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Election 1936 Results

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1936 Nebraska governor election

Robert L. Cochran (Democrat) beat Dwight Griswold (Republican) in Nebraska in 1936, 55.9% to 43.1%, a margin of 12.8 points and 76,133 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1934, when Robert L. Cochran also won.

Democrats led in 59 of the 93 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 34. The largest, Douglas, cast 104,379 votes and went to the Democrat by 40.4 points. The closest was Logan, where 4 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
Robert L. Cochran won Democratic 333,412 55.9%
Dwight Griswold Republican 257,279 43.1%
All other candidates 5,746 1.0%
Total596,437

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 72,479 69.4% 30,354 29.1% 1,546 104,379 D+40.4
Lancaster 21,950 50.2% 21,299 48.7% 467 43,716 D+1.5
Gage 6,887 54.9% 5,566 44.4% 86 12,539 D+10.5
Hall 6,127 52.3% 5,498 47.0% 85 11,710 D+5.4
Dodge 6,192 55.4% 4,884 43.7% 94 11,170 D+11.7
Madison 5,859 52.6% 5,183 46.5% 100 11,142 D+6.1
Custer 5,415 48.7% 5,598 50.3% 109 11,122 R+1.6
Buffalo 5,481 50.8% 5,214 48.3% 91 10,786 D+2.5
Lincoln 6,272 59.2% 4,232 39.9% 99 10,603 D+19.2
Adams 5,780 55.0% 4,656 44.3% 77 10,513 D+10.7
Scotts Bluff 4,535 45.9% 5,191 52.6% 144 9,870 R+6.6
Saunders 5,346 56.3% 4,073 42.9% 74 9,493 D+13.4
Richardson 5,647 59.7% 3,777 40.0% 30 9,454 D+19.8
Platte 5,780 62.9% 3,320 36.1% 85 9,185 D+26.8
Cass 4,642 54.5% 3,791 44.5% 82 8,515 D+10.0
Otoe 4,026 47.8% 4,339 51.6% 49 8,414 R+3.7
York 3,897 47.1% 4,340 52.5% 34 8,271 R+5.4
Saline 5,184 64.2% 2,856 35.4% 38 8,078 D+28.8
Holt 4,040 53.2% 3,508 46.2% 48 7,596 D+7.0
Dawson 3,855 51.2% 3,614 48.0% 59 7,528 D+3.2
Jefferson 4,426 59.3% 2,991 40.1% 49 7,466 D+19.2
Knox 4,225 56.7% 3,148 42.3% 72 7,445 D+14.5
Seward 3,882 55.5% 3,063 43.8% 48 6,993 D+11.7
Butler 4,224 62.1% 2,539 37.3% 41 6,804 D+24.8
Cedar 3,814 57.5% 2,746 41.4% 76 6,636 D+16.1
Antelope 3,144 48.6% 3,263 50.5% 57 6,464 R+1.8
Nemaha 3,540 57.3% 2,609 42.2% 31 6,180 D+15.1
Thayer 3,319 55.0% 2,680 44.4% 38 6,037 D+10.6
Fillmore 3,031 50.5% 2,948 49.1% 26 6,005 D+1.4
Boone 2,926 49.2% 2,975 50.1% 43 5,944 R+0.8
Clay 2,748 46.8% 3,073 52.3% 51 5,872 R+5.5
Cuming 3,242 56.4% 2,439 42.4% 69 5,750 D+14.0
Burt 3,206 56.0% 2,489 43.5% 32 5,727 D+12.5
Washington 3,319 59.3% 2,250 40.2% 28 5,597 D+19.1
Red Willow 3,417 61.2% 2,112 37.9% 50 5,579 D+23.4
Hamilton 2,695 50.0% 2,670 49.5% 29 5,394 D+0.5
Furnas 2,243 41.8% 3,085 57.5% 33 5,361 R+15.7
