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Election 1940 Results

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1940 US Senate election in Nebraska

Hugh Butler (Republican) beat R.L. Cochran (Democrat) in Nebraska in 1940, 57.0% to 41.5%, a margin of 15.5 points and 92,591 votes.

Nebraska changed party: in 1934 it went Democratic, for Edward R. Burke.

Republicans led in 84 of the 93 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 9. The largest, Douglas, cast 116,729 votes and went to the Democrat by 10.8 points. The closest was Saline, where 11 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.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Hugh Butler won Republican 340,250 57.0%
R.L. Cochran Democratic 247,659 41.5%
All other candidates 8,982 1.5%
Total596,891

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 63,955 54.8% 51,378 44.0% 1,396 116,729 D+10.8
Lancaster 15,600 34.0% 29,303 63.9% 928 45,831 R+29.9
Gage 4,588 36.0% 7,939 62.2% 232 12,759 R+26.3
Scotts Bluff 4,186 35.1% 7,589 63.6% 166 11,941 R+28.5
Hall 3,719 31.8% 7,706 65.9% 271 11,696 R+34.1
Dodge 4,259 38.3% 6,690 60.2% 170 11,119 R+21.9
Madison 3,874 35.2% 6,973 63.3% 172 11,019 R+28.1
Adams 3,611 34.0% 6,822 64.3% 184 10,617 R+30.2
Lincoln 4,824 45.5% 5,624 53.0% 161 10,609 R+7.5
Custer 3,673 35.7% 6,425 62.4% 193 10,291 R+26.7
Buffalo 2,921 29.0% 6,983 69.3% 166 10,070 R+40.3
Saunders 3,755 42.3% 4,997 56.3% 129 8,881 R+14.0
Platte 3,851 45.2% 4,536 53.3% 128 8,515 R+8.0
Richardson 4,244 50.2% 4,077 48.3% 126 8,447 D+2.0
Otoe 2,962 35.1% 5,370 63.7% 100 8,432 R+28.6
Cass 3,221 39.8% 4,728 58.5% 134 8,083 R+18.6
Dawson 2,610 33.5% 5,078 65.2% 96 7,784 R+31.7
Saline 3,804 49.6% 3,793 49.4% 77 7,674 D+0.1
Holt 3,306 43.9% 4,112 54.6% 108 7,526 R+10.7
Jefferson 2,870 38.5% 4,456 59.8% 121 7,447 R+21.3
York 2,109 28.7% 5,126 69.7% 121 7,356 R+41.0
Knox 3,598 49.2% 3,612 49.4% 106 7,316 R+0.2
Cedar 3,295 48.8% 3,381 50.1% 78 6,754 R+1.3
Seward 2,335 35.9% 4,064 62.5% 102 6,501 R+26.6
Antelope 2,006 31.8% 4,182 66.3% 118 6,306 R+34.5
Nemaha 2,477 40.4% 3,562 58.1% 95 6,134 R+17.7
Cuming 2,272 37.8% 3,680 61.2% 58 6,010 R+23.4
Butler 3,042 50.7% 2,917 48.6% 42 6,001 D+2.1
Burt 2,648 45.5% 3,102 53.3% 68 5,818 R+7.8
Thayer 2,101 36.1% 3,621 62.2% 96 5,818 R+26.1
Red Willow 2,290 41.8% 3,124 57.0% 68 5,482 R+15.2
Fillmore 1,853 33.8% 3,557 64.9% 69 5,479 R+31.1
Washington 2,449 46.1% 2,785 52.5% 74 5,308 R+6.3
Clay 1,340 25.7% 3,767 72.2% 109 5,216 R+46.5
Boone 1,572 30.3% 3,540 68.2% 81 5,193 R+37.9
Box Butte 2,171 44.1% 2,694 54.7% 62 4,927 R+10.6
Furnas 1,221 24.8% 3,647 74.1% 53 4,921 R+49.3
Hamilton 1,455 29.8% 3,361 68.9% 65 4,881 R+39.0
Colfax 2,321 48.4% 2,401 50.1% 75 4,797 R+1.7
Nuckolls 1,651 34.7% 3,014 63.3% 95 4,760 R+28.6
Dixon 2,082 43.9% 2,605 54.9% 58 4,745 R+11.0
Dawes 1,937 41.0% 2,750 58.3% 32 4,719 R+17.2
Sarpy 2,495 54.3% 2,040 44.4% 56 4,591 D+9.9
Pierce 1,405 31.1% 3,039 67.2% 78 4,522 R+36.1
Wayne 1,582 35.3% 2,851 63.6% 48 4,481 R+28.3
Sheridan 1,730 38.9% 2,676 60.1% 45 4,451 R+21.3
Merrick 1,241 28.7% 2,992 69.2% 91 4,324 R+40.5
Phelps 1,487 34.6% 2,744 63.9% 65 4,296 R+29.3
Cherry 1,838 43.0% 2,389 55.9% 47 4,274 R+12.9
Dakota 2,181 51.5% 1,975 46.6% 81 4,237 D+4.9
Polk 1,341 32.0% 2,787 66.6% 58 4,186 R+34.5
Cheyenne 2,071 49.6% 2,051 49.1% 55 4,177 D+0.5
Johnson 1,319 31.7% 2,787 67.0% 53 4,159 R+35.3
Pawnee 1,517 37.3% 2,497 61.3% 57 4,071 R+24.1
Webster 1,125 27.6% 2,875 70.7% 69 4,069 R+43.0
Valley 1,376 35.4% 2,451 63.0% 61 3,888 R+27.6
Howard 1,719 45.2% 1,996 52.5% 85 3,800 R+7.3
Thurston 2,032 54.7% 1,631 43.9% 51 3,714 D+10.8
Franklin 1,088 29.9% 2,499 68.7% 49 3,636 R+38.8
Keith 1,676 46.2% 1,888 52.1% 61 3,625 R+5.8
Morrill 1,541 44.1% 1,916 54.8% 41 3,498 R+10.7
Harlan 1,140 32.9% 2,253 65.0% 73 3,466 R+32.1
Kearney 1,101 33.5% 2,107 64.1% 77 3,285 R+30.6
Nance 1,227 37.6% 1,994 61.1% 42 3,263 R+23.5
Sherman 1,614 49.5% 1,589 48.7% 58 3,261 D+0.8
Frontier 916 29.5% 2,150 69.1% 44 3,110 R+39.7
Stanton 1,106 36.0% 1,912 62.2% 56 3,074 R+26.2
Greeley 1,395 47.1% 1,518 51.2% 50 2,963 R+4.2
Hitchcock 1,198 43.6% 1,518 55.2% 34 2,750 R+11.6
Boyd 1,126 41.8% 1,531 56.8% 40 2,697 R+15.0
Brown 998 37.5% 1,628 61.1% 37 2,663 R+23.7
Chase 994 41.7% 1,331 55.9% 58 2,383 R+14.1
Perkins 1,018 43.1% 1,297 54.9% 49 2,364 R+11.8
Dundy 852 38.0% 1,366 60.9% 26 2,244 R+22.9
Garden 801 40.7% 1,127 57.2% 42 1,970 R+16.5
Kimball 696 37.7% 1,112 60.2% 38 1,846 R+22.5
Deuel 624 37.7% 1,009 60.9% 24 1,657 R+23.2
Rock 641 39.0% 984 59.9% 19 1,644 R+20.9
Sioux 652 40.0% 941 57.7% 37 1,630 R+17.7
Gosper 601 37.1% 994 61.4% 23 1,618 R+24.3
Garfield 485 31.7% 1,018 66.4% 29 1,532 R+34.8
Keya Paha 558 38.9% 857 59.7% 21 1,436 R+20.8
Hayes 563 42.6% 744 56.3% 15 1,322 R+13.7
Wheeler 386 43.7% 478 54.1% 19 883 R+10.4
Loup 318 39.6% 466 58.0% 20 804 R+18.4
Logan 320 40.6% 452 57.3% 17 789 R+16.7
Thomas 265 36.1% 449 61.2% 20 734 R+25.1
Blaine 245 33.6% 467 64.1% 17 729 R+30.5
Banner 229 35.2% 402 61.8% 19 650 R+26.6
Grant 258 40.4% 367 57.5% 13 638 R+17.1
McPherson 142 25.9% 398 72.6% 8 548 R+46.7
Hooker 160 30.6% 348 66.5% 15 523 R+35.9
Arthur 208 41.3% 288 57.1% 8 504 R+15.9

