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1952 Nebraska governor election

Robert B. Crosby (Republican) beat Walter R. Raecke (Democrat) in Nebraska in 1952, 61.4% to 38.6%, a margin of 22.9 points and 136,009 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1950, when Val Peterson won.

Republicans led in 87 of the 93 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 6. The largest, Douglas, cast 123,413 votes and went to the Republican by 18.1 points. The closest was Butler, where 21 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 B. Crosby won Republican 365,409 61.4%
Walter R. Raecke Democratic 229,400 38.6%
Total594,809

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 50,531 40.9% 72,882 59.1% 123,413 R+18.1
Lancaster 24,115 44.7% 29,794 55.3% 53,909 R+10.5
Hall 7,289 49.2% 7,533 50.8% 14,822 R+1.6
Scotts Bluff 4,335 33.2% 8,737 66.8% 13,072 R+33.7
Adams 4,863 38.5% 7,770 61.5% 12,633 R+23.0
Dodge 4,641 37.2% 7,838 62.8% 12,479 R+25.6
Lincoln 2,726 22.8% 9,241 77.2% 11,967 R+54.4
Gage 4,089 34.9% 7,624 65.1% 11,713 R+30.2
Buffalo 4,071 37.8% 6,706 62.2% 10,777 R+24.5
Madison 3,451 32.4% 7,216 67.6% 10,667 R+35.3
Platte 4,070 44.6% 5,046 55.4% 9,116 R+10.7
Custer 2,919 32.1% 6,165 67.9% 9,084 R+35.7
Dawson 2,391 27.2% 6,412 72.8% 8,803 R+45.7
Saunders 3,895 46.9% 4,412 53.1% 8,307 R+6.2
Otoe 2,443 31.0% 5,446 69.0% 7,889 R+38.1
Richardson 2,826 36.4% 4,944 63.6% 7,770 R+27.3
Cass 3,219 42.8% 4,306 57.2% 7,525 R+14.4
York 2,569 36.3% 4,505 63.7% 7,074 R+27.4
Saline 3,525 51.6% 3,311 48.4% 6,836 D+3.1
Holt 2,320 35.4% 4,234 64.6% 6,554 R+29.2
Jefferson 2,209 34.8% 4,146 65.2% 6,355 R+30.5
Knox 2,305 36.9% 3,938 63.1% 6,243 R+26.2
Cheyenne 2,435 39.2% 3,776 60.8% 6,211 R+21.6
Sarpy 2,569 42.1% 3,528 57.9% 6,097 R+15.7
Red Willow 2,011 33.8% 3,942 66.2% 5,953 R+32.4
Cedar 2,147 36.4% 3,748 63.6% 5,895 R+27.2
Seward 2,458 41.7% 3,431 58.3% 5,889 R+16.5
Cuming 1,805 32.5% 3,757 67.5% 5,562 R+35.1
Butler 2,705 50.2% 2,684 49.8% 5,389 D+0.4
Antelope 1,753 32.8% 3,595 67.2% 5,348 R+34.4
Burt 1,828 34.4% 3,482 65.6% 5,310 R+31.1
Washington 1,924 36.2% 3,384 63.8% 5,308 R+27.5
Boone 1,892 36.0% 3,367 64.0% 5,259 R+28.0
Thayer 2,077 40.3% 3,071 59.7% 5,148 R+19.3
Nemaha 1,857 36.9% 3,175 63.1% 5,032 R+26.2
Box Butte 1,624 33.0% 3,290 67.0% 4,914 R+33.9
Phelps 1,608 33.4% 3,205 66.6% 4,813 R+33.2
Fillmore 1,843 38.9% 2,892 61.1% 4,735 R+22.2
