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Election 1986 Results

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1986 Nebraska governor election

Kay Orr (Republican) beat Helen Boosalis (Democrat) in Nebraska in 1986, 52.9% to 47.0%, a margin of 5.9 points and 33,169 votes.

Nebraska changed party: in 1982 it went Democratic, for Bob Kerrey.

Republicans led in 78 of the 93 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 15. The largest, Douglas, cast 135,251 votes and went to the Republican by 0.4 points. The closest was Kearney, where 7 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
Kay Orr won Republican 298,325 52.9%
Helen Boosalis Democratic 265,156 47.0%
All other candidates 941 0.2%
Total564,422

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 67,133 49.6% 67,738 50.1% 380 135,251 R+0.4
Lancaster 44,044 60.4% 28,542 39.2% 303 72,889 D+21.3
Sarpy 9,620 43.9% 12,274 56.1% 21,894 R+12.1
Hall 9,182 55.5% 7,371 44.5% 16,553 D+10.9
Lincoln 6,805 51.6% 6,339 48.1% 42 13,186 D+3.5
Buffalo 5,900 45.8% 6,972 54.2% 12,872 R+8.3
Dodge 5,858 45.6% 6,977 54.3% 17 12,852 R+8.7
Scotts Bluff 4,340 40.0% 6,504 60.0% 10,844 R+20.0
Adams 5,083 48.0% 5,507 52.0% 1 10,591 R+4.0
Platte 4,199 40.6% 6,123 59.2% 27 10,349 R+18.6
Madison 3,275 32.0% 6,961 68.0% 10,236 R+36.0
Gage 4,735 53.1% 4,175 46.9% 8,910 D+6.3
Cass 3,630 49.3% 3,708 50.3% 32 7,370 R+1.1
Dawson 2,956 40.1% 4,408 59.9% 7,364 R+19.7
Saunders 3,368 48.0% 3,631 51.7% 21 7,020 R+3.7
York 2,396 39.5% 3,676 60.5% 6,072 R+21.1
Washington 2,412 39.8% 3,634 60.0% 12 6,058 R+20.2
Otoe 2,710 45.0% 3,307 54.9% 2 6,019 R+9.9
Seward 2,758 50.3% 2,730 49.7% 5,488 D+0.5
Holt 1,606 29.5% 3,833 70.5% 5,439 R+40.9
Custer 1,897 35.8% 3,408 64.2% 5,305 R+28.5
Saline 3,195 60.7% 2,069 39.3% 5,264 D+21.4
Box Butte 2,129 43.9% 2,720 56.1% 4,849 R+12.2
Dakota 2,075 45.3% 2,507 54.7% 3 4,585 R+9.4
Red Willow 1,721 37.7% 2,845 62.3% 2 4,568 R+24.6
Richardson 1,897 42.0% 2,624 58.0% 4,521 R+16.1
Jefferson 2,099 47.9% 2,271 51.8% 15 4,385 R+3.9
Cuming 1,458 34.3% 2,793 65.7% 4,251 R+31.4
Phelps 1,620 38.5% 2,592 61.5% 4,212 R+23.1
Knox 1,510 36.9% 2,584 63.1% 4,094 R+26.2
Cedar 1,535 39.1% 2,387 60.9% 3,922 R+21.7
Colfax 1,663 43.0% 2,197 56.9% 4 3,864 R+13.8
Antelope 1,275 33.4% 2,547 66.6% 3,822 R+33.3
Hamilton 1,670 44.5% 2,087 55.5% 3,757 R+11.1
Keith 1,286 34.8% 2,412 65.2% 3,698 R+30.4
Butler 1,827 49.5% 1,864 50.5% 3,691 R+1.0
