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Election 1940 Results

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1940 Nebraska governor election

Dwight Griswold (Republican) beat Terry Carpenter (Democrat) in Nebraska in 1940, 60.9% to 39.1%, a margin of 21.7 points and 130,471 votes.

Nebraska changed party: in 1938 it went Democratic, for Robert L. Cochran.

Republicans led in 90 of the 93 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 3. The largest, Douglas, cast 115,531 votes and went to the Republican by 15.4 points. The closest was Greeley, where 13 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
Dwight Griswold won Republican 365,638 60.9%
Terry Carpenter Democratic 235,167 39.1%
Total600,805

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 48,860 42.3% 66,671 57.7% 115,531 R+15.4
Lancaster 17,304 37.5% 28,889 62.5% 46,193 R+25.1
Gage 5,097 39.2% 7,897 60.8% 12,994 R+21.5
Scotts Bluff 7,216 58.6% 5,106 41.4% 12,322 D+17.1
Hall 4,287 36.1% 7,602 63.9% 11,889 R+27.9
Dodge 4,583 40.6% 6,707 59.4% 11,290 R+18.8
Madison 3,911 35.2% 7,185 64.8% 11,096 R+29.5
Lincoln 3,555 33.3% 7,125 66.7% 10,680 R+33.4
Adams 4,002 37.7% 6,601 62.3% 10,603 R+24.5
Custer 3,429 33.0% 6,970 67.0% 10,399 R+34.1
Buffalo 3,710 36.0% 6,586 64.0% 10,296 R+27.9
Saunders 3,630 40.7% 5,289 59.3% 8,919 R+18.6
Platte 4,225 49.2% 4,360 50.8% 8,585 R+1.6
Otoe 3,164 37.0% 5,393 63.0% 8,557 R+26.0
Richardson 3,528 41.4% 4,989 58.6% 8,517 R+17.2
Cass 3,265 40.0% 4,899 60.0% 8,164 R+20.0
Dawson 2,189 28.0% 5,618 72.0% 7,807 R+43.9
Saline 3,729 48.8% 3,915 51.2% 7,644 R+2.4
Holt 2,681 35.1% 4,959 64.9% 7,640 R+29.8
Jefferson 2,911 38.6% 4,634 61.4% 7,545 R+22.8
York 2,355 32.0% 5,013 68.0% 7,368 R+36.1
Knox 2,908 39.7% 4,419 60.3% 7,327 R+20.6
Cedar 2,844 41.9% 3,937 58.1% 6,781 R+16.1
Seward 2,905 44.4% 3,636 55.6% 6,541 R+11.2
Antelope 2,055 32.3% 4,311 67.7% 6,366 R+35.4
Nemaha 2,420 39.2% 3,753 60.8% 6,173 R+21.6
Butler 2,580 42.9% 3,432 57.1% 6,012 R+14.2
Cuming 1,946 33.0% 3,947 67.0% 5,893 R+34.0
Thayer 2,342 39.9% 3,532 60.1% 5,874 R+20.3
Burt 1,976 33.9% 3,859 66.1% 5,835 R+32.3
Fillmore 1,886 34.2% 3,622 65.8% 5,508 R+31.5
Red Willow 2,241 40.9% 3,239 59.1% 5,480 R+18.2
Washington 2,318 42.8% 3,095 57.2% 5,413 R+14.4
Boone 2,011 38.1% 3,265 61.9% 5,276 R+23.8
Clay 1,947 37.7% 3,220 62.3% 5,167 R+24.6
Box Butte 2,271 44.9% 2,786 55.1% 5,057 R+10.2
Furnas 1,719 34.2% 3,313 65.8% 5,032 R+31.7
