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Election 1994 Results

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1994 Nebraska governor election

Earl Nelson (Democrat) beat Gene Spence (Republican) in Nebraska in 1994, 73.0% to 25.6%, a margin of 47.5 points and 275,040 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1990, when Earl Nelson also won.

Democrats led in 91 of the 93 counties and Republicans in 2. The largest, Douglas, cast 156,710 votes and went to the Democrat by 50.2 points. The closest was Arthur, 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 423,270 73.0%
Gene Spence Republican 148,230 25.6%
All other candidates 8,061 1.4%
Total579,561

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 115,501 73.7% 36,797 23.5% 4,412 156,710 D+50.2
Lancaster 56,405 76.0% 15,262 20.6% 2,574 74,241 D+55.4
Sarpy 23,160 73.7% 8,225 26.2% 37 31,422 D+47.5
Hall 12,540 76.4% 3,826 23.3% 54 16,420 D+53.1
Buffalo 9,496 73.5% 3,386 26.2% 34 12,916 D+47.3
Dodge 9,920 77.2% 2,894 22.5% 43 12,857 D+54.6
Lincoln 8,913 70.3% 3,731 29.4% 39 12,683 D+40.9
Scotts Bluff 6,904 63.6% 3,923 36.1% 33 10,860 D+27.4
Platte 8,204 76.6% 2,475 23.1% 34 10,713 D+53.5
Madison 7,165 70.4% 2,980 29.3% 36 10,181 D+41.1
Adams 7,675 75.8% 2,394 23.7% 53 10,122 D+52.2
Gage 7,192 80.7% 1,669 18.7% 54 8,915 D+62.0
Cass 5,854 75.2% 1,900 24.4% 28 7,782 D+50.8
Saunders 6,014 78.0% 1,666 21.6% 35 7,715 D+56.4
Dawson 5,103 71.3% 2,038 28.5% 14 7,155 D+42.8
Washington 4,330 68.8% 1,925 30.6% 40 6,295 D+38.2
Seward 4,666 79.1% 1,198 20.3% 36 5,900 D+58.8
Otoe 4,158 74.6% 1,385 24.8% 32 5,575 D+49.7
York 3,910 72.8% 1,418 26.4% 43 5,371 D+46.4
Custer 3,300 67.5% 1,572 32.1% 18 4,890 D+35.3
Holt 3,006 61.7% 1,857 38.1% 10 4,873 D+23.6
Dakota 3,699 77.4% 1,071 22.4% 8 4,778 D+55.0
Saline 3,928 84.0% 724 15.5% 22 4,674 D+68.5
Phelps 3,096 71.4% 1,224 28.2% 19 4,339 D+43.1
Cedar 3,527 81.7% 785 18.2% 4 4,316 D+63.5
Box Butte 2,852 66.6% 1,422 33.2% 11 4,285 D+33.4
Red Willow 3,354 79.7% 840 20.0% 15 4,209 D+59.7
Richardson 2,965 70.8% 1,218 29.1% 2 4,185 D+41.7
Jefferson 2,969 74.7% 968 24.4% 36 3,973 D+50.4
Cuming 2,888 75.1% 954 24.8% 5 3,847 D+50.3
Hamilton 2,513 67.3% 1,211 32.4% 11 3,735 D+34.9
Keith 2,247 62.0% 1,374 37.9% 1 3,622 D+24.1
Knox 2,384 68.9% 1,071 31.0% 3 3,458 D+38.0
Burt 2,488 74.1% 855 25.5% 15 3,358 D+48.6
Cheyenne 1,927 58.4% 1,367 41.5% 3 3,297 D+17.0
Colfax 2,574 78.2% 706 21.5% 10 3,290 D+56.8
