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Election 1978 Results

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1978 Nebraska governor election

Charles Thone (Republican) beat Gerald T. Whelan (Democrat) in Nebraska in 1978, 55.9% to 44.0%, a margin of 11.9 points and 58,719 votes.

Nebraska changed party: in 1974 it went Democratic, for J. James Exon.

Republicans led in 79 of the 93 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 14. The largest, Douglas, cast 116,936 votes and went to the Democrat by 1.8 points. The closest was Wheeler, where 2 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
Charles Thone won Republican 275,473 55.9%
Gerald T. Whelan Democratic 216,754 44.0%
All other candidates 196 0.0%
Total492,423

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 59,439 50.8% 57,371 49.1% 126 116,936 D+1.8
Lancaster 21,979 40.3% 32,545 59.7% 54,524 R+19.4
Sarpy 7,740 50.9% 7,417 48.8% 37 15,194 D+2.1
Hall 6,584 49.7% 6,658 50.3% 13,242 R+0.6
Dodge 4,661 40.9% 6,748 59.1% 11,409 R+18.3
Buffalo 5,472 49.4% 5,598 50.6% 11,070 R+1.1
Adams 5,735 52.5% 5,179 47.4% 8 10,922 D+5.1
Lincoln 5,635 53.5% 4,887 46.4% 5 10,527 D+7.1
Platte 4,774 48.1% 5,150 51.9% 9,924 R+3.8
Madison 2,777 30.7% 6,270 69.3% 9,047 R+38.6
Scotts Bluff 3,449 39.7% 5,227 60.2% 2 8,678 R+20.5
Gage 3,377 41.8% 4,700 58.2% 8,077 R+16.4
Saunders 2,968 44.8% 3,656 55.2% 4 6,628 R+10.4
Dawson 2,623 41.7% 3,673 58.3% 6,296 R+16.7
Cass 3,080 50.6% 3,010 49.4% 6,090 D+1.1
York 1,786 31.8% 3,832 68.2% 5,618 R+36.4
Otoe 2,230 40.2% 3,311 59.7% 1 5,542 R+19.5
Washington 2,204 43.2% 2,896 56.7% 6 5,106 R+13.6
Saline 2,367 46.7% 2,705 53.3% 5,072 R+6.7
Seward 1,775 35.2% 3,266 64.8% 5,041 R+29.6
Custer 2,198 45.6% 2,617 54.4% 4,815 R+8.7
Richardson 2,045 43.4% 2,667 56.6% 4,712 R+13.2
Holt 1,797 39.6% 2,741 60.4% 4,538 R+20.8
Cedar 925 21.2% 3,432 78.8% 4,357 R+57.5
Cuming 1,478 34.4% 2,814 65.6% 4,292 R+31.1
Dakota 1,790 41.7% 2,501 58.3% 4,291 R+16.6
Knox 1,025 25.2% 3,037 74.8% 4,062 R+49.5
Colfax 1,587 39.9% 2,395 60.1% 3,982 R+20.3
Phelps 1,667 42.1% 2,291 57.8% 3 3,961 R+15.8
Jefferson 1,477 37.4% 2,475 62.6% 3,952 R+25.3
Box Butte 1,449 38.2% 2,341 61.8% 3,790 R+23.5
Red Willow 1,364 37.1% 2,314 62.9% 3,678 R+25.8
Clay 1,569 44.4% 1,964 55.6% 3,533 R+11.2
Fillmore 1,367 38.8% 2,153 61.2% 3,520 R+22.3
Cheyenne 1,298 37.8% 2,133 62.2% 3,431 R+24.3
Antelope 1,188 35.1% 2,195 64.9% 3,383 R+29.8
