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Election 1998 Results

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1998 Nebraska governor election

Mike Johanns (Republican) beat Bill Hoppner (Democrat) in Nebraska in 1998, 53.9% to 46.0%, a margin of 7.9 points and 43,232 votes.

Nebraska changed party: in 1994 it went Democratic, for Earl Nelson.

Republicans led in 70 of the 93 counties and Democrats in 23. The largest, Douglas, cast 131,263 votes and went to the Republican by 6.7 points. The closest was Wheeler, 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
Mike Johanns won Republican 293,910 53.9%
Bill Hoppner Democratic 250,678 46.0%
All other candidates 650 0.1%
Total545,238

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 61,119 46.6% 69,891 53.2% 253 131,263 R+6.7
Lancaster 42,660 53.4% 37,099 46.4% 138 79,897 D+7.0
Sarpy 12,161 40.2% 18,039 59.6% 47 30,247 R+19.4
Hall 7,327 44.6% 9,076 55.3% 19 16,422 R+10.7
Buffalo 5,386 43.3% 7,028 56.6% 12 12,426 R+13.2
Lincoln 5,744 48.4% 6,123 51.5% 13 11,880 R+3.2
Scotts Bluff 3,938 33.4% 7,851 66.5% 13 11,802 R+33.2
Dodge 5,002 46.0% 5,853 53.9% 9 10,864 R+7.8
Adams 4,541 44.5% 5,665 55.5% 6 10,212 R+11.0
Madison 4,100 41.4% 5,790 58.5% 13 9,903 R+17.1
Platte 3,394 34.5% 6,425 65.4% 9 9,828 R+30.8
Gage 4,615 55.2% 3,738 44.8% 8,353 D+10.5
Cass 3,672 47.0% 4,128 52.9% 9 7,809 R+5.8
Saunders 3,547 47.3% 3,941 52.5% 17 7,505 R+5.2
Washington 2,805 39.1% 4,364 60.9% 7,169 R+21.7
Dawson 2,725 42.5% 3,694 57.5% 6,419 R+15.1
Seward 2,829 49.3% 2,904 50.6% 3 5,736 R+1.3
York 2,255 40.6% 3,297 59.3% 5 5,557 R+18.8
Otoe 2,472 46.9% 2,797 53.1% 3 5,272 R+6.2
Holt 1,849 38.4% 2,958 61.4% 9 4,816 R+23.0
Dakota 2,443 51.0% 2,341 48.9% 2 4,786 D+2.1
Saline 2,707 61.1% 1,719 38.8% 4 4,430 D+22.3
Custer 1,760 39.9% 2,651 60.1% 4,411 R+20.2
Phelps 1,691 40.3% 2,500 59.5% 10 4,201 R+19.3
Red Willow 1,558 38.2% 2,521 61.8% 1 4,080 R+23.6
Box Butte 1,668 41.1% 2,391 58.9% 4,059 R+17.8
Cuming 1,891 50.1% 1,878 49.8% 3 3,772 D+0.3
Hamilton 1,614 43.4% 2,103 56.6% 1 3,718 R+13.2
Knox 1,971 53.2% 1,732 46.7% 3 3,706 D+6.4
Cedar 1,867 50.5% 1,828 49.5% 1 3,696 D+1.1
Butler 1,721 47.0% 1,941 53.0% 3,662 R+6.0
Cheyenne 936 29.0% 2,294 71.0% 3,230 R+42.0
Antelope 1,437 44.9% 1,764 55.1% 3,201 R+10.2
Jefferson 1,612 50.4% 1,585 49.5% 2 3,199 D+0.8
Keith 1,053 33.2% 2,117 66.8% 3,170 R+33.6
Burt 1,661 52.6% 1,495 47.4% 3,156 D+5.3
