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Election 1946 Results

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1946 Nebraska governor election

Val Peterson (Republican) beat Frank Sorrell (Democrat) in Nebraska in 1946, 65.5% to 34.5%, a margin of 31.0 points and 118,101 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1944, when Dwight Griswold won.

Republicans led in 89 of the 93 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 4. The largest, Douglas, cast 75,857 votes and went to the Republican by 28.5 points. The closest was Butler, where 69 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
Val Peterson won Republican 249,468 65.5%
Frank Sorrell Democratic 131,367 34.5%
Total380,835

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 27,126 35.8% 48,731 64.2% 75,857 R+28.5
Lancaster 12,709 38.1% 20,639 61.9% 33,348 R+23.8
Hall 2,604 29.9% 6,095 70.1% 8,699 R+40.1
Gage 3,049 37.0% 5,198 63.0% 8,247 R+26.1
Adams 2,619 32.4% 5,464 67.6% 8,083 R+35.2
Dodge 2,300 31.5% 5,004 68.5% 7,304 R+37.0
Madison 1,645 23.4% 5,392 76.6% 7,037 R+53.2
Buffalo 2,063 31.5% 4,483 68.5% 6,546 R+37.0
Saunders 2,719 41.7% 3,799 58.3% 6,518 R+16.6
Scotts Bluff 1,805 28.0% 4,634 72.0% 6,439 R+43.9
Lincoln 1,663 28.1% 4,255 71.9% 5,918 R+43.8
Custer 2,030 35.9% 3,627 64.1% 5,657 R+28.2
Otoe 2,915 51.6% 2,738 48.4% 5,653 D+3.1
Platte 1,960 34.7% 3,684 65.3% 5,644 R+30.5
Cass 2,366 43.9% 3,025 56.1% 5,391 R+12.2
Saline 3,035 56.4% 2,349 43.6% 5,384 D+12.7
Richardson 1,898 39.1% 2,954 60.9% 4,852 R+21.8
Dawson 1,304 26.9% 3,547 73.1% 4,851 R+46.2
Jefferson 1,713 35.8% 3,075 64.2% 4,788 R+28.4
Holt 1,322 30.2% 3,054 69.8% 4,376 R+39.6
Seward 1,795 41.2% 2,557 58.8% 4,352 R+17.5
York 1,119 26.7% 3,076 73.3% 4,195 R+46.7
Antelope 891 21.4% 3,272 78.6% 4,163 R+57.2
Knox 1,218 29.6% 2,894 70.4% 4,112 R+40.8
Thayer 1,485 36.9% 2,543 63.1% 4,028 R+26.3
Butler 1,972 49.1% 2,041 50.9% 4,013 R+1.7
Fillmore 1,444 37.4% 2,417 62.6% 3,861 R+25.2
Cedar 1,210 32.9% 2,472 67.1% 3,682 R+34.3
Nemaha 1,503 41.4% 2,124 58.6% 3,627 R+17.1
Sarpy 1,319 37.7% 2,177 62.3% 3,496 R+24.5
Clay 1,100 31.8% 2,363 68.2% 3,463 R+36.5
Cuming 701 20.2% 2,762 79.8% 3,463 R+59.5
Boone 805 24.0% 2,555 76.0% 3,360 R+52.1
Phelps 907 27.4% 2,401 72.6% 3,308 R+45.2
Red Willow 1,017 31.9% 2,169 68.1% 3,186 R+36.2
Furnas 981 31.2% 2,161 68.8% 3,142 R+37.6
Washington 921 29.7% 2,177 70.3% 3,098 R+40.5
