Election 1926 Results
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1926 Nebraska governor election
Adam McMullen (Republican) beat Charles W. Bryan (Democrat) in Nebraska in 1926, 49.8% to 49.0%, a margin of 0.8 points and 3,432 votes.
The Republican hold continued from 1924, when Adam McMullen also won.
Democrats led in 51 of the 93 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 42. The largest, Douglas, cast 51,802 votes and went to the Republican by 11.1 points. The closest was Sioux, where 4 votes separated the two parties.
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
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adam McMullen won | Republican | 206,120 | 49.8% |
| Charles W. Bryan | Democratic | 202,688 | 49.0% |
| All other candidates | 4,937 | 1.2% | |
| Total | 413,745 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas | 22,314 43.1% | 28,041 54.1% | 1,447 | 51,802 | R+11.1 |
| Lancaster | 13,486 48.5% | 14,178 51.0% | 154 | 27,818 | R+2.5 |
| Custer | 5,074 54.8% | 4,092 44.2% | 93 | 9,259 | D+10.6 |
| Gage | 4,752 51.9% | 4,338 47.4% | 63 | 9,153 | D+4.5 |
| Saunders | 4,123 52.6% | 3,662 46.7% | 50 | 7,835 | D+5.9 |
| Adams | 4,399 57.6% | 3,093 40.5% | 147 | 7,639 | D+17.1 |
| Buffalo | 3,466 45.8% | 4,023 53.1% | 86 | 7,575 | R+7.4 |
| Saline | 4,339 60.7% | 2,769 38.8% | 37 | 7,145 | D+22.0 |
| Dodge | 3,060 43.5% | 3,904 55.5% | 69 | 7,033 | R+12.0 |
| Hall | 3,083 44.6% | 3,740 54.1% | 88 | 6,911 | R+9.5 |
| Madison | 2,468 37.3% | 4,090 61.8% | 63 | 6,621 | R+24.5 |
| York | 2,962 45.5% | 3,505 53.8% | 48 | 6,515 | R+8.3 |
| Platte | 3,895 60.1% | 2,525 38.9% | 66 | 6,486 | D+21.1 |
| Holt | 3,462 54.1% | 2,855 44.6% | 87 | 6,404 | D+9.5 |
| Richardson | 3,046 48.6% | 3,200 51.1% | 20 | 6,266 | R+2.5 |
| Cass | 3,107 50.0% | 3,052 49.1% | 53 | 6,212 | D+0.9 |
| Knox | 2,997 51.4% | 2,735 46.9% | 96 | 5,828 | D+4.5 |
| Lincoln | 3,041 52.6% | 2,651 45.9% | 89 | 5,781 | D+6.7 |
| Otoe | 2,597 44.9% | 3,118 53.9% | 65 | 5,780 | R+9.0 |
| Jefferson | 2,991 53.1% | 2,612 46.4% | 31 | 5,634 | D+6.7 |
| Dawson | 2,888 51.8% | 2,647 47.5% | 35 | 5,570 | D+4.3 |
| Clay | 2,736 52.2% | 2,465 47.0% | 45 | 5,246 | D+5.2 |
| Thayer | 2,493 47.8% | 2,693 51.6% | 32 | 5,218 | R+3.8 |
| Boone | 2,999 57.5% | 2,170 41.6% | 48 | 5,217 | D+15.9 |
| Hamilton | 2,624 52.5% | 2,357 47.1% | 21 | 5,002 | D+5.3 |
| Antelope | 2,412 49.0% | 2,418 49.1% | 92 | 4,922 | R+0.1 |
| Seward | 2,645 54.5% | 2,184 45.0% | 28 | 4,857 | D+9.5 |
| Cuming | 2,307 47.6% | 2,472 51.0% | 66 | 4,845 | R+3.4 |
| Fillmore | 2,431 50.3% | 2,373 49.1% | 31 | 4,835 | D+1.2 |
| Scotts Bluff | 1,529 32.0% | 3,169 66.4% | 77 | 4,775 | R+34.3 |
| Cedar | 2,203 46.8% | 2,470 52.5% | 32 | 4,705 | R+5.7 |
| Butler | 2,402 51.7% | 2,215 47.7% | 28 | 4,645 | D+4.0 |
| Nemaha | 2,414 52.4% | 2,165 47.0% | 25 | 4,604 | D+5.4 |
| Nuckolls | 2,412 53.4% | 2,080 46.0% | 27 | 4,519 | D+7.3 |
| Furnas | 2,190 49.6% | 2,172 49.2% | 51 | 4,413 | D+0.4 |
| Burt | 1,699 39.2% | 2,612 60.3% | 23 | 4,334 | R+21.1 |
| Polk | 1,994 50.4% | 1,942 49.1% | 17 | 3,953 | D+1.3 |
| Red Willow | 1,701 43.3% | 2,180 55.5% | 44 | 3,925 | R+12.2 |
| Dixon | 1,776 45.4% | 2,086 53.3% | 49 | 3,911 | R+7.9 |
| Franklin | 2,171 55.6% | 1,711 43.8% | 23 | 3,905 | D+11.8 |