Counties as they stood in 1940; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Nebraska Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Deb Fischer (R) R+53.2
2020 Ben Sasse (R) R+38.3
2018 Deb Fischer (R) R+19.1
2014 Ben Sasse (R) R+32.9
2012 Deb Fischer (R) R+15.5
2008 Mike Johanns (R) R+17.5
2006 E. Benjamin Nelson (D) D+27.8
2002 Chuck Hagel (R) R+68.1
2000 Ben Nelson (D) D+2.2
1996 Chuck Hagel (R) R+14.5
1994 J. Robert Kerrey (D) D+9.8
1990 J. James Exon (D) D+18.0
1988 Bob Kerrey (D) D+15.0
1984 J. J. Exon (D) D+3.9
1982 Edward Zorinsky (D) D+38.0
1978 J. James Exon (D) D+35.3
1976 Edward Zorinsky (D) D+5.8
1972 Carl T. Curtis (R) R+6.3
1970 Roman Hruska (R) R+5.1
1966 Carl T. Curtis (R) R+22.3
1964 Roman Hruska (R) R+22.7
1960 Carl T. Curtis (R) R+17.9
1958 Roman Hruska (R) R+11.3
1954 Carl T. Curtis (R) R+22.1
1952 Hugh Butler (R) R+41.3
1948 Kenneth Wherry (R) R+13.4
1946 Hugh Butler (R) R+41.6
1942 Kenneth Wherry (R) R+26.9
1940 Hugh Butler (R) R+15.5
1936 George W. Norris (other)
1934 Edward R. Burke (D) D+12.4
1930 George Norris (R) R+17.1
1928 Robert B. Howell (R) R+22.6
1924 George Norris (R) R+25.1
1922 Robert B. Howell (R) R+18.6
1918 George Norris (R) R+9.0
1916 Gilbert Hitchcock (D) D+4.1