41.1% 123 2,428 D+12.7
Franklin 1,238 51.8% 1,070 44.8% 83 2,391 D+7.0
Merrick 1,104 46.3% 1,159 48.6% 122 2,385 R+2.3
Pawnee 1,110 47.1% 1,139 48.3% 108 2,357 R+1.2
Johnson 1,226 53.8% 997 43.8% 54 2,277 D+10.1
Howard 1,224 54.3% 914 40.5% 118 2,256 D+13.7
Red Willow 1,052 47.1% 978 43.8% 203 2,233 D+3.3
Wayne 978 44.9% 1,171 53.7% 30 2,179 R+8.9
Pierce 1,073 50.0% 1,036 48.3% 35 2,144 D+1.7
Colfax 1,115 52.4% 912 42.9% 99 2,126 D+9.5
Harlan 1,017 48.6% 876 41.9% 198 2,091 D+6.7
Kearney 985 47.2% 1,019 48.8% 82 2,086 R+1.6
Valley 895 42.9% 1,030 49.4% 159 2,084 R+6.5
Nance 855 43.8% 1,052 53.9% 45 1,952 R+10.1
Sherman 809 42.8% 926 49.0% 154 1,889 R+6.2
Thurston 927 49.7% 858 46.0% 79 1,864 D+3.7
Sarpy 1,085 58.9% 650 35.3% 106 1,841 D+23.6
Greeley 1,057 59.7% 621 35.1% 93 1,771 D+24.6
Scotts Bluff 538 30.8% 941 53.9% 268 1,747 R+23.1
Frontier 679 40.3% 872 51.7% 135 1,686 R+11.4
Boyd 755 45.4% 823 49.5% 84 1,662 R+4.1
Sheridan 705 43.5% 769 47.4% 147 1,621 R+3.9
Dawes 630 39.8% 861 54.4% 92 1,583 R+14.6
Stanton 836 53.3% 704 44.9% 29 1,569 D+8.4
Dakota 650 44.7% 737 50.7% 68 1,455 R+6.0
Brown 496 37.6% 719 54.5% 104 1,319 R+16.9
Box Butte 572 44.3% 601 46.6% 117 1,290 R+2.2
Morrill 417 37.1% 611 54.4% 95 1,123 R+17.3
Hitchcock 486 47.0% 478 46.2% 71 1,035 D+0.8
Sioux 449 44.0% 492 48.2% 79 1,020 R+4.2
Gosper 563 57.8% 389 39.9% 22 974 D+17.9
Cheyenne 379 39.1% 501 51.7% 89 969 R+12.6
Dundy 379 42.3% 430 48.0% 87 896 R+5.7
Rock 299 34.5% 499 57.6% 68 866 R+23.1
Garden 267 31.8% 508 60.5% 64 839 R+28.7
Keith 359 43.4% 367 44.3% 102 828 R+1.0
Garfield 283 34.6% 395 48.2% 141 819 R+13.7
Keya Paha 264 33.3% 426 53.8% 102 792 R+20.5
Chase 338 42.8% 397 50.3% 55 790 R+7.5
Hayes 220 37.0% 330 55.6% 44 594 R+18.5
Perkins 246 42.5% 294 50.8% 39 579 R+8.3
McPherson 193 34.2% 318 56.3% 54 565 R+22.1
Wheeler 207 42.5% 226 46.4% 54 487 R+3.9
Loup 151 32.7% 244 52.8% 67 462 R+20.1
Blaine 204 46.7% 193 44.2% 40 437 D+2.5
Kimball 117 27.4% 279 65.3% 31 427 R+37.9
Deuel 154 39.9% 212 54.9% 20 386 R+15.0
Thomas 167 43.5% 189 49.2% 28 384 R+5.7
Logan 146 38.8% 205 54.5% 25 376 R+15.7
Hooker 122 41.5% 150 51.0% 22 294 R+9.5
Banner 49 18.7% 174 66.4% 39 262 R+47.7
Grant 111 47.4% 110 47.0% 13 234 D+0.4

Counties as they stood in 1912; 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