| Merrick | 1,825 46.9% | 2,033 52.3% | 30 | 3,888 | R+5.3 |
| Webster | 1,956 54.0% | 1,634 45.1% | 31 | 3,621 | D+8.9 |
| Johnson | 2,132 59.0% | 1,439 39.8% | 44 | 3,615 | D+19.2 |
| Phelps | 2,010 55.9% | 1,576 43.8% | 12 | 3,598 | D+12.1 |
| Pawnee | 1,799 50.2% | 1,769 49.4% | 16 | 3,584 | D+0.8 |
| Washington | 1,517 43.7% | 1,906 54.9% | 48 | 3,471 | R+11.2 |
| Howard | 2,241 66.4% | 1,111 32.9% | 25 | 3,377 | D+33.5 |
| Sherman | 1,947 59.8% | 1,273 39.1% | 37 | 3,257 | D+20.7 |
| Cheyenne | 1,307 40.2% | 1,915 58.9% | 31 | 3,253 | R+18.7 |
| Nance | 1,648 50.8% | 1,576 48.5% | 23 | 3,247 | D+2.2 |
| Valley | 1,313 40.5% | 1,885 58.2% | 40 | 3,238 | R+17.7 |
| Sarpy | 1,758 54.3% | 1,427 44.1% | 51 | 3,236 | D+10.2 |
| Harlan | 1,788 55.9% | 1,391 43.5% | 17 | 3,196 | D+12.4 |
| Cherry | 1,451 45.5% | 1,688 52.9% | 49 | 3,188 | R+7.4 |
| Thurston | 1,834 57.5% | 1,321 41.4% | 33 | 3,188 | D+16.1 |
| Pierce | 1,221 39.1% | 1,852 59.3% | 49 | 3,122 | R+20.2 |
| Sheridan | 1,389 44.6% | 1,692 54.4% | 32 | 3,113 | R+9.7 |
| Colfax | 1,738 55.8% | 1,328 42.7% | 46 | 3,112 | D+13.2 |
| Kearney | 1,616 54.7% | 1,316 44.5% | 22 | 2,954 | D+10.2 |
| Greeley | 1,952 66.1% | 977 33.1% | 22 | 2,951 | D+33.0 |
| Dawes | 1,049 35.7% | 1,854 63.1% | 36 | 2,939 | R+27.4 |
| Frontier | 1,505 52.8% | 1,324 46.5% | 19 | 2,848 | D+6.4 |
| Dakota | 1,242 45.4% | 1,470 53.7% | 26 | 2,738 | R+8.3 |
| Wayne | 1,063 39.4% | 1,617 59.9% | 18 | 2,698 | R+20.5 |
| Morrill | 1,216 46.8% | 1,345 51.8% | 38 | 2,599 | R+5.0 |
| Stanton | 1,163 45.8% | 1,353 53.3% | 23 | 2,539 | R+7.5 |
| Box Butte | 967 38.5% | 1,525 60.7% | 22 | 2,514 | R+22.2 |
| Boyd | 977 41.1% | 1,344 56.5% | 56 | 2,377 | R+15.4 |
| Hitchcock | 1,023 44.0% | 1,275 54.8% | 27 | 2,325 | R+10.8 |
| Brown | 1,069 46.3% | 1,211 52.5% | 28 | 2,308 | R+6.2 |
| Chase | 971 49.2% | 992 50.3% | 9 | 1,972 | R+1.1 |
| Keith | 993 51.6% | 901 46.8% | 32 | 1,926 | D+4.8 |
| Dundy | 819 45.5% | 964 53.6% | 17 | 1,800 | R+8.1 |
| Perkins | 1,015 58.0% | 720 41.1% | 16 | 1,751 | D+16.8 |
| Kimball | 578 38.3% | 907 60.1% | 23 | 1,508 | R+21.8 |
| Gosper | 917 62.2% | 546 37.0% | 12 | 1,475 | D+25.2 |
| Garden | 747 52.5% | 654 45.9% | 23 | 1,424 | D+6.5 |
| Deuel | 608 43.0% | 790 55.9% | 16 | 1,414 | R+12.9 |
| Hayes | 630 53.6% | 528 44.9% | 17 | 1,175 | D+8.7 |
| Garfield | 434 37.1% | 700 59.9% | 35 | 1,169 | R+22.8 |
| Keya Paha | 590 51.3% | 545 47.4% | 14 | 1,149 | D+3.9 |
| Rock | 470 42.1% | 628 56.3% | 18 | 1,116 | R+14.2 |
| Sioux | 517 49.5% | 513 49.1% | 14 | 1,044 | D+0.4 |
| Wheeler | 478 59.7% | 309 38.6% | 14 | 801 | D+21.1 |
| Logan | 410 57.4% | 299 41.9% | 5 | 714 | D+15.5 |
| Loup | 317 48.6% | 307 47.1% | 28 | 652 | D+1.5 |
| Blaine | 342 55.7% | 260 42.3% | 12 | 614 | D+13.4 |
| Arthur | 294 57.1% | 214 41.6% | 7 | 515 | D+15.5 |
| Thomas | 266 51.8% | 243 47.3% | 5 | 514 | D+4.5 |
| Banner | 239 48.2% | 253 51.0% | 4 | 496 | R+2.8 |
| McPherson | 277 56.3% | 205 41.7% | 10 | 492 | D+14.6 |
| Grant | 211 43.1% | 273 55.7% | 6 | 490 | R+12.7 |
| Hooker | 161 47.1% | 178 52.0% | 3 | 342 | R+5.0 |
Counties as they stood in 1926; 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
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |