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Election 1974 Results

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1974 Nebraska governor election

J. James Exon (Democrat) beat Richard D. Marvel (Republican) in Nebraska in 1974, 59.2% to 35.4%, a margin of 23.8 points and 107,232 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1970, when J. James Exon also won.

Democrats led in 86 of the 93 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 7. The largest, Douglas, cast 107,221 votes and went to the Democrat by 33.8 points. The closest was Grant, where 1 vote 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
J. James Exon won Democratic 267,012 59.2%
Richard D. Marvel Republican 159,780 35.4%
Ernie Chambers Write-in 24,320 5.4%
All other candidates 194 0.0%
Total451,306

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 67,309 62.8% 31,076 29.0% 8,836 107,221 D+33.8
Lancaster 25,689 53.2% 16,212 33.6% 6,379 48,280 D+19.6
Sarpy 8,176 65.8% 3,703 29.8% 550 12,429 D+36.0
Hall 6,706 58.7% 4,298 37.6% 414 11,418 D+21.1
Dodge 6,668 61.2% 3,813 35.0% 416 10,897 D+26.2
Buffalo 5,413 56.7% 3,568 37.4% 560 9,541 D+19.3
Adams 3,977 41.8% 5,129 53.9% 416 9,522 R+12.1
Lincoln 5,966 63.3% 3,162 33.6% 293 9,421 D+29.8
Scotts Bluff 4,118 47.4% 4,277 49.3% 287 8,682 R+1.8
Platte 5,630 65.0% 2,775 32.1% 250 8,655 D+33.0
Madison 4,543 54.8% 3,466 41.8% 274 8,283 D+13.0
Gage 4,827 64.4% 2,396 32.0% 276 7,499 D+32.4
Dawson 2,864 49.6% 2,761 47.8% 146 5,771 D+1.8
Saunders 3,705 64.9% 1,816 31.8% 190 5,711 D+33.1
Cass 3,335 63.8% 1,731 33.1% 162 5,228 D+30.7
Seward 3,048 59.8% 1,699 33.3% 348 5,095 D+26.5
Custer 2,715 53.7% 2,187 43.3% 154 5,056 D+10.4
Otoe 2,913 58.5% 1,921 38.6% 148 4,982 D+19.9
Richardson 3,150 65.2% 1,567 32.4% 116 4,833 D+32.8
Washington 2,878 61.3% 1,630 34.7% 188 4,696 D+26.6
York 2,554 55.8% 1,882 41.2% 137 4,573 D+14.7
Holt 2,691 61.0% 1,669 37.8% 52 4,412 D+23.2
Saline 2,979 69.2% 1,141 26.5% 186 4,306 D+42.7
Jefferson 2,323 58.3% 1,568 39.3% 96 3,987 D+18.9
Dakota 2,732 68.9% 1,164 29.3% 70 3,966 D+39.5
Cuming 2,251 61.7% 1,323 36.2% 77 3,651 D+25.4
Colfax 2,515 69.1% 1,026 28.2% 98 3,639 D+40.9
Cedar 2,350 64.8% 1,139 31.4% 135 3,624 D+33.4
Knox 2,155 60.0% 1,349 37.6% 87 3,591 D+22.4
Phelps 1,882 53.7% 1,484 42.3% 140 3,506 D+11.4
Red Willow 2,116 60.6% 1,289 36.9% 85 3,490 D+23.7
Butler 2,586 75.0% 779 22.6% 85 3,450 D+52.4
Fillmore 2,075 61.6% 1,207 35.8% 88 3,370 D+25.8
Antelope 1,815 55.1% 1,395 42.4% 82 3,292 D+12.8
Keith 1,893 58.1% 1,243 38.1% 124 3,260 D+19.9
Burt 1,796 56.2% 1,334 41.7% 66 3,196 D+14.5