Hamilton 1,647 33.6% 3,262 66.4% 4,909 R+32.9
Dawes 1,759 36.4% 3,072 63.6% 4,831 R+27.2
Nuckolls 1,768 36.7% 3,051 63.3% 4,819 R+26.6
Colfax 2,068 42.9% 2,748 57.1% 4,816 R+14.1
Dixon 1,664 34.7% 3,137 65.3% 4,801 R+30.7
Sheridan 1,595 34.1% 3,080 65.9% 4,675 R+31.8
Sarpy 2,231 48.7% 2,351 51.3% 4,582 R+2.6
Pierce 1,510 33.0% 3,069 67.0% 4,579 R+34.0
Wayne 1,331 29.5% 3,174 70.5% 4,505 R+40.9
Merrick 1,460 33.3% 2,930 66.7% 4,390 R+33.5
Cherry 1,499 34.2% 2,881 65.8% 4,380 R+31.6
Dakota 1,983 45.5% 2,376 54.5% 4,359 R+9.0
Phelps 1,477 34.3% 2,834 65.7% 4,311 R+31.5
Cheyenne 1,954 45.9% 2,302 54.1% 4,256 R+8.2
Polk 1,445 34.1% 2,795 65.9% 4,240 R+31.8
Johnson 1,621 38.7% 2,569 61.3% 4,190 R+22.6
Webster 1,542 37.6% 2,554 62.4% 4,096 R+24.7
Pawnee 1,399 34.4% 2,667 65.6% 4,066 R+31.2
Valley 1,277 32.8% 2,620 67.2% 3,897 R+34.5
Howard 1,725 45.1% 2,102 54.9% 3,827 R+9.9
Thurston 1,570 41.9% 2,181 58.1% 3,751 R+16.3
Keith 1,439 38.8% 2,268 61.2% 3,707 R+22.4
Morrill 1,938 52.6% 1,743 47.4% 3,681 D+5.3
Franklin 1,441 39.3% 2,222 60.7% 3,663 R+21.3
Harlan 1,200 34.2% 2,313 65.8% 3,513 R+31.7
Kearney 1,223 36.8% 2,096 63.2% 3,319 R+26.3
Sherman 1,565 47.3% 1,746 52.7% 3,311 R+5.5
Nance 1,230 37.2% 2,074 62.8% 3,304 R+25.5
Stanton 1,037 33.4% 2,070 66.6% 3,107 R+33.2
Frontier 1,125 36.2% 1,980 63.8% 3,105 R+27.5
Greeley 1,476 49.8% 1,489 50.2% 2,965 R+0.4
Hitchcock 1,068 38.4% 1,715 61.6% 2,783 R+23.2
Boyd 992 36.5% 1,725 63.5% 2,717 R+27.0
Brown 813 30.3% 1,874 69.7% 2,687 R+39.5
Perkins 917 37.5% 1,528 62.5% 2,445 R+25.0
Chase 678 28.0% 1,742 72.0% 2,420 R+44.0
Dundy 738 32.6% 1,527 67.4% 2,265 R+34.8
Garden 740 36.2% 1,305 63.8% 2,045 R+27.6
Kimball 920 48.6% 974 51.4% 1,894 R+2.9
Deuel 491 28.7% 1,220 71.3% 1,711 R+42.6
Sioux 787 47.0% 889 53.0% 1,676 R+6.1
Rock 532 32.5% 1,105 67.5% 1,637 R+35.0
Gosper 604 37.3% 1,017 62.7% 1,621 R+25.5
Keya Paha 438 29.9% 1,028 70.1% 1,466 R+40.2
Garfield 378 27.5% 998 72.5% 1,376 R+45.1
Hayes 476 35.5% 865 64.5% 1,341 R+29.0
Wheeler 297 33.4% 593 66.6% 890 R+33.3
Loup 214 26.0% 608 74.0% 822 R+47.9
Logan 280 34.7% 526 65.3% 806 R+30.5
Thomas 286 37.5% 476 62.5% 762 R+24.9
Blaine 239 31.7% 516 68.3% 755 R+36.7
Banner 378 56.6% 290 43.4% 668 D+13.2
Grant 242 36.8% 415 63.2% 657 R+26.3
McPherson 160 28.4% 404 71.6% 564 R+43.3
Hooker 121 22.3% 421 77.7% 542 R+55.4
Arthur 179 34.0% 347 66.0% 526 R+31.9

Counties as they stood in 1940; 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