Pierce 743 24.1% 2,346 75.9% 3,089 R+51.9
Hamilton 1,006 32.7% 2,070 67.3% 3,076 R+34.6
Box Butte 860 28.2% 2,189 71.8% 3,049 R+43.6
Colfax 1,202 39.8% 1,821 60.2% 3,023 R+20.5
Cheyenne 924 31.1% 2,049 68.9% 2,973 R+37.8
Dawes 737 25.1% 2,199 74.9% 2,936 R+49.8
Burt 672 23.2% 2,225 76.8% 2,897 R+53.6
Howard 1,660 58.1% 1,196 41.9% 2,856 D+16.2
Nuckolls 1,012 36.3% 1,776 63.7% 2,788 R+27.4
Johnson 1,266 46.9% 1,434 53.1% 2,700 R+6.2
Wayne 526 19.5% 2,173 80.5% 2,699 R+61.0
Webster 956 35.8% 1,711 64.2% 2,667 R+28.3
Pawnee 929 35.0% 1,724 65.0% 2,653 R+30.0
Franklin 969 37.1% 1,641 62.9% 2,610 R+25.7
Dixon 768 29.7% 1,814 70.3% 2,582 R+40.5
Sheridan 620 24.6% 1,899 75.4% 2,519 R+50.8
Cherry 794 32.9% 1,623 67.1% 2,417 R+34.3
Merrick 737 30.7% 1,667 69.3% 2,404 R+38.7
Polk 727 30.5% 1,660 69.5% 2,387 R+39.1
Harlan 814 35.5% 1,478 64.5% 2,292 R+29.0
Valley 767 34.0% 1,486 66.0% 2,253 R+31.9
Thurston 965 42.9% 1,285 57.1% 2,250 R+14.2
Dakota 754 33.7% 1,481 66.3% 2,235 R+32.5
Kearney 811 37.7% 1,343 62.3% 2,154 R+24.7
Sherman 1,114 53.4% 973 46.6% 2,087 D+6.8
Keith 631 32.3% 1,321 67.7% 1,952 R+35.3
Stanton 584 30.2% 1,347 69.8% 1,931 R+39.5
Morrill 536 28.5% 1,346 71.5% 1,882 R+43.0
Frontier 519 28.3% 1,313 71.7% 1,832 R+43.3
Nance 545 30.1% 1,267 69.9% 1,812 R+39.8
Greeley 762 45.4% 915 54.6% 1,677 R+9.1
Brown 420 26.0% 1,195 74.0% 1,615 R+48.0
Boyd 544 33.9% 1,060 66.1% 1,604 R+32.2
Hitchcock 536 33.8% 1,052 66.2% 1,588 R+32.5
Kimball 285 21.5% 1,039 78.5% 1,324 R+56.9
Dundy 365 28.1% 934 71.9% 1,299 R+43.8
Chase 366 28.4% 923 71.6% 1,289 R+43.2
Perkins 457 37.2% 771 62.8% 1,228 R+25.6
Garden 265 23.8% 848 76.2% 1,113 R+52.4
Garfield 293 30.1% 682 69.9% 975 R+39.9
Rock 240 25.3% 710 74.7% 950 R+49.5
Gosper 329 35.9% 588 64.1% 917 R+28.2
Deuel 211 24.1% 666 75.9% 877 R+51.9
Keya Paha 242 28.0% 621 72.0% 863 R+43.9
Sioux 260 30.2% 602 69.8% 862 R+39.7
Hayes 239 34.1% 462 65.9% 701 R+31.8
Wheeler 155 28.8% 383 71.2% 538 R+42.4
Thomas 153 30.8% 344 69.2% 497 R+38.4
Loup 189 39.7% 287 60.3% 476 R+20.6
Logan 98 28.5% 246 71.5% 344 R+43.0
Blaine 121 35.4% 221 64.6% 342 R+29.2
Hooker 83 24.3% 259 75.7% 342 R+51.5
Banner 70 21.0% 264 79.0% 334 R+58.1
Grant 104 32.0% 221 68.0% 325 R+36.0
McPherson 95 29.2% 230 70.8% 325 R+41.5
Arthur 104 36.6% 180 63.4% 284 R+26.8

Counties as they stood in 1946; 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