Hamilton 1,693 54.8% 1,289 41.8% 105 3,087 D+13.1
Box Butte 1,570 51.3% 1,404 45.9% 86 3,060 D+5.4
Boone 1,827 60.4% 1,131 37.4% 66 3,024 D+23.0
Clay 1,559 51.6% 1,373 45.5% 88 3,020 D+6.2
Cheyenne 1,616 54.1% 1,309 43.8% 64 2,989 D+10.3
Pierce 1,669 58.0% 1,151 40.0% 59 2,879 D+18.0
Wayne 1,545 54.6% 1,183 41.8% 104 2,832 D+12.8
Thayer 1,755 62.1% 1,006 35.6% 66 2,827 D+26.5
Nuckolls 1,710 60.7% 1,030 36.6% 76 2,816 D+24.1
Merrick 1,657 58.9% 1,071 38.0% 87 2,815 D+20.8
Nemaha 1,628 58.1% 1,093 39.0% 83 2,804 D+19.1
Dawes 1,384 52.4% 1,194 45.2% 61 2,639 D+7.2
Furnas 1,440 55.3% 1,085 41.7% 79 2,604 D+13.6
Dixon 1,587 61.3% 949 36.7% 52 2,588 D+24.7
Polk 1,587 62.2% 900 35.3% 65 2,552 D+26.9
Kearney 1,573 62.1% 876 34.6% 86 2,535 D+27.5
Valley 1,469 58.2% 1,006 39.9% 47 2,522 D+18.4
Howard 1,722 71.0% 635 26.2% 70 2,427 D+44.8
Sheridan 1,082 45.2% 1,242 51.9% 69 2,393 R+6.7
Cherry 1,182 51.0% 1,107 47.7% 30 2,319 D+3.2
Johnson 1,448 62.8% 798 34.6% 60 2,306 D+28.2
Webster 1,277 55.8% 960 41.9% 52 2,289 D+13.8
Harlan 1,115 55.5% 847 42.2% 46 2,008 D+13.3
Sherman 1,378 69.8% 549 27.8% 48 1,975 D+42.0
Franklin 1,079 56.1% 776 40.4% 68 1,923 D+15.8
Thurston 1,274 66.8% 553 29.0% 79 1,906 D+37.8
Stanton 1,192 62.7% 674 35.5% 34 1,900 D+27.3
Chase 1,016 56.8% 736 41.1% 38 1,790 D+15.6
Nance 1,158 65.6% 553 31.3% 53 1,764 D+34.3
Brown 971 55.7% 736 42.2% 37 1,744 D+13.5
Pawnee 1,052 60.8% 625 36.1% 54 1,731 D+24.7
Morrill 836 49.3% 808 47.6% 52 1,696 D+1.7
Greeley 1,128 69.6% 469 29.0% 23 1,620 D+40.7
Kimball 877 54.3% 717 44.4% 22 1,616 D+9.9
Boyd 939 60.1% 604 38.6% 20 1,563 D+21.4
Frontier 738 52.7% 626 44.7% 37 1,401 D+8.0
Perkins 786 56.3% 592 42.4% 17 1,395 D+13.9
Hitchcock 758 55.6% 573 42.0% 33 1,364 D+13.6
Garden 662 53.6% 558 45.2% 15 1,235 D+8.4
Deuel 560 52.2% 492 45.9% 20 1,072 D+6.3
Garfield 601 56.4% 433 40.6% 32 1,066 D+15.8
Dundy 550 53.2% 464 44.9% 19 1,033 D+8.3
Rock 520 55.6% 398 42.5% 18 936 D+13.0
Gosper 392 53.8% 314 43.1% 22 728 D+10.7
Sioux 355 51.2% 322 46.4% 17 694 D+4.8
Keya Paha 316 47.7% 328 49.5% 18 662 R+1.8
Hayes 307 51.8% 267 45.0% 19 593 D+6.7
Thomas 260 52.8% 226 45.9% 6 492 D+6.9
Banner 217 45.5% 248 52.0% 12 477 R+6.5
Wheeler 278 61.1% 168 36.9% 9 455 D+24.2
Blaine 231 51.1% 204 45.1% 17 452 D+6.0
Loup 241 56.2% 168 39.2% 20 429 D+17.0
Logan 238 55.9% 177 41.5% 11 426 D+14.3
Hooker 183 46.7% 197 50.3% 12 392 R+3.6
Grant 163 48.5% 164 48.8% 9 336 R+0.3
McPherson 177 58.4% 123 40.6% 3 303 D+17.8
Arthur 141 52.4% 120 44.6% 8 269 D+7.8

Counties as they stood in 1974; 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