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Election 1938 Results

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1938 Nebraska governor election

Robert L. Cochran (Democrat) beat Charles J. Warner (Republican) in Nebraska in 1938, 44.0% to 40.6%, a margin of 3.4 points and 16,889 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1936, when Robert L. Cochran also won.

Republicans led in 50 of the 93 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 43. The largest, Douglas, cast 76,604 votes and went to the Democrat by 48.6 points. The closest was Stanton, 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
Robert L. Cochran won Democratic 218,787 44.0%
Charles J. Warner Republican 201,898 40.6%
Charles W. Bryan Independent 76,258 15.3%
Total496,943

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 54,439 71.1% 17,215 22.5% 4,950 76,604 D+48.6
Lancaster 9,163 26.5% 17,911 51.9% 7,468 34,542 R+25.3
Gage 3,282 30.0% 5,446 49.8% 2,200 10,928 R+19.8
Dodge 3,755 38.6% 4,005 41.2% 1,963 9,723 R+2.6
Custer 2,949 30.5% 4,686 48.5% 2,022 9,657 R+18.0
Madison 3,863 40.3% 4,135 43.1% 1,592 9,590 R+2.8
Hall 2,788 29.6% 4,446 47.2% 2,182 9,416 R+17.6
Buffalo 2,398 27.5% 4,378 50.2% 1,946 8,722 R+22.7
Adams 2,483 28.9% 4,351 50.6% 1,757 8,591 R+21.7
Platte 3,814 45.3% 3,582 42.5% 1,028 8,424 D+2.8
Scotts Bluff 3,413 41.6% 3,986 48.6% 810 8,209 R+7.0
Saunders 2,907 35.7% 3,917 48.2% 1,308 8,132 R+12.4
Richardson 4,312 55.6% 2,627 33.8% 823 7,762 D+21.7
Lincoln 3,629 48.0% 2,517 33.3% 1,419 7,565 D+14.7
Otoe 2,995 42.1% 2,849 40.1% 1,268 7,112 D+2.1
Cass 2,612 36.9% 3,294 46.5% 1,178 7,084 R+9.6
York 2,154 30.5% 3,531 49.9% 1,388 7,073 R+19.5
Dawson 2,862 41.2% 2,901 41.8% 1,182 6,945 R+0.6
Holt 3,652 52.9% 2,329 33.7% 921 6,902 D+19.2
Saline 3,395 49.2% 2,660 38.6% 840 6,895 D+10.7
Knox 3,101 45.8% 2,702 39.9% 973 6,776 D+5.9
Jefferson 2,830 42.6% 2,861 43.0% 959 6,650 R+0.5
Seward 2,093 34.6% 2,858 47.2% 1,099 6,050 R+12.6
Butler 3,032 50.2% 2,257 37.4% 750 6,039 D+12.8
Cedar 3,205 54.4% 1,930 32.7% 761 5,896 D+21.6
Antelope 1,967 33.5% 3,057 52.0% 853 5,877 R+18.5
Fillmore 2,077 38.3% 2,723 50.2% 623 5,423 R+11.9
Clay 1,130 21.4% 2,980 56.4% 1,171 5,281 R+35.0
Nemaha 2,316 44.3% 2,133 40.8% 776 5,225 D+3.5
Thayer 1,850 36.1% 2,387 46.6% 882 5,119 R+10.5
Cuming 2,745 54.5% 1,665 33.1% 627 5,037 D+21.4
Boone 1,219 24.3% 2,481 49.4% 1,322 5,022 R+25.1
Furnas 1,317 27.9% 2,628 55.6% 778 4,723 R+27.8
Hamilton 1,323 28.0% 2,636 55.9% 758 4,717 R+27.8
Washington 2,056 45.2% 1,361 29.9% 1,133 4,550 D+15.3
Colfax 2,303 52.4% 1,437 32.7% 654 4,394 D+19.7
Nuckolls 1,359 32.3% 2,091 49.7% 759 4,209 R+17.4