Nemaha 1,307 42.3% 1,783 57.7% 3,090 R+15.4
Merrick 1,379 45.0% 1,685 54.9% 3 3,067 R+10.0
Wayne 1,473 48.2% 1,579 51.6% 6 3,058 R+3.5
Richardson 1,264 42.0% 1,743 58.0% 3,007 R+15.9
Colfax 1,209 42.4% 1,640 57.5% 3 2,852 R+15.1
Fillmore 1,428 50.8% 1,382 49.2% 1 2,811 D+1.6
Thayer 1,432 51.8% 1,334 48.2% 2,766 D+3.5
Boone 1,430 52.3% 1,302 47.7% 2,732 D+4.7
Clay 1,195 43.8% 1,536 56.2% 2,731 R+12.5
Dawes 856 31.5% 1,856 68.3% 4 2,716 R+36.8
Howard 1,391 51.6% 1,303 48.3% 1 2,695 D+3.3
Pierce 1,081 41.6% 1,516 58.4% 2,597 R+16.8
Kearney 1,208 46.7% 1,377 53.3% 2,585 R+6.5
Dixon 1,297 54.7% 1,072 45.2% 1 2,370 D+9.5
Cherry 734 32.4% 1,530 67.6% 2,264 R+35.2
Polk 982 43.6% 1,268 56.4% 2,250 R+12.7
Nuckolls 1,209 54.6% 1,006 45.4% 1 2,216 D+9.2
Furnas 933 42.9% 1,242 57.1% 2,175 R+14.2
Stanton 894 42.4% 1,212 57.5% 1 2,107 R+15.1
Valley 875 41.8% 1,216 58.1% 1 2,092 R+16.3
Sheridan 549 26.9% 1,491 73.1% 2,040 R+46.2
Thurston 1,611 80.0% 403 20.0% 1 2,015 D+60.0
Johnson 1,126 56.6% 856 43.0% 7 1,989 D+13.6
Morrill 591 32.2% 1,242 67.8% 1,833 R+35.5
Webster 927 53.0% 819 46.8% 3 1,749 D+6.2
Chase 591 35.1% 1,091 64.9% 1,682 R+29.7
Harlan 773 46.2% 900 53.8% 1 1,674 R+7.6
Nance 903 54.5% 753 45.5% 1,656 D+9.1
Kimball 470 29.6% 1,117 70.3% 2 1,589 R+40.7
Sherman 901 56.7% 686 43.2% 1 1,588 D+13.5
Brown 513 32.7% 1,055 67.3% 1,568 R+34.6
Franklin 841 54.7% 697 45.3% 1,538 D+9.4
Pawnee 751 50.5% 735 49.5% 1,486 D+1.1
Perkins 593 42.3% 810 57.7% 1,403 R+15.5
Hitchcock 577 41.6% 807 58.2% 3 1,387 R+16.6
Greeley 776 62.5% 466 37.5% 1,242 D+25.0
Frontier 531 45.8% 629 54.2% 1,160 R+8.4
Boyd 494 43.8% 634 56.2% 1,128 R+12.4
Garden 349 31.8% 749 68.2% 1,098 R+36.4
Dundy 373 40.0% 559 60.0% 932 R+20.0
Deuel 354 40.1% 528 59.9% 882 R+19.7
Gosper 381 44.3% 479 55.7% 860 R+11.4
Rock 286 35.3% 525 64.7% 811 R+29.5
Garfield 337 46.8% 382 53.1% 1 720 R+6.3
Sioux 185 26.6% 510 73.3% 1 696 R+46.7
Keya Paha 167 30.8% 376 69.2% 543 R+38.5
Hayes 191 36.7% 327 62.8% 3 521 R+26.1
Wheeler 221 49.2% 228 50.8% 449 R+1.6
Hooker 156 36.6% 270 63.4% 426 R+26.8
Banner 105 26.1% 298 73.9% 403 R+47.9
Logan 135 35.5% 245 64.5% 380 R+28.9
Thomas 139 38.7% 220 61.3% 359 R+22.6
Grant 86 25.3% 254 74.7% 340 R+49.4
Blaine 104 32.6% 215 67.4% 319 R+34.8
McPherson 92 34.8% 172 65.2% 264 R+30.3
Loup 112 43.1% 148 56.9% 260 R+13.8
Arthur 79 37.6% 131 62.4% 210 R+24.8

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