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Election 2002 Results

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2002 Nebraska governor election

Mike Johanns (Republican) beat Stormy Dean (Democrat) in Nebraska in 2002, 68.7% to 27.5%, a margin of 41.2 points and 198,001 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1998, when Mike Johanns also won.

Republicans led in 93 of the 93 counties. The largest, Douglas, cast 119,325 votes and went to the Republican by 31.9 points. The closest was McPherson, where 130 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 330,349 68.7%
Stormy Dean Democratic 132,348 27.5%
All other candidates 18,294 3.8%
Total480,991

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 39,288 32.9% 77,294 64.8% 2,743 119,325 R+31.9
Lancaster 23,626 35.1% 41,289 61.4% 2,332 67,247 R+26.3
Sarpy 7,681 26.7% 20,402 70.8% 718 28,801 R+44.2
Hall 3,741 28.5% 8,869 67.4% 539 13,149 R+39.0
Buffalo 2,239 22.3% 7,353 73.3% 443 10,035 R+51.0
Lincoln 2,625 26.4% 6,888 69.2% 447 9,960 R+42.8
Platte 1,758 17.7% 7,844 79.1% 318 9,920 R+61.4
Dodge 2,649 27.1% 6,767 69.3% 354 9,770 R+42.1
Scotts Bluff 1,602 18.2% 6,936 78.8% 266 8,804 R+60.6
Adams 2,459 28.9% 5,552 65.2% 498 8,509 R+36.3
Madison 1,466 17.4% 6,551 77.7% 416 8,433 R+60.3
Gage 2,118 29.9% 4,598 64.9% 369 7,085 R+35.0
Cass 2,104 30.5% 4,499 65.1% 306 6,909 R+34.7
Saunders 1,977 28.7% 4,609 66.8% 314 6,900 R+38.1
Washington 1,432 23.8% 4,363 72.6% 215 6,010 R+48.8
Seward 1,276 24.0% 3,728 70.1% 316 5,320 R+46.1
Dawson 1,086 20.8% 3,915 74.9% 225 5,226 R+54.1
Otoe 1,181 25.9% 3,159 69.3% 219 4,559 R+43.4
Custer 862 19.3% 3,377 75.7% 220 4,459 R+56.4
York 772 17.8% 3,413 78.5% 164 4,349 R+60.7
Dakota 1,299 30.5% 2,802 65.8% 160 4,261 R+35.3
Holt 725 17.6% 3,190 77.6% 198 4,113 R+59.9
Saline 1,470 35.8% 2,411 58.7% 227 4,108 R+22.9
Box Butte 912 24.0% 2,670 70.2% 221 3,803 R+46.2
Red Willow 719 19.6% 2,792 76.0% 163 3,674 R+56.4
Knox 754 20.6% 2,534 69.3% 369 3,657 R+48.7
Cedar 666 18.7% 2,648 74.2% 254 3,568 R+55.5
Hamilton 713 20.6% 2,607 75.3% 141 3,461 R+54.7
Phelps 650 19.3% 2,604 77.3% 116 3,370 R+58.0
Jefferson 979 30.0% 2,102 64.5% 178 3,259 R+34.5
Richardson 712 22.7% 2,241 71.5% 181 3,134 R+48.8
Keith 542 17.5% 2,390 77.2% 165 3,097 R+59.7
Nemaha 729 24.3% 2,150 71.5% 126 3,005 R+47.3
Cuming 467 15.6% 2,405 80.1% 129 3,001 R+64.6
Wayne 595 20.5% 2,158 74.4% 148 2,901 R+53.9
Colfax 631 21.9% 2,121 73.6% 129 2,881 R+51.7
Butler 736 25.9% 1,952 68.8% 149 2,837 R+42.9
