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Election 1956 Results

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1956 Nebraska governor election

Victor Anderson (Republican) beat Frank Sorrell (Democrat) in Nebraska in 1956, 54.3% to 40.2%, a margin of 14.1 points and 80,245 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1954, when Victor E. Anderson also won.

Republicans led in 80 of the 93 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 13. The largest, Douglas, cast 120,788 votes and went to the Republican by 14.9 points. The closest was Wheeler, where 4 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
Victor Anderson won Republican 308,293 54.3%
Frank Sorrell Democratic 228,048 40.2%
George Morris Independent 31,583 5.6%
All other candidates 9 0.0%
Total567,933

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 48,502 40.2% 66,451 55.0% 5,835 120,788 R+14.9
Lancaster 21,243 39.2% 26,282 48.5% 6,691 54,216 R+9.3
Hall 5,841 41.0% 7,761 54.4% 653 14,255 R+13.5
Dodge 4,928 37.5% 7,474 56.9% 733 13,135 R+19.4
Scotts Bluff 4,704 37.8% 7,162 57.5% 588 12,454 R+19.7
Adams 4,976 41.4% 6,536 54.4% 509 12,021 R+13.0
Lincoln 5,483 47.0% 5,617 48.2% 555 11,655 R+1.1
Gage 4,501 40.8% 5,923 53.7% 600 11,024 R+12.9
Madison 3,703 34.8% 6,432 60.5% 497 10,632 R+25.7
Buffalo 3,997 38.8% 5,767 56.0% 541 10,305 R+17.2
Platte 3,761 40.1% 5,077 54.1% 540 9,378 R+14.0
Dawson 2,931 34.8% 5,147 61.1% 349 8,427 R+26.3
Custer 3,054 37.5% 4,645 57.1% 440 8,139 R+19.5
Saunders 4,032 49.6% 3,524 43.3% 578 8,134 D+6.2
Otoe 4,229 56.3% 3,048 40.6% 228 7,505 D+15.7
Cass 3,211 43.4% 3,799 51.3% 395 7,405 R+7.9
Richardson 2,592 38.2% 3,972 58.5% 227 6,791 R+20.3
Saline 3,685 56.3% 2,340 35.7% 523 6,548 D+20.5
York 2,019 30.9% 4,115 62.9% 410 6,544 R+32.0
Sarpy 2,749 44.0% 3,266 52.2% 239 6,254 R+8.3
Holt 2,303 38.8% 3,286 55.4% 345 5,934 R+16.6
Jefferson 2,335 39.5% 3,383 57.2% 200 5,918 R+17.7
Cheyenne 2,237 38.0% 3,409 58.0% 236 5,882 R+19.9
Knox 2,418 41.6% 3,193 54.9% 205 5,816 R+13.3
Cedar 2,297 40.2% 3,199 56.0% 212 5,708 R+15.8
Seward 2,294 41.4% 2,761 49.8% 490 5,545 R+8.4
Cuming 1,625 30.0% 3,468 64.1% 318 5,411 R+34.1
Red Willow 2,009 37.4% 3,109 57.9% 253 5,371 R+20.5
Washington 1,789 34.7% 3,100 60.1% 267 5,156 R+25.4
Butler 2,629 52.3% 2,152 42.8% 244 5,025 D+9.5
Burt 1,806 36.9% 2,827 57.8% 260 4,893 R+20.9
Antelope 1,800 37.0% 2,876 59.2% 184 4,860 R+22.1
Phelps 1,679 35.1% 2,900 60.6% 204 4,783 R+25.5
Thayer 2,015 42.4% 2,479 52.2% 258 4,752 R+9.8
Fillmore 2,021 43.8% 2,253 48.8% 340 4,614 R+5.0
Dakota 2,217 48.6% 2,204 48.3% 144 4,565 D+0.3
Nemaha 1,920 42.5% 2,442 54.0% 158 4,520 R+11.5
