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Election 1982 Results

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1982 Nebraska governor election

Bob Kerrey (Democrat) beat Charles Thone (Republican) in Nebraska in 1982, 50.6% to 49.3%, a margin of 1.3 points and 7,233 votes.

Nebraska changed party: in 1978 it went Republican, for Charles Thone.

Republicans led in 64 of the 93 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 29. The largest, Douglas, cast 131,461 votes and went to the Democrat by 8.3 points. The closest was Pawnee, 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
Bob Kerrey won Democratic 277,436 50.6%
Charles Thone Republican 270,203 49.3%
All other candidates 263 0.0%
Total547,902

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 71,157 54.1% 60,181 45.8% 123 131,461 D+8.3
Lancaster 42,245 60.7% 27,269 39.2% 42 69,556 D+21.5
Sarpy 9,798 51.7% 9,136 48.2% 13 18,947 D+3.5
Hall 7,443 49.9% 7,476 50.1% 3 14,922 R+0.2
Lincoln 6,616 53.2% 5,799 46.7% 11 12,426 D+6.6
Dodge 5,733 48.7% 6,026 51.2% 7 11,766 R+2.5
Buffalo 6,126 52.1% 5,633 47.9% 6 11,765 D+4.2
Adams 5,783 53.2% 5,085 46.8% 10,868 D+6.4
Platte 4,426 42.0% 6,102 57.9% 8 10,536 R+15.9
Scotts Bluff 5,284 52.0% 4,866 47.9% 2 10,152 D+4.1
Madison 4,194 43.8% 5,387 56.2% 9,581 R+12.5
Gage 4,503 53.4% 3,931 46.6% 2 8,436 D+6.8
Saunders 3,871 53.1% 3,413 46.8% 3 7,287 D+6.3
Dawson 3,020 41.6% 4,244 58.4% 7,264 R+16.9
Cass 3,946 54.7% 3,268 45.3% 6 7,220 D+9.4
Otoe 3,030 50.6% 2,957 49.4% 2 5,989 D+1.2
Seward 3,073 53.4% 2,686 46.6% 1 5,760 D+6.7
Washington 2,427 44.8% 2,995 55.2% 5,422 R+10.5
York 2,051 38.1% 3,326 61.9% 5,377 R+23.7
Custer 2,152 41.3% 3,064 58.7% 5,216 R+17.5
Saline 3,326 63.9% 1,880 36.1% 5,206 D+27.8
Holt 1,737 33.9% 3,386 66.1% 5,123 R+32.2
Richardson 2,320 47.7% 2,540 52.3% 4,860 R+4.5
Dakota 2,442 53.4% 2,128 46.6% 4,570 D+6.9
Box Butte 1,908 44.0% 2,419 55.8% 5 4,332 R+11.8
Jefferson 2,154 50.8% 2,077 49.0% 6 4,237 D+1.8
Cedar 1,613 38.3% 2,596 61.7% 4,209 R+23.4
Knox 1,701 40.8% 2,465 59.2% 4,166 R+18.3
Red Willow 1,764 42.4% 2,393 57.6% 4,157 R+15.1
Hamilton 1,846 45.1% 2,246 54.9% 4,092 R+9.8
Colfax 1,777 44.0% 2,264 56.0% 1 4,042 R+12.0
Cuming 1,348 34.3% 2,581 65.7% 3,929 R+31.4
Phelps 1,699 43.4% 2,213 56.6% 3,912 R+13.1
Antelope 1,551 40.4% 2,290 59.6% 2 3,843 R+19.2
Butler 1,996 54.9% 1,643 45.1% 3,639 D+9.7
Dawes 1,623 45.9% 1,912 54.1% 3,535 R+8.2
Fillmore 1,946 55.3% 1,574 44.7% 3,520 D+10.6