Merrick 2,358 72.5% 894 27.5% 3,252 D+45.0
Nemaha 2,289 71.4% 897 28.0% 19 3,205 D+43.4
Butler 2,552 80.9% 589 18.7% 14 3,155 D+62.2
Wayne 2,109 68.3% 968 31.4% 9 3,086 D+37.0
Antelope 2,137 69.6% 927 30.2% 5 3,069 D+39.4
Clay 2,183 72.1% 835 27.6% 9 3,027 D+44.5
Fillmore 2,242 76.3% 688 23.4% 10 2,940 D+52.9
Boone 2,084 72.6% 781 27.2% 6 2,871 D+45.4
Thayer 2,160 75.3% 700 24.4% 10 2,870 D+50.9
Pierce 2,034 71.3% 815 28.6% 2 2,851 D+42.8
Kearney 1,963 70.7% 808 29.1% 6 2,777 D+41.6
Dawes 1,416 51.6% 1,328 48.4% 2,744 D+3.2
Cherry 1,330 53.4% 1,159 46.6% 2,489 D+6.9
Polk 1,809 73.2% 654 26.5% 9 2,472 D+46.7
Dixon 1,807 74.8% 602 24.9% 7 2,416 D+49.9
Howard 1,790 74.6% 602 25.1% 6 2,398 D+49.5
Nuckolls 1,799 76.0% 557 23.5% 11 2,367 D+52.5
Furnas 1,621 69.7% 702 30.2% 2 2,325 D+39.5
Sheridan 967 44.6% 1,200 55.4% 2,167 R+10.8
Valley 1,451 69.8% 624 30.0% 5 2,080 D+39.8
Stanton 1,390 68.9% 614 30.4% 13 2,017 D+38.5
Webster 1,486 76.2% 460 23.6% 4 1,950 D+52.6
Harlan 1,422 73.6% 509 26.4% 1,931 D+47.3
Morrill 1,257 66.1% 642 33.7% 4 1,903 D+32.3
Johnson 1,423 75.7% 447 23.8% 9 1,879 D+51.9
Thurston 1,460 80.2% 343 18.8% 17 1,820 D+61.4
Nance 1,387 77.8% 390 21.9% 6 1,783 D+55.9
Sherman 1,358 77.5% 393 22.4% 2 1,753 D+55.0
Chase 1,101 63.7% 625 36.2% 2 1,728 D+27.5
Brown 1,106 64.9% 594 34.9% 4 1,704 D+30.0
Kimball 971 57.4% 718 42.5% 2 1,691 D+15.0
Franklin 1,010 61.4% 629 38.3% 5 1,644 D+23.2
Pawnee 1,145 74.3% 385 25.0% 11 1,541 D+49.3
Hitchcock 1,032 72.3% 394 27.6% 1 1,427 D+44.7
Perkins 965 67.9% 455 32.0% 2 1,422 D+35.9
Boyd 942 67.7% 447 32.1% 3 1,392 D+35.6
Greeley 1,060 79.0% 274 20.4% 8 1,342 D+58.6
Garden 612 48.2% 658 51.8% 1,270 R+3.6
Frontier 828 66.5% 416 33.4% 2 1,246 D+33.1
Dundy 619 60.9% 396 39.0% 1 1,016 D+21.9
Rock 609 62.5% 363 37.3% 2 974 D+25.3
Deuel 536 55.8% 425 44.2% 961 D+11.6
Garfield 628 66.0% 321 33.8% 2 951 D+32.3
Gosper 681 75.6% 219 24.3% 1 901 D+51.3
Sioux 378 52.9% 336 47.1% 714 D+5.9
Keya Paha 341 59.0% 236 40.8% 1 578 D+18.2
Hayes 342 59.6% 232 40.4% 574 D+19.2
Banner 247 53.1% 218 46.9% 465 D+6.2
Hooker 266 57.2% 198 42.6% 1 465 D+14.6
Thomas 255 55.0% 208 44.8% 1 464 D+10.1
Logan 256 58.4% 182 41.6% 438 D+16.9
Blaine 224 52.1% 206 47.9% 430 D+4.2
Wheeler 311 72.3% 117 27.2% 2 430 D+45.1
Grant 186 51.0% 178 48.8% 1 365 D+2.2
McPherson 192 60.2% 127 39.8% 319 D+20.4
Arthur 142 50.9% 137 49.1% 279 D+1.8
Loup 174 64.2% 97 35.8% 271 D+28.4

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