Dawes 2,253 54.1% 1,301 31.2% 614 4,168 D+22.8
Burt 2,215 53.2% 1,465 35.2% 487 4,167 D+18.0
Sheridan 1,899 46.2% 1,607 39.1% 600 4,106 D+7.1
Red Willow 1,778 43.6% 1,370 33.6% 927 4,075 D+10.0
Dixon 2,067 51.5% 1,433 35.7% 516 4,016 D+15.8
Cherry 1,935 48.4% 1,674 41.9% 387 3,996 D+6.5
Dakota 1,846 46.3% 1,165 29.2% 973 3,984 D+17.1
Pierce 1,326 33.5% 1,984 50.1% 652 3,962 R+16.6
Johnson 1,388 35.9% 2,056 53.2% 423 3,867 R+17.3
Polk 1,345 35.3% 1,877 49.3% 586 3,808 R+14.0
Phelps 1,076 28.3% 1,797 47.3% 926 3,799 R+19.0
Howard 1,672 44.0% 1,494 39.3% 631 3,797 D+4.7
Thurston 2,158 57.3% 885 23.5% 722 3,765 D+33.8
Pawnee 1,549 41.4% 1,720 45.9% 475 3,744 R+4.6
Webster 920 24.6% 2,268 60.7% 548 3,736 R+36.1
Merrick 935 25.1% 2,184 58.5% 613 3,732 R+33.5
Franklin 953 25.8% 1,718 46.5% 1,023 3,694 R+20.7
Wayne 1,281 34.9% 1,425 38.9% 961 3,667 R+3.9
Sarpy 2,284 62.9% 1,052 29.0% 294 3,630 D+33.9
Cheyenne 1,963 55.1% 1,099 30.9% 499 3,561 D+24.3
Valley 1,161 32.7% 1,902 53.5% 491 3,554 R+20.8
Box Butte 1,792 51.7% 1,218 35.2% 455 3,465 D+16.6
Sherman 1,309 39.1% 1,622 48.4% 417 3,348 R+9.3
Nance 1,054 32.8% 1,675 52.1% 488 3,217 R+19.3
Harlan 952 29.7% 1,634 51.0% 616 3,202 R+21.3
Kearney 1,086 34.4% 1,552 49.2% 517 3,155 R+14.8
Stanton 1,275 41.7% 1,276 41.7% 507 3,058 level
Frontier 1,178 40.8% 1,285 44.5% 425 2,888 R+3.7
Morrill 1,376 48.5% 1,101 38.8% 360 2,837 D+9.7
Keith 1,521 53.7% 916 32.4% 394 2,831 D+21.4
Hitchcock 1,378 49.3% 1,031 36.9% 388 2,797 D+12.4
Greeley 933 33.6% 1,174 42.3% 668 2,775 R+8.7
Boyd 1,309 49.2% 907 34.1% 442 2,658 D+15.1
Brown 1,003 42.0% 1,001 41.9% 385 2,389 D+0.1
Dundy 1,086 50.5% 784 36.5% 280 2,150 D+14.0
Chase 967 45.5% 821 38.6% 337 2,125 D+6.9
Perkins 1,084 52.4% 697 33.7% 288 2,069 D+18.7
Kimball 743 39.7% 984 52.6% 144 1,871 R+12.9
Garden 804 45.1% 713 40.0% 267 1,784 D+5.1
Rock 661 41.4% 700 43.9% 235 1,596 R+2.4
Gosper 666 45.3% 579 39.4% 224 1,469 D+5.9
Deuel 696 47.5% 487 33.3% 281 1,464 D+14.3
Garfield 425 31.2% 724 53.2% 212 1,361 R+22.0
Sioux 705 53.2% 490 37.0% 131 1,326 D+16.2
Keya Paha 575 43.4% 631 47.6% 119 1,325 R+4.2
Hayes 609 49.4% 498 40.4% 125 1,232 D+9.0
Wheeler 380 42.1% 364 40.3% 159 903 D+1.8
Logan 343 38.8% 374 42.4% 166 883 R+3.5
Loup 304 36.8% 433 52.4% 89 826 R+15.6
Blaine 282 38.5% 312 42.6% 139 733 R+4.1
Thomas 302 43.1% 243 34.7% 155 700 D+8.4
Banner 272 42.8% 308 48.5% 55 635 R+5.7
Grant 324 52.2% 236 38.0% 61 621 D+14.2
McPherson 173 30.5% 266 46.9% 128 567 R+16.4
Hooker 213 42.0% 229 45.2% 65 507 R+3.2
Arthur 215 44.4% 204 42.1% 65 484 D+2.3

Counties as they stood in 1938; 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