Hamilton 1,437 43.0% 1,901 57.0% 3,338 R+13.9
Nemaha 1,196 36.2% 2,109 63.8% 3,305 R+27.6
Butler 1,484 46.4% 1,712 53.6% 3,196 R+7.1
Wayne 855 26.9% 2,322 73.1% 3,177 R+46.2
Boone 1,543 48.9% 1,615 51.1% 3,158 R+2.3
Burt 1,182 37.6% 1,958 62.4% 3,140 R+24.7
Keith 1,289 41.6% 1,808 58.4% 3,097 R+16.8
Pierce 748 24.3% 2,327 75.6% 3 3,078 R+51.3
Dawes 1,050 34.6% 1,988 65.4% 1 3,039 R+30.9
Merrick 1,346 45.3% 1,625 54.7% 2,971 R+9.4
Thayer 1,107 37.5% 1,848 62.5% 2,955 R+25.1
Dixon 804 27.8% 2,088 72.2% 2,892 R+44.4
Kearney 1,519 53.1% 1,340 46.9% 2,859 D+6.3
Nuckolls 1,476 52.5% 1,336 47.5% 2,812 D+5.0
Polk 1,182 44.4% 1,479 55.6% 2,661 R+11.2
Furnas 1,114 42.0% 1,541 58.0% 2,655 R+16.1
Johnson 1,059 41.8% 1,473 58.2% 2,532 R+16.4
Valley 1,159 46.1% 1,356 53.9% 2,515 R+7.8
Cherry 828 33.0% 1,683 67.0% 2,511 R+34.1
Sheridan 661 27.6% 1,733 72.4% 2,394 R+44.8
Howard 1,256 52.6% 1,134 47.4% 2,390 D+5.1
Webster 1,105 51.1% 1,057 48.9% 2,162 D+2.2
Harlan 1,065 50.9% 1,028 49.1% 2,093 D+1.8
Nance 997 50.7% 970 49.3% 1,967 D+1.4
Stanton 587 29.9% 1,379 70.1% 1,966 R+40.3
Franklin 945 48.5% 1,005 51.5% 1,950 R+3.1
Kimball 610 31.5% 1,329 68.5% 1,939 R+37.1
Sherman 1,172 60.8% 757 39.2% 1,929 D+21.5
Brown 691 36.9% 1,184 63.1% 1,875 R+26.3
Pawnee 652 36.4% 1,140 63.6% 1,792 R+27.2
Thurston 666 37.2% 1,125 62.8% 1,791 R+25.6
Morrill 651 36.4% 1,136 63.6% 1,787 R+27.1
Chase 691 39.8% 1,047 60.2% 1,738 R+20.5
Perkins 708 44.6% 878 55.4% 1,586 R+10.7
Hitchcock 570 39.2% 883 60.8% 1,453 R+21.5
Greeley 835 58.2% 599 41.8% 1,434 D+16.5
Boyd 552 39.8% 834 60.2% 1,386 R+20.3
Frontier 540 39.6% 823 60.4% 1,363 R+20.8
Garden 425 34.7% 799 65.3% 1,224 R+30.6
Dundy 443 38.7% 703 61.3% 1,146 R+22.7
Deuel 346 30.7% 780 69.3% 1,126 R+38.5
Garfield 425 41.3% 604 58.7% 1,029 R+17.4
Rock 330 36.5% 573 63.5% 903 R+26.9
Gosper 403 47.6% 443 52.4% 846 R+4.7
Sioux 239 31.4% 522 68.6% 761 R+37.2
Hayes 258 38.7% 408 61.3% 666 R+22.5
Keya Paha 167 28.7% 414 71.3% 581 R+42.5
Loup 219 44.7% 271 55.3% 490 R+10.6
Wheeler 236 50.2% 234 49.8% 470 D+0.4
Grant 119 25.4% 349 74.6% 468 R+49.1
Thomas 141 31.1% 312 68.9% 453 R+37.7
Banner 131 30.3% 301 69.7% 432 R+39.4
Blaine 140 34.3% 268 65.7% 408 R+31.4
Logan 196 49.4% 201 50.6% 397 R+1.3
Hooker 104 29.2% 252 70.8% 356 R+41.6
Arthur 113 38.6% 180 61.4% 293 R+22.9
McPherson 108 43.5% 140 56.5% 248 R+12.9

Counties as they stood in 1978; 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