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Election 2018 Results

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2018 Nebraska governor election

Pete Ricketts (Republican) beat Bob Krist (Democrat) in Nebraska in 2018, 59.0% to 41.0%, a margin of 18.0 points and 125,643 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 2014, when Pete Ricketts also won.

Republicans led in 91 of the 93 counties and Democrats in 2. The largest, Douglas, cast 204,355 votes and went to the Democrat by 5.9 points. The closest was Thurston, where 87 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
Pete Ricketts won Republican 411,812 59.0%
Bob Krist Democratic 286,169 41.0%
Total697,981

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 108,235 53.0% 96,120 47.0% 204,355 D+5.9
Lancaster 64,946 55.7% 51,560 44.3% 116,506 D+11.5
Sarpy 27,632 40.9% 39,928 59.1% 67,560 R+18.2
Hall 5,661 33.8% 11,069 66.2% 16,730 R+32.3
Buffalo 5,154 31.6% 11,168 68.4% 16,322 R+36.8
Lincoln 3,174 25.4% 9,345 74.6% 12,519 R+49.3
Dodge 4,633 38.3% 7,457 61.7% 12,090 R+23.4
Platte 2,473 22.4% 8,570 77.6% 11,043 R+55.2
Scotts Bluff 3,439 32.2% 7,241 67.8% 10,680 R+35.6
Cass 3,709 34.9% 6,923 65.1% 10,632 R+30.2
Madison 2,559 24.5% 7,906 75.5% 10,465 R+51.1
Adams 3,152 30.8% 7,067 69.2% 10,219 R+38.3
Saunders 3,016 31.7% 6,508 68.3% 9,524 R+36.7
Washington 2,752 29.9% 6,457 70.1% 9,209 R+40.2
Gage 3,092 37.1% 5,250 62.9% 8,342 R+25.9
Seward 2,247 31.8% 4,812 68.2% 7,059 R+36.3
Otoe 2,107 33.1% 4,264 66.9% 6,371 R+33.9
Dawson 1,706 27.2% 4,558 72.8% 6,264 R+45.5
York 1,378 26.9% 3,743 73.1% 5,121 R+46.2
Custer 778 16.8% 3,861 83.2% 4,639 R+66.5
Dakota 1,841 40.5% 2,701 59.5% 4,542 R+18.9
Saline 1,815 43.0% 2,406 57.0% 4,221 R+14.0
Holt 823 19.8% 3,339 80.2% 4,162 R+60.5
Hamilton 904 22.0% 3,214 78.0% 4,118 R+56.1
Red Willow 728 18.7% 3,161 81.3% 3,889 R+62.6
Phelps 693 18.0% 3,162 82.0% 3,855 R+64.0
Box Butte 1,096 30.3% 2,525 69.7% 3,621 R+39.5
Knox 818 22.7% 2,781 77.3% 3,599 R+54.5
Cedar 755 21.4% 2,775 78.6% 3,530 R+57.2
Butler 870 24.8% 2,632 75.2% 3,502 R+50.3
Cuming 697 20.6% 2,682 79.4% 3,379 R+58.7
Merrick 682 20.2% 2,695 79.8% 3,377 R+59.6
Dawes 1,188 35.3% 2,179 64.7% 3,367 R+29.4
Cheyenne 715 22.0% 2,534 78.0% 3,249 R+56.0
Wayne 922 28.7% 2,296 71.3% 3,218 R+42.7
Keith 684 21.4% 2,516 78.6% 3,200 R+57.3
Richardson 829 26.8% 2,262 73.2% 3,091 R+46.4
Jefferson 944 31.6% 2,042 68.4% 2,986 R+36.8
Burt 976 33.1% 1,973 66.9% 2,949 R+33.8
Pierce 398 14.3% 2,377 85.7% 2,775 R+71.3
Clay 564 21.0% 2,122 79.0% 2,686 R+58.0
Kearney 605 23.0% 2,020 77.0% 2,625 R+53.9
Nemaha 791 30.2% 1,825 69.8% 2,616 R+39.5
Antelope 440 17.3% 2,103 82.7% 2,543 R+65.4
Fillmore 752 29.6% 1,790 70.4% 2,542 R+40.8
Colfax 738 29.5% 1,765 70.5% 2,503 R+41.0
Howard 633 26.1% 1,793 73.9% 2,426 R+47.8
Cherry 426 17.7% 1,979 82.3% 2,405 R+64.6
Boone 440 19.0% 1,872 81.0% 2,312 R+61.9
Stanton 435 19.2% 1,829 80.8% 2,264 R+61.6
Thayer 541 24.0% 1,715 76.0% 2,256 R+52.0
Dixon 581 25.9% 1,666 74.1% 2,247 R+48.3
Furnas 371 17.4% 1,767 82.6% 2,138 R+65.3
Morrill 474 22.4% 1,641 77.6% 2,115 R+55.2
Polk 438 21.0% 1,650 79.0% 2,088 R+58.0
Sheridan 498 24.8% 1,513 75.2% 2,011 R+50.5
Thurston 876 47.6% 963 52.4% 1,839 R+4.7
Valley 355 19.7% 1,444 80.3% 1,799 R+60.5
Johnson 672 37.4% 1,124 62.6% 1,796 R+25.2
Nuckolls 340 19.3% 1,425 80.7% 1,765 R+61.5
Chase 205 13.1% 1,354 86.9% 1,559 R+73.7
Harlan 273 18.2% 1,231 81.8% 1,504 R+63.7
Kimball 263 19.1% 1,117 80.9% 1,380 R+61.9
Webster 291 21.2% 1,079 78.8% 1,370 R+57.5
Brown 214 15.7% 1,151 84.3% 1,365 R+68.6
Franklin 254 18.6% 1,109 81.4% 1,363 R+62.7
Sherman 346 26.7% 948 73.3% 1,294 R+46.5
Nance 318 25.5% 928 74.5% 1,246 R+49.0
Perkins 195 15.9% 1,029 84.1% 1,224 R+68.1
Pawnee 350 30.3% 804 69.7% 1,154 R+39.3
Hitchcock 191 17.7% 886 82.3% 1,077 R+64.5
Frontier 191 18.2% 857 81.8% 1,048 R+63.5
Garden 186 18.5% 818 81.5% 1,004 R+62.9
Greeley 251 25.0% 752 75.0% 1,003 R+50.0
Boyd 152 15.8% 809 84.2% 961 R+68.4
Gosper 150 18.0% 685 82.0% 835 R+64.1
Garfield 131 16.4% 666 83.6% 797 R+67.1
Dundy 119 15.4% 654 84.6% 773 R+69.2
Deuel 127 17.8% 585 82.2% 712 R+64.3
Rock 94 14.1% 573 85.9% 667 R+71.8
Sioux 96 17.9% 441 82.1% 537 R+64.2
Wheeler 80 20.1% 319 79.9% 399 R+59.9
Hayes 42 10.6% 353 89.4% 395 R+78.7
Keya Paha 43 11.0% 347 89.0% 390 R+77.9
Thomas 44 12.8% 300 87.2% 344 R+74.4
Logan 28 8.4% 307 91.6% 335 R+83.3
Hooker 58 18.3% 259 81.7% 317 R+63.4
Banner 62 19.6% 254 80.4% 316 R+60.8
Loup 57 18.6% 250 81.4% 307 R+62.9
Grant 42 13.9% 260 86.1% 302 R+72.2
Blaine 49 18.6% 215 81.4% 264 R+62.9
McPherson 45 17.6% 211 82.4% 256 R+64.8
Arthur 31 13.7% 196 86.3% 227 R+72.7

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