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Election 1944 Results

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1944 Nebraska governor election

Dwight Griswold (Republican) beat George W. Olsen (Democrat) in Nebraska in 1944, 76.1% to 23.9%, a margin of 52.2 points and 281,376 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1942, when Dwight Griswold also won.

Republicans led in 93 of the 93 counties as they stood then. The largest, Douglas, cast 111,347 votes and went to the Republican by 40.7 points. The closest was Arthur, where 267 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 410,136 76.1%
George W. Olsen Democratic 128,760 23.9%
Total538,896

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 33,026 29.7% 78,321 70.3% 111,347 R+40.7
Lancaster 10,820 24.3% 33,742 75.7% 44,562 R+51.4
Hall 2,463 20.9% 9,340 79.1% 11,803 R+58.3
Adams 2,583 23.2% 8,571 76.8% 11,154 R+53.7
Gage 2,349 21.1% 8,798 78.9% 11,147 R+57.9
Dodge 2,099 19.6% 8,635 80.4% 10,734 R+60.9
Scotts Bluff 2,331 22.3% 8,145 77.7% 10,476 R+55.5
Madison 1,864 18.5% 8,220 81.5% 10,084 R+63.0
Lincoln 2,205 22.2% 7,732 77.8% 9,937 R+55.6
Buffalo 2,055 21.3% 7,606 78.7% 9,661 R+57.5
Custer 1,943 22.4% 6,732 77.6% 8,675 R+55.2
Saunders 2,361 27.7% 6,175 72.3% 8,536 R+44.7
Otoe 1,408 18.4% 6,248 81.6% 7,656 R+63.2
Platte 2,015 26.7% 5,530 73.3% 7,545 R+46.6
Cass 1,701 22.6% 5,823 77.4% 7,524 R+54.8
Richardson 1,884 25.2% 5,588 74.8% 7,472 R+49.6
Saline 2,304 33.6% 4,554 66.4% 6,858 R+32.8
Dawson 1,156 16.9% 5,669 83.1% 6,825 R+66.1
York 1,037 16.0% 5,447 84.0% 6,484 R+68.0
Holt 1,356 21.1% 5,080 78.9% 6,436 R+57.9
Jefferson 1,312 21.1% 4,917 78.9% 6,229 R+57.9
Knox 1,457 24.2% 4,569 75.8% 6,026 R+51.6
Seward 1,195 21.1% 4,462 78.9% 5,657 R+57.8
Antelope 940 16.8% 4,655 83.2% 5,595 R+66.4
Cuming 752 14.1% 4,567 85.9% 5,319 R+71.7
Butler 1,689 32.6% 3,497 67.4% 5,186 R+34.9
Burt 995 19.4% 4,125 80.6% 5,120 R+61.1
Sarpy 1,417 27.7% 3,691 72.3% 5,108 R+44.5
Red Willow 1,348 26.8% 3,676 73.2% 5,024 R+46.3
Thayer 1,009 20.2% 3,988 79.8% 4,997 R+59.6
Fillmore 1,176 23.7% 3,787 76.3% 4,963 R+52.6
Washington 1,117 23.0% 3,749 77.0% 4,866 R+54.1
Nemaha 1,027 21.1% 3,829 78.9% 4,856 R+57.7
Clay 987 20.7% 3,787 79.3% 4,774 R+58.7
Cedar 466 10.0% 4,191 90.0% 4,657 R+80.0
Box Butte 996 22.1% 3,513 77.9% 4,509 R+55.8
Colfax 1,143 26.1% 3,232 73.9% 4,375 R+47.7