Merrick 1,444 32.1% 2,883 64.0% 177 4,504 R+31.9
Box Butte 1,456 33.8% 2,732 63.4% 122 4,310 R+29.6
Clay 1,710 39.8% 2,352 54.8% 231 4,293 R+15.0
Colfax 1,741 40.7% 2,333 54.6% 200 4,274 R+13.9
Hamilton 1,433 33.8% 2,585 60.9% 227 4,245 R+27.1
Boone 1,641 38.9% 2,117 50.2% 460 4,218 R+11.3
Wayne 1,361 32.9% 2,580 62.4% 196 4,137 R+29.5
Nuckolls 1,862 45.4% 2,101 51.3% 134 4,097 R+5.8
Dixon 1,921 47.2% 1,886 46.4% 259 4,066 D+0.9
Furnas 1,533 38.6% 2,269 57.2% 165 3,967 R+18.6
Pierce 1,441 37.1% 2,314 59.6% 126 3,881 R+22.5
Polk 1,536 42.9% 1,895 52.9% 149 3,580 R+10.0
Keith 1,283 36.7% 2,036 58.3% 175 3,494 R+21.6
Sheridan 1,109 32.2% 2,157 62.6% 180 3,446 R+30.4
Dawes 1,005 29.2% 2,273 66.1% 162 3,440 R+36.9
Valley 1,277 37.6% 1,969 58.0% 146 3,392 R+20.4
Kearney 1,474 44.7% 1,685 51.0% 142 3,301 R+6.4
Johnson 1,861 56.6% 1,298 39.5% 129 3,288 D+17.1
Cherry 1,060 32.8% 2,022 62.6% 149 3,231 R+29.8
Webster 1,196 37.3% 1,872 58.3% 142 3,210 R+21.1
Howard 1,805 58.3% 1,196 38.6% 95 3,096 D+19.7
Thurston 1,340 45.2% 1,481 50.0% 142 2,963 R+4.8
Morrill 1,062 37.8% 1,607 57.2% 138 2,807 R+19.4
Pawnee 1,232 44.0% 1,465 52.4% 100 2,797 R+8.3
Franklin 1,064 38.8% 1,589 58.0% 88 2,741 R+19.2
Harlan 1,030 38.7% 1,530 57.5% 100 2,660 R+18.8
Sherman 1,415 54.5% 1,096 42.2% 84 2,595 D+12.3
Stanton 1,061 41.6% 1,377 54.0% 113 2,551 R+12.4
Nance 993 39.9% 1,378 55.4% 118 2,489 R+15.5
Hitchcock 907 40.2% 1,233 54.7% 116 2,256 R+14.5
Boyd 1,091 49.1% 1,017 45.8% 113 2,221 D+3.3
Kimball 807 36.9% 1,304 59.7% 74 2,185 R+22.7
Frontier 777 35.9% 1,291 59.6% 98 2,166 R+23.7
Greeley 1,093 52.0% 897 42.7% 110 2,100 D+9.3
Brown 653 31.3% 1,343 64.4% 90 2,086 R+33.1
Chase 792 38.7% 1,156 56.4% 100 2,048 R+17.8
Perkins 845 43.6% 1,012 52.2% 81 1,938 R+8.6
Dundy 575 34.5% 1,028 61.6% 65 1,668 R+27.2
Garden 415 28.5% 968 66.5% 73 1,456 R+38.0
Deuel 383 27.0% 979 68.9% 58 1,420 R+42.0
Rock 363 30.9% 755 64.2% 58 1,176 R+33.3
Garfield 363 31.2% 762 65.6% 37 1,162 R+34.3
Gosper 422 37.7% 662 59.1% 36 1,120 R+21.4
Hayes 421 41.8% 542 53.8% 44 1,007 R+12.0
Keya Paha 276 31.7% 567 65.2% 27 870 R+33.4
Sioux 260 34.9% 432 58.0% 53 745 R+23.1
Wheeler 284 47.3% 280 46.7% 36 600 D+0.7
Loup 176 31.0% 362 63.7% 30 568 R+32.7
Blaine 197 36.2% 314 57.7% 33 544 R+21.5
Thomas 171 32.6% 320 61.1% 33 524 R+28.4
Logan 256 49.9% 239 46.6% 18 513 D+3.3
Grant 115 22.5% 381 74.6% 15 511 R+52.1
Banner 188 37.8% 280 56.3% 29 497 R+18.5
Hooker 92 21.5% 308 72.1% 27 427 R+50.6
McPherson 149 40.9% 200 54.9% 15 364 R+14.0
Arthur 96 31.2% 196 63.6% 16 308 R+32.5

Counties as they stood in 1956; 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