Hamilton 2,118 45.6% 2,529 54.4% 4,647 R+8.8
Clay 1,766 38.3% 2,840 61.7% 4,606 R+23.3
Dawes 1,140 24.8% 3,466 75.2% 4,606 R+50.5
Nuckolls 1,879 41.6% 2,643 58.4% 4,522 R+16.9
Furnas 1,246 28.4% 3,138 71.6% 4,384 R+43.2
Colfax 1,634 37.5% 2,729 62.5% 4,363 R+25.1
Dakota 2,006 46.0% 2,353 54.0% 4,359 R+8.0
Merrick 2,632 62.5% 1,577 37.5% 4,209 D+25.1
Sheridan 1,228 29.5% 2,938 70.5% 4,166 R+41.0
Wayne 1,560 37.9% 2,551 62.1% 4,111 R+24.1
Pierce 1,316 32.1% 2,785 67.9% 4,101 R+35.8
Dixon 1,742 43.0% 2,310 57.0% 4,052 R+14.0
Cherry 1,183 29.8% 2,786 70.2% 3,969 R+40.4
Polk 1,919 49.5% 1,956 50.5% 3,875 R+1.0
Webster 1,221 33.9% 2,382 66.1% 3,603 R+32.2
Valley 1,452 41.1% 2,081 58.9% 3,533 R+17.8
Johnson 1,292 36.6% 2,239 63.4% 3,531 R+26.8
Keith 771 22.1% 2,724 77.9% 3,495 R+55.9
Howard 2,083 59.9% 1,395 40.1% 3,478 D+19.8
Morrill 1,111 33.5% 2,203 66.5% 3,314 R+33.0
Kearney 1,279 38.9% 2,006 61.1% 3,285 R+22.1
Pawnee 1,252 39.7% 1,902 60.3% 3,154 R+20.6
Franklin 1,087 34.7% 2,045 65.3% 3,132 R+30.6
Harlan 1,104 37.2% 1,862 62.8% 2,966 R+25.6
Thurston 1,295 44.4% 1,623 55.6% 2,918 R+11.2
Sherman 1,566 54.8% 1,293 45.2% 2,859 D+9.5
Nance 1,470 52.3% 1,339 47.7% 2,809 D+4.7
Hitchcock 874 33.6% 1,731 66.4% 2,605 R+32.9
Frontier 563 22.3% 1,965 77.7% 2,528 R+55.5
Greeley 1,153 47.9% 1,255 52.1% 2,408 R+4.2
Brown 701 29.2% 1,699 70.8% 2,400 R+41.6
Boyd 921 39.3% 1,421 60.7% 2,342 R+21.3
Chase 564 24.3% 1,759 75.7% 2,323 R+51.4
Perkins 497 23.5% 1,616 76.5% 2,113 R+53.0
Kimball 674 32.6% 1,394 67.4% 2,068 R+34.8
Dundy 496 24.8% 1,503 75.2% 1,999 R+50.4
Stanton 918 45.9% 1,080 54.1% 1,998 R+8.1
Garden 398 22.6% 1,362 77.4% 1,760 R+54.8
Deuel 354 22.4% 1,229 77.6% 1,583 R+55.3
Rock 431 30.3% 992 69.7% 1,423 R+39.4
Sioux 382 28.2% 971 71.8% 1,353 R+43.5
Gosper 425 33.7% 835 66.3% 1,260 R+32.5
Garfield 413 32.9% 843 67.1% 1,256 R+34.2
Hayes 245 21.8% 877 78.2% 1,122 R+56.3
Keya Paha 262 28.5% 658 71.5% 920 R+43.0
Wheeler 290 44.1% 368 55.9% 658 R+11.9
Logan 147 24.4% 456 75.6% 603 R+51.2
Thomas 128 21.3% 472 78.7% 600 R+57.3
Banner 169 28.2% 430 71.8% 599 R+43.6
Loup 175 29.3% 423 70.7% 598 R+41.5
Blaine 182 30.8% 408 69.2% 590 R+38.3
Grant 120 21.9% 427 78.1% 547 R+56.1
Hooker 71 14.9% 404 85.1% 475 R+70.1
McPherson 72 17.7% 334 82.3% 406 R+64.5
Arthur 85 24.0% 269 76.0% 354 R+52.0

Counties as they stood in 1952; 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