Hamilton 811 18.9% 3,477 81.1% 4,288 R+62.2
Cheyenne 893 20.9% 3,380 79.1% 4,273 R+58.2
Boone 966 22.7% 3,292 77.3% 4,258 R+54.6
Nuckolls 973 23.6% 3,155 76.4% 4,128 R+52.9
Pierce 692 17.2% 3,329 82.8% 4,021 R+65.6
Dawes 849 21.4% 3,121 78.6% 3,970 R+57.2
Merrick 765 19.5% 3,163 80.5% 3,928 R+61.0
Furnas 796 20.6% 3,069 79.4% 3,865 R+58.8
Polk 763 19.8% 3,098 80.2% 3,861 R+60.5
Phelps 817 21.5% 2,977 78.5% 3,794 R+56.9
Wayne 528 14.0% 3,244 86.0% 3,772 R+72.0
Dixon 924 25.2% 2,739 74.8% 3,663 R+49.5
Cherry 801 22.4% 2,773 77.6% 3,574 R+55.2
Johnson 639 17.9% 2,926 82.1% 3,565 R+64.2
Sheridan 590 16.8% 2,929 83.2% 3,519 R+66.5
Webster 724 20.8% 2,753 79.2% 3,477 R+58.4
Howard 1,262 36.5% 2,200 63.5% 3,462 R+27.1
Dakota 1,161 34.1% 2,247 65.9% 3,408 R+31.9
Valley 828 24.3% 2,578 75.7% 3,406 R+51.4
Pawnee 707 20.9% 2,683 79.1% 3,390 R+58.3
Kearney 650 21.9% 2,316 78.1% 2,966 R+56.2
Thurston 860 29.2% 2,090 70.8% 2,950 R+41.7
Harlan 626 21.5% 2,291 78.5% 2,917 R+57.1
Franklin 624 21.5% 2,275 78.5% 2,899 R+57.0
Sherman 1,029 36.8% 1,767 63.2% 2,796 R+26.4
Keith 643 23.2% 2,133 76.8% 2,776 R+53.7
Nance 648 24.1% 2,046 75.9% 2,694 R+51.9
Morrill 663 25.4% 1,943 74.6% 2,606 R+49.1
Chase 1,052 40.7% 1,534 59.3% 2,586 R+18.6
Frontier 449 17.7% 2,082 82.3% 2,531 R+64.5
Stanton 545 21.8% 1,953 78.2% 2,498 R+56.4
Greeley 804 33.8% 1,574 66.2% 2,378 R+32.4
Hitchcock 582 24.9% 1,753 75.1% 2,335 R+50.1
Boyd 554 24.4% 1,712 75.6% 2,266 R+51.1
Brown 439 19.8% 1,775 80.2% 2,214 R+60.3
Perkins 425 20.9% 1,612 79.1% 2,037 R+58.3
Dundy 378 20.5% 1,464 79.5% 1,842 R+59.0
Garden 310 18.0% 1,410 82.0% 1,720 R+64.0
Kimball 328 19.3% 1,370 80.7% 1,698 R+61.4
Deuel 251 16.8% 1,242 83.2% 1,493 R+66.4
Rock 274 19.0% 1,167 81.0% 1,441 R+62.0
Gosper 259 19.0% 1,103 81.0% 1,362 R+62.0
Garfield 226 18.0% 1,031 82.0% 1,257 R+64.0
Sioux 231 18.5% 1,019 81.5% 1,250 R+63.0
Hayes 210 18.8% 906 81.2% 1,116 R+62.4
Keya Paha 217 19.9% 875 80.1% 1,092 R+60.3
Wheeler 159 23.4% 521 76.6% 680 R+53.2
Logan 134 20.1% 533 79.9% 667 R+59.8
Loup 87 13.3% 567 86.7% 654 R+73.4
Blaine 137 23.1% 456 76.9% 593 R+53.8
Thomas 129 23.5% 421 76.5% 550 R+53.1
Banner 87 16.9% 428 83.1% 515 R+66.2
Grant 82 17.1% 397 82.9% 479 R+65.8
Hooker 55 13.1% 365 86.9% 420 R+73.8
McPherson 71 17.0% 347 83.0% 418 R+66.0
Arthur 67 16.7% 334 83.3% 401 R+66.6

Counties as they stood in 1944; 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