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Election 2010 Results

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2010 Nebraska governor election

Dave Heineman (Republican) beat Mike Meister (Democrat) in Nebraska in 2010, 73.9% to 26.1%, a margin of 47.8 points and 233,302 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 2006, when Dave Heineman also won.

Republicans led in 93 of the 93 counties. The largest, Douglas, cast 124,351 votes and went to the Republican by 33.4 points. The closest was Arthur, where 147 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
Dave Heineman won Republican 360,645 73.9%
Mike Meister Democratic 127,343 26.1%
Total487,988

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 41,429 33.3% 82,922 66.7% 124,351 R+33.4
Lancaster 26,854 38.4% 43,060 61.6% 69,914 R+23.2
Sarpy 8,635 22.4% 29,851 77.6% 38,486 R+55.1
Hall 2,876 23.1% 9,592 76.9% 12,468 R+53.9
Buffalo 2,298 19.2% 9,700 80.8% 11,998 R+61.7
Lincoln 2,313 22.0% 8,192 78.0% 10,505 R+56.0
Scotts Bluff 2,147 22.0% 7,596 78.0% 9,743 R+55.9
Madison 1,541 16.0% 8,117 84.0% 9,658 R+68.1
Dodge 1,585 17.9% 7,247 82.1% 8,832 R+64.1
Platte 1,296 14.7% 7,531 85.3% 8,827 R+70.6
Adams 1,823 22.4% 6,321 77.6% 8,144 R+55.2
Cass 1,789 23.6% 5,797 76.4% 7,586 R+52.8
Gage 2,372 31.8% 5,090 68.2% 7,462 R+36.4
Washington 1,369 19.0% 5,835 81.0% 7,204 R+62.0
Saunders 1,373 19.9% 5,519 80.1% 6,892 R+60.2
Seward 1,293 24.0% 4,101 76.0% 5,394 R+52.1
Dawson 754 15.4% 4,138 84.6% 4,892 R+69.2
Custer 658 15.7% 3,532 84.3% 4,190 R+68.6
Otoe 951 23.0% 3,179 77.0% 4,130 R+53.9
York 591 14.6% 3,449 85.4% 4,040 R+70.7
Dakota 1,197 29.7% 2,840 70.3% 4,037 R+40.7
Red Willow 617 16.3% 3,165 83.7% 3,782 R+67.4
Holt 458 12.7% 3,162 87.3% 3,620 R+74.7
Keith 565 16.5% 2,865 83.5% 3,430 R+67.1
Saline 1,142 33.6% 2,254 66.4% 3,396 R+32.7
Cheyenne 507 16.0% 2,665 84.0% 3,172 R+68.0
Cedar 496 16.0% 2,606 84.0% 3,102 R+68.0
Box Butte 765 24.8% 2,325 75.2% 3,090 R+50.5
Knox 555 18.5% 2,444 81.5% 2,999 R+63.0
Hamilton 436 14.6% 2,557 85.4% 2,993 R+70.9
Phelps 456 15.4% 2,504 84.6% 2,960 R+69.2
Richardson 541 19.0% 2,308 81.0% 2,849 R+62.0
Cuming 389 14.1% 2,375 85.9% 2,764 R+71.9
Dawes 595 22.0% 2,109 78.0% 2,704 R+56.0
Antelope 376 14.4% 2,227 85.6% 2,603 R+71.1
Burt 636 24.5% 1,960 75.5% 2,596 R+51.0
Butler 545 21.9% 1,945 78.1% 2,490 R+56.2
Merrick 408 16.8% 2,024 83.2% 2,432 R+66.4
Wayne 423 18.1% 1,919 81.9% 2,342 R+63.9
Nemaha 525 23.0% 1,758 77.0% 2,283 R+54.0
Jefferson 536 24.0% 1,698 76.0% 2,234 R+52.0
Howard 543 24.4% 1,684 75.6% 2,227 R+51.2
Pierce 267 12.0% 1,955 88.0% 2,222 R+76.0
Clay 329 15.0% 1,861 85.0% 2,190 R+70.0
Cherry 303 14.2% 1,835 85.8% 2,138 R+71.7
Kearney 342 17.1% 1,660 82.9% 2,002 R+65.8
Morrill 384 19.9% 1,547 80.1% 1,931 R+60.2
Thayer 370 19.4% 1,542 80.6% 1,912 R+61.3
Fillmore 372 19.5% 1,537 80.5% 1,909 R+61.0
Colfax 346 18.6% 1,512 81.4% 1,858 R+62.8
Furnas 300 16.3% 1,546 83.7% 1,846 R+67.5
Stanton 255 14.0% 1,572 86.0% 1,827 R+72.1
Boone 314 17.4% 1,487 82.6% 1,801 R+65.1
Johnson 504 28.2% 1,285 71.8% 1,789 R+43.7
Dixon 370 21.3% 1,369 78.7% 1,739 R+57.4
Sheridan 239 13.8% 1,495 86.2% 1,734 R+72.4
Chase 186 11.7% 1,400 88.3% 1,586 R+76.5
Polk 255 16.2% 1,319 83.8% 1,574 R+67.6
Harlan 319 20.4% 1,248 79.6% 1,567 R+59.3
Nuckolls 317 20.2% 1,249 79.8% 1,566 R+59.5
Valley 265 17.3% 1,263 82.7% 1,528 R+65.3
Thurston 512 36.0% 910 64.0% 1,422 R+28.0
Webster 322 24.2% 1,007 75.8% 1,329 R+51.5
Brown 181 13.7% 1,141 86.3% 1,322 R+72.6
Kimball 288 21.9% 1,028 78.1% 1,316 R+56.2
Nance 276 21.2% 1,026 78.8% 1,302 R+57.6
Sherman 311 24.6% 952 75.4% 1,263 R+50.8
Hitchcock 228 18.4% 1,009 81.6% 1,237 R+63.1
Greeley 287 24.4% 891 75.6% 1,178 R+51.3
Franklin 262 23.7% 844 76.3% 1,106 R+52.6
Perkins 163 14.7% 943 85.3% 1,106 R+70.5
Frontier 144 14.5% 848 85.5% 992 R+71.0
Pawnee 230 24.6% 704 75.4% 934 R+50.7
Garfield 127 14.5% 749 85.5% 876 R+71.0
Boyd 125 15.2% 698 84.8% 823 R+69.6
Dundy 117 14.4% 694 85.6% 811 R+71.1
Garden 132 16.5% 670 83.5% 802 R+67.1
Deuel 126 16.3% 648 83.7% 774 R+67.4
Gosper 125 17.3% 599 82.7% 724 R+65.5
Rock 87 13.0% 582 87.0% 669 R+74.0
Sioux 73 12.4% 514 87.6% 587 R+75.1
Hayes 70 15.4% 385 84.6% 455 R+69.2
Wheeler 57 14.2% 345 85.8% 402 R+71.6
Logan 59 15.6% 319 84.4% 378 R+68.8
Keya Paha 46 12.3% 327 87.7% 373 R+75.3
Hooker 54 15.5% 294 84.5% 348 R+69.0
Banner 56 16.3% 288 83.7% 344 R+67.4
Thomas 37 11.7% 279 88.3% 316 R+76.6
Grant 25 8.6% 267 91.4% 292 R+82.9
Blaine 33 11.6% 252 88.4% 285 R+76.8
Loup 38 15.1% 214 84.9% 252 R+69.8
McPherson 32 13.7% 201 86.3% 233 R+72.5
Arthur 25 12.7% 172 87.3% 197 R+74.6

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