Keith 1,335 38.3% 2,149 61.7% 1 3,485 R+23.4
Nemaha 1,683 48.5% 1,785 51.5% 3,468 R+2.9
Burt 1,471 42.7% 1,971 57.3% 3,442 R+14.5
Cheyenne 1,479 43.5% 1,919 56.5% 3,398 R+12.9
Thayer 1,577 46.7% 1,801 53.3% 3,378 R+6.6
Clay 1,630 48.4% 1,736 51.6% 3,366 R+3.1
Kearney 1,772 53.2% 1,560 46.8% 3,332 D+6.4
Merrick 1,569 47.2% 1,752 52.8% 3,321 R+5.5
Boone 1,526 46.7% 1,742 53.3% 3,268 R+6.6
Wayne 1,264 39.6% 1,931 60.4% 3,195 R+20.9
Pierce 1,219 40.3% 1,808 59.7% 3,027 R+19.5
Nuckolls 1,517 51.7% 1,417 48.3% 1 2,935 D+3.4
Cherry 1,033 35.8% 1,850 64.2% 2,883 R+28.3
Dixon 1,148 41.2% 1,637 58.8% 2,785 R+17.6
Howard 1,432 52.4% 1,299 47.6% 2,731 D+4.9
Furnas 1,135 42.2% 1,553 57.8% 2,688 R+15.6
Polk 1,309 49.0% 1,360 51.0% 2,669 R+1.9
Sheridan 979 37.5% 1,629 62.5% 2,608 R+24.9
Valley 1,153 46.8% 1,312 53.2% 2,465 R+6.5
Johnson 1,264 51.3% 1,198 48.7% 2,462 D+2.7
Morrill 1,153 50.2% 1,144 49.8% 2 2,299 D+0.4
Webster 1,167 51.1% 1,116 48.9% 2,283 D+2.2
Stanton 942 41.6% 1,318 58.3% 2 2,262 R+16.6
Thurston 1,157 51.6% 1,087 48.4% 2,244 D+3.1
Franklin 1,095 49.2% 1,132 50.8% 2,227 R+1.7
Harlan 1,062 48.4% 1,131 51.5% 1 2,194 R+3.1
Sherman 1,130 57.8% 824 42.1% 2 1,956 D+15.6
Brown 684 35.3% 1,254 64.7% 1,938 R+29.4
Nance 938 50.8% 908 49.2% 1,846 D+1.6
Pawnee 912 50.0% 913 50.0% 1,825 R+0.1
Chase 740 41.3% 1,053 58.7% 1,793 R+17.5
Kimball 755 42.4% 1,026 57.6% 1 1,782 R+15.2
Perkins 687 40.7% 1,002 59.3% 1 1,690 R+18.6
Boyd 641 38.6% 1,019 61.4% 1,660 R+22.8
Hitchcock 666 41.8% 927 58.2% 1,593 R+16.4
Frontier 581 40.1% 865 59.7% 2 1,448 R+19.6
Greeley 807 58.0% 585 42.0% 1,392 D+15.9
Garden 498 40.5% 732 59.5% 1,230 R+19.0
Deuel 400 33.9% 779 66.1% 1,179 R+32.1
Dundy 443 39.6% 673 60.1% 3 1,119 R+20.6
Rock 418 39.7% 636 60.3% 1,054 R+20.7
Garfield 387 38.5% 617 61.5% 1,004 R+22.9
Gosper 507 53.8% 434 46.1% 1 942 D+7.7
Sioux 334 40.1% 498 59.9% 832 R+19.7
Keya Paha 233 34.6% 440 65.4% 673 R+30.8
Hayes 256 39.8% 387 60.2% 643 R+20.4
Wheeler 211 39.3% 325 60.5% 1 537 R+21.2
Hooker 163 31.2% 359 68.8% 522 R+37.5
Banner 306 60.5% 200 39.5% 506 D+20.9
Blaine 168 33.6% 331 66.2% 1 500 R+32.6
Thomas 178 36.0% 316 64.0% 494 R+27.9
Logan 169 34.7% 317 65.1% 1 487 R+30.4
Loup 206 45.3% 249 54.7% 455 R+9.5
Grant 130 29.7% 307 70.3% 437 R+40.5
McPherson 118 32.2% 249 67.8% 367 R+35.7
Arthur 70 26.9% 190 73.1% 260 R+46.2

Counties as they stood in 1982; 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