Burt 1,551 44.5% 1,934 55.5% 3,485 R+11.0
Thayer 1,720 49.7% 1,730 50.0% 13 3,463 R+0.3
Nemaha 1,478 43.0% 1,957 56.9% 6 3,441 R+13.9
Clay 1,569 46.0% 1,825 53.5% 15 3,409 R+7.5
Dawes 1,120 33.8% 2,197 66.2% 3,317 R+32.5
Merrick 1,660 50.2% 1,642 49.6% 8 3,310 D+0.5
Fillmore 1,584 48.1% 1,710 51.9% 3,294 R+3.8
Cheyenne 1,175 36.2% 2,073 63.8% 3,248 R+27.6
Pierce 941 29.3% 2,267 70.7% 3,208 R+41.3
Wayne 998 32.6% 2,068 67.4% 3,066 R+34.9
Cherry 839 27.5% 2,208 72.4% 1 3,048 R+44.9
Boone 1,318 43.4% 1,719 56.6% 3,037 R+13.2
Kearney 1,505 50.1% 1,498 49.9% 3,003 D+0.2
Dixon 1,151 38.5% 1,837 61.5% 2,988 R+23.0
Howard 1,560 54.1% 1,321 45.9% 2,881 D+8.3
Furnas 1,129 41.6% 1,588 58.4% 2,717 R+16.9
Polk 1,310 49.2% 1,345 50.5% 8 2,663 R+1.3
Sheridan 609 22.9% 2,053 77.1% 2,662 R+54.2
Nuckolls 1,353 51.4% 1,280 48.6% 2,633 D+2.8
Valley 1,070 44.9% 1,308 54.9% 5 2,383 R+10.0
Thurston 1,040 45.0% 1,266 54.8% 4 2,310 R+9.8
Stanton 765 34.4% 1,450 65.1% 12 2,227 R+30.8
Johnson 1,161 53.3% 1,014 46.6% 3 2,178 D+6.7
Webster 1,084 50.9% 1,047 49.1% 2,131 D+1.7
Harlan 897 42.8% 1,198 57.2% 2,095 R+14.4
Morrill 754 36.2% 1,328 63.8% 2,082 R+27.6
Franklin 1,005 48.4% 1,072 51.6% 2,077 R+3.2
Chase 694 34.2% 1,334 65.8% 2,028 R+31.6
Nance 1,019 52.7% 915 47.3% 1,934 D+5.4
Pawnee 859 45.6% 1,024 54.4% 1,883 R+8.8
Kimball 584 32.5% 1,213 67.5% 1,797 R+35.0
Hitchcock 614 34.2% 1,181 65.8% 1,795 R+31.6
Sherman 1,027 57.5% 760 42.5% 1,787 D+14.9
Brown 620 35.2% 1,141 64.8% 1,761 R+29.6
Perkins 555 35.5% 1,008 64.5% 1,563 R+29.0
Boyd 513 33.2% 1,029 66.6% 2 1,544 R+33.4
Frontier 556 36.8% 952 63.1% 1 1,509 R+26.2
Greeley 795 57.8% 581 42.2% 1,376 D+15.6
Garden 405 32.3% 849 67.7% 1,254 R+35.4
Dundy 383 32.1% 812 67.9% 1,195 R+35.9
Garfield 317 29.6% 755 70.4% 1,072 R+40.9
Deuel 362 35.4% 662 64.6% 1,024 R+29.3
Gosper 471 47.0% 531 53.0% 1,002 R+6.0
Rock 281 28.6% 703 71.4% 984 R+42.9
Sioux 200 25.7% 579 74.3% 779 R+48.7
Hayes 219 29.7% 519 70.3% 738 R+40.7
Keya Paha 175 26.2% 494 73.8% 669 R+47.7
Banner 184 37.0% 313 63.0% 497 R+26.0
Blaine 164 33.5% 325 66.5% 489 R+32.9
Thomas 139 28.7% 345 71.3% 484 R+42.6
Wheeler 163 35.0% 302 64.8% 1 466 R+29.8
Logan 146 31.5% 317 68.5% 463 R+36.9
Hooker 122 26.9% 332 73.1% 454 R+46.3
Grant 79 18.5% 349 81.5% 428 R+63.1
Loup 135 32.8% 277 67.2% 412 R+34.5
McPherson 83 23.8% 266 76.2% 349 R+52.4
Arthur 79 27.7% 205 71.9% 1 285 R+44.2

Counties as they stood in 1986; 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