Cheyenne 464 16.5% 2,247 80.1% 95 2,806 R+63.5
Boone 567 20.9% 1,987 73.1% 165 2,719 R+52.2
Dawes 683 25.9% 1,818 69.0% 132 2,633 R+43.1
Burt 747 29.2% 1,703 66.5% 109 2,559 R+37.4
Merrick 597 24.3% 1,734 70.6% 125 2,456 R+46.3
Fillmore 551 23.0% 1,761 73.7% 79 2,391 R+50.6
Howard 684 29.6% 1,507 65.3% 117 2,308 R+35.7
Kearney 478 20.8% 1,678 73.1% 140 2,296 R+52.3
Clay 583 25.8% 1,539 68.2% 136 2,258 R+42.3
Pierce 324 14.4% 1,806 80.1% 126 2,256 R+65.7
Antelope 465 20.8% 1,771 79.2% 1 2,237 R+58.4
Thayer 500 22.4% 1,636 73.1% 101 2,237 R+50.8
Cherry 404 18.3% 1,747 79.0% 60 2,211 R+60.7
Furnas 387 18.2% 1,659 78.0% 81 2,127 R+59.8
Dixon 441 20.9% 1,559 74.0% 106 2,106 R+53.1
Valley 542 25.8% 1,496 71.3% 61 2,099 R+45.5
Polk 475 23.2% 1,487 72.7% 82 2,044 R+49.5
Sheridan 294 15.3% 1,504 78.0% 129 1,927 R+62.8
Johnson 617 32.3% 1,180 61.7% 114 1,911 R+29.5
Nuckolls 415 22.5% 1,350 73.1% 83 1,848 R+50.6
Stanton 275 15.7% 1,349 76.8% 132 1,756 R+61.2
Morrill 296 17.7% 1,267 75.6% 113 1,676 R+57.9
Webster 436 27.0% 1,095 67.7% 86 1,617 R+40.8
Thurston 480 31.0% 979 63.2% 89 1,548 R+32.2
Brown 295 19.8% 1,119 74.9% 79 1,493 R+55.2
Chase 170 12.3% 1,145 82.7% 69 1,384 R+70.4
Sherman 451 33.4% 850 62.9% 51 1,352 R+29.5
Nance 355 26.4% 896 66.7% 93 1,344 R+40.3
Harlan 294 22.0% 988 74.0% 54 1,336 R+51.9
Franklin 305 23.1% 951 72.0% 64 1,320 R+48.9
Perkins 216 18.0% 926 77.3% 56 1,198 R+59.3
Pawnee 359 30.2% 761 63.9% 70 1,190 R+33.8
Kimball 176 14.9% 952 80.8% 50 1,178 R+65.9
Hitchcock 212 18.4% 882 76.6% 58 1,152 R+58.2
Greeley 349 30.7% 707 62.3% 79 1,135 R+31.5
Frontier 227 20.1% 841 74.4% 62 1,130 R+54.3
Garden 137 14.3% 774 80.7% 48 959 R+66.4
Boyd 195 20.9% 675 72.2% 65 935 R+51.3
Gosper 188 21.3% 668 75.8% 25 881 R+54.5
Dundy 187 22.6% 588 70.9% 54 829 R+48.4
Deuel 107 12.9% 690 83.4% 30 827 R+70.5
Rock 254 32.5% 504 64.5% 24 782 R+32.0
Garfield 155 21.5% 528 73.2% 38 721 R+51.7
Keya Paha 103 18.8% 419 76.6% 25 547 R+57.8
Sioux 81 15.2% 430 80.5% 23 534 R+65.4
Hayes 51 10.1% 378 74.7% 77 506 R+64.6
Thomas 73 18.3% 308 77.0% 19 400 R+58.8
Wheeler 69 18.2% 281 73.9% 30 380 R+55.8
Banner 39 10.5% 317 85.4% 15 371 R+74.9
Logan 52 14.1% 298 80.8% 19 369 R+66.7
Hooker 72 19.9% 277 76.5% 13 362 R+56.6
Blaine 56 16.2% 277 80.1% 13 346 R+63.9
Grant 37 11.0% 288 85.5% 12 337 R+74.5
Loup 73 23.0% 229 72.2% 15 317 R+49.2
Arthur 33 13.1% 199 79.3% 19 251 R+66.1
McPherson 31 15.6% 161 80.9% 7 199 R+65.3

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