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Election 1990 Results

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1990 Nebraska governor election

Earl Nelson (Democrat) beat Kay Orr (Republican) in Nebraska in 1990, 49.9% to 49.2%, a margin of 0.7 points and 4,030 votes.

Nebraska changed party: in 1986 it went Republican, for Kay Orr.

Republicans led in 57 of the 93 counties and Democrats in 36. The largest, Douglas, cast 151,882 votes and went to the Republican by 0.4 points. The closest was Stanton, where 5 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
Earl Nelson won Democratic 292,771 49.9%
Kay Orr Republican 288,741 49.2%
All other candidates 5,030 0.9%
Total586,542

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 75,114 49.5% 75,722 49.9% 1,046 151,882 R+0.4
Lancaster 45,074 55.3% 34,692 42.6% 1,736 81,502 D+12.7
Sarpy 13,351 49.3% 13,695 50.6% 17 27,063 R+1.3
Hall 8,306 49.8% 8,193 49.2% 168 16,667 D+0.7
Buffalo 6,803 48.3% 7,234 51.3% 60 14,097 R+3.1
Dodge 7,098 53.6% 6,046 45.6% 105 13,249 D+7.9
Lincoln 6,103 48.2% 6,533 51.6% 25 12,661 R+3.4
Scotts Bluff 4,876 41.9% 6,743 58.0% 7 11,626 R+16.1
Adams 5,227 48.7% 5,344 49.8% 161 10,732 R+1.1
Platte 4,398 42.1% 6,020 57.6% 35 10,453 R+15.5
Madison 3,842 38.1% 6,203 61.6% 27 10,072 R+23.4
Gage 4,799 54.9% 3,877 44.4% 61 8,737 D+10.6
Saunders 4,480 58.2% 3,195 41.5% 24 7,699 D+16.7
Cass 4,446 58.4% 3,059 40.2% 102 7,607 D+18.2
Dawson 2,800 40.4% 4,131 59.6% 2 6,933 R+19.2
Washington 3,158 48.8% 3,276 50.6% 34 6,468 R+1.8
Otoe 3,142 53.5% 2,686 45.8% 42 5,870 D+7.8
Seward 3,211 55.4% 2,531 43.7% 56 5,798 D+11.7
York 2,251 40.4% 3,295 59.1% 32 5,578 R+18.7
Saline 3,372 67.5% 1,559 31.2% 66 4,997 D+36.3
Box Butte 2,568 52.6% 2,305 47.2% 13 4,886 D+5.4
Holt 2,216 47.0% 2,443 51.9% 51 4,710 R+4.8
Custer 1,909 40.9% 2,732 58.6% 24 4,665 R+17.6
Dakota 2,771 60.6% 1,784 39.0% 15 4,570 D+21.6
Red Willow 2,608 57.7% 1,895 41.9% 20 4,523 D+15.8
Richardson 2,429 55.9% 1,879 43.2% 37 4,345 D+12.7
Phelps 1,702 41.2% 2,392 57.9% 36 4,130 R+16.7
Jefferson 2,244 54.7% 1,793 43.7% 64 4,101 D+11.0
Cedar 2,225 55.0% 1,818 45.0% 4,043 D+10.1
Hamilton 1,598 42.0% 2,201 57.8% 10 3,809 R+15.8
Knox 1,920 50.6% 1,875 49.4% 1 3,796 D+1.2
Cuming 1,468 39.0% 2,291 60.8% 6 3,765 R+21.9
Nemaha 2,028 54.2% 1,662 44.4% 53 3,743 D+9.8
Colfax 1,931 53.4% 1,664 46.0% 21 3,616 D+7.4
Cheyenne 1,358 38.3% 2,144 60.5% 41 3,543 R+22.2
Burt 1,933 56.2% 1,497 43.6% 7 3,437 D+12.7
Dawes 1,662 48.7% 1,747 51.2% 1 3,410 R+2.5