Nuckolls 2,801 55.2% 2,247 44.2% 30 5,078 D+10.9
Colfax 3,123 62.2% 1,839 36.6% 61 5,023 D+25.6
Dawes 2,470 49.7% 2,460 49.5% 37 4,967 D+0.2
Merrick 2,114 43.8% 2,672 55.4% 38 4,824 R+11.6
Dixon 2,562 54.1% 2,132 45.0% 45 4,739 D+9.1
Polk 2,536 53.5% 2,174 45.9% 29 4,739 D+7.6
Sarpy 3,076 67.0% 1,476 32.1% 41 4,593 D+34.8
Box Butte 2,137 46.8% 2,369 51.9% 61 4,567 R+5.1
Johnson 2,263 50.4% 2,204 49.1% 21 4,488 D+1.3
Sheridan 2,047 45.9% 2,348 52.6% 69 4,464 R+6.7
Phelps 2,285 51.3% 2,133 47.9% 34 4,452 D+3.4
Wayne 2,147 48.4% 2,236 50.4% 53 4,436 R+2.0
Pierce 1,990 45.1% 2,363 53.6% 59 4,412 R+8.5
Howard 2,832 64.9% 1,484 34.0% 51 4,367 D+30.9
Cheyenne 2,763 63.3% 1,575 36.1% 24 4,362 D+27.2
Pawnee 2,171 50.3% 2,121 49.1% 28 4,320 D+1.2
Webster 2,130 49.4% 2,142 49.7% 41 4,313 R+0.3
Dakota 2,377 57.4% 1,705 41.2% 59 4,141 D+16.2
Franklin 2,123 51.7% 1,938 47.2% 42 4,103 D+4.5
Valley 1,796 44.4% 2,217 54.8% 35 4,048 R+10.4
Sherman 2,393 60.1% 1,529 38.4% 57 3,979 D+21.7
Cherry 1,762 45.6% 2,071 53.7% 27 3,860 R+8.0
Thurston 2,147 56.9% 1,582 41.9% 43 3,772 D+15.0
Harlan 1,835 48.7% 1,911 50.7% 24 3,770 R+2.0
Nance 1,775 47.6% 1,929 51.8% 22 3,726 R+4.1
Kearney 1,986 54.1% 1,660 45.2% 26 3,672 D+8.9
Frontier 1,778 51.2% 1,664 47.9% 34 3,476 D+3.3
Greeley 2,047 59.0% 1,383 39.8% 41 3,471 D+19.1
Morrill 1,721 51.4% 1,594 47.6% 31 3,346 D+3.8
Stanton 1,547 49.6% 1,524 48.9% 46 3,117 D+0.7
Keith 1,805 59.0% 1,230 40.2% 25 3,060 D+18.8
Hitchcock 1,656 55.8% 1,304 43.9% 8 2,968 D+11.9
Boyd 1,437 49.8% 1,406 48.7% 44 2,887 D+1.1
Brown 1,177 45.4% 1,391 53.6% 25 2,593 R+8.3
Chase 1,366 54.3% 1,138 45.2% 13 2,517 D+9.1
Perkins 1,263 52.6% 1,114 46.4% 24 2,401 D+6.2
Dundy 1,198 51.0% 1,135 48.4% 14 2,347 D+2.7
Kimball 1,067 53.9% 892 45.1% 19 1,978 D+8.8
Garden 869 45.4% 1,033 53.9% 13 1,915 R+8.6
Deuel 1,017 57.4% 734 41.4% 22 1,773 D+16.0
Gosper 949 53.7% 801 45.4% 16 1,766 D+8.4
Sioux 736 45.0% 885 54.1% 16 1,637 R+9.1
Rock 661 40.6% 959 58.8% 10 1,630 R+18.3
Hayes 708 48.6% 738 50.6% 12 1,458 R+2.1
Garfield 622 43.1% 800 55.4% 21 1,443 R+12.3
Keya Paha 522 38.9% 808 60.2% 12 1,342 R+21.3
Wheeler 456 51.2% 425 47.8% 9 890 D+3.5
Logan 425 49.5% 429 49.9% 5 859 R+0.5
Loup 292 37.7% 475 61.3% 8 775 R+23.6
Thomas 345 47.6% 377 52.0% 3 725 R+4.4
Blaine 318 45.0% 383 54.2% 5 706 R+9.2
Banner 289 45.2% 342 53.4% 9 640 R+8.3
Grant 205 35.8% 358 62.5% 10 573 R+26.7
McPherson 158 27.7% 405 70.9% 8 571 R+43.3
Arthur 196 35.9% 339 62.1% 11 546 R+26.2
Hooker 146 30.8% 323 68.1% 5 474 R+37.3

Counties as they stood in 1936; 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