Butler 2,039 59.9% 1,364 40.1% 3,403 D+19.8
Keith 1,306 39.0% 2,024 60.5% 17 3,347 R+21.5
Antelope 1,373 41.7% 1,920 58.3% 3,293 R+16.6
Wayne 1,298 39.7% 1,974 60.3% 1 3,273 R+20.7
Clay 1,554 47.8% 1,673 51.5% 22 3,249 R+3.7
Thayer 1,652 53.3% 1,365 44.1% 80 3,097 D+9.3
Pierce 1,347 44.3% 1,689 55.5% 7 3,043 R+11.2
Merrick 1,301 42.9% 1,727 56.9% 7 3,035 R+14.0
Fillmore 1,541 51.1% 1,476 48.9% 3,017 D+2.2
Kearney 1,363 47.8% 1,449 50.8% 39 2,851 R+3.0
Boone 1,221 44.6% 1,487 54.3% 28 2,736 R+9.7
Dixon 1,281 48.2% 1,366 51.5% 8 2,655 R+3.2
Nuckolls 1,542 58.1% 1,064 40.1% 47 2,653 D+18.0
Sheridan 846 32.8% 1,694 65.6% 41 2,581 R+32.9
Polk 1,166 45.5% 1,355 52.9% 42 2,563 R+7.4
Cherry 868 34.7% 1,622 64.8% 13 2,503 R+30.1
Furnas 1,179 49.1% 1,204 50.1% 18 2,401 R+1.0
Howard 1,302 54.8% 1,059 44.5% 17 2,378 D+10.2
Morrill 1,013 43.9% 1,250 54.2% 43 2,306 R+10.3
Johnson 1,345 60.3% 852 38.2% 34 2,231 D+22.1
Harlan 1,123 51.4% 1,034 47.4% 26 2,183 D+4.1
Webster 1,228 59.3% 812 39.2% 31 2,071 D+20.1
Valley 963 46.6% 1,090 52.8% 13 2,066 R+6.1
Stanton 1,028 50.0% 1,023 49.7% 7 2,058 D+0.2
Thurston 1,228 60.6% 764 37.7% 36 2,028 D+22.9
Chase 857 43.9% 1,076 55.2% 17 1,950 R+11.2
Franklin 1,043 55.5% 811 43.1% 26 1,880 D+12.3
Nance 953 54.9% 778 44.8% 4 1,735 D+10.1
Pawnee 1,025 59.5% 682 39.6% 17 1,724 D+19.9
Boyd 1,012 59.0% 702 41.0% 1,714 D+18.1
Brown 628 37.3% 1,029 61.1% 27 1,684 R+23.8
Sherman 973 59.9% 639 39.3% 12 1,624 D+20.6
Kimball 581 37.4% 958 61.6% 15 1,554 R+24.3
Hitchcock 808 54.6% 661 44.7% 11 1,480 D+9.9
Perkins 666 45.9% 779 53.7% 6 1,451 R+7.8
Frontier 539 39.7% 816 60.2% 1 1,356 R+20.4
Garden 556 42.4% 751 57.3% 3 1,310 R+14.9
Dundy 574 49.2% 593 50.8% 1,167 R+1.6
Greeley 600 54.5% 495 45.0% 6 1,101 D+9.5
Deuel 381 41.2% 529 57.3% 14 924 R+16.0
Garfield 345 40.1% 500 58.1% 16 861 R+18.0
Gosper 399 46.6% 457 53.4% 856 R+6.8
Rock 301 36.0% 498 59.5% 38 837 R+23.5
Sioux 271 40.6% 395 59.1% 2 668 R+18.6
Keya Paha 192 31.9% 399 66.4% 10 601 R+34.4
Hayes 227 43.0% 299 56.6% 2 528 R+13.6
Logan 172 38.1% 280 61.9% 452 R+23.9
Banner 140 31.3% 302 67.6% 5 447 R+36.2
Hooker 155 35.2% 285 64.8% 440 R+29.5
Wheeler 185 43.1% 239 55.7% 5 429 R+12.6
Blaine 141 33.6% 277 66.0% 2 420 R+32.4
Thomas 139 34.6% 263 65.4% 402 R+30.8
Grant 130 35.1% 239 64.6% 1 370 R+29.5
Loup 135 43.3% 171 54.8% 6 312 R+11.5
McPherson 69 25.7% 199 74.0% 1 269 R+48.3
Arthur 46 24.0% 146 76.0% 192 R+52.1

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