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Election 1978 Results

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1978 US Senate election in Nebraska

J. James Exon (Democrat) beat Donald Shasteen (Republican) in Nebraska in 1978, 67.6% to 32.3%, a margin of 35.3 points and 174,470 votes.

Nebraska changed party: in 1972 it went Republican, for Carl T. Curtis.

Democrats led in 92 of the 93 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 1. The largest, Douglas, cast 117,182 votes and went to the Democrat by 41.1 points. The closest was Hooker, where 9 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
J. James Exon won Democratic 334,276 67.6%
Donald Shasteen Republican 159,806 32.3%
All other candidates 286 0.1%
Total494,368

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 82,546 70.4% 34,393 29.4% 243 117,182 D+41.1
Lancaster 38,787 71.4% 15,513 28.6% 54,300 D+42.9
Sarpy 10,640 70.2% 4,478 29.6% 28 15,146 D+40.7
Hall 9,036 67.6% 4,321 32.4% 13,357 D+35.3
Dodge 8,112 70.5% 3,395 29.5% 11,507 D+41.0
Buffalo 7,392 66.7% 3,694 33.3% 11,086 D+33.4
Adams 7,172 65.4% 3,802 34.6% 10,974 D+30.7
Lincoln 7,457 70.6% 3,098 29.3% 1 10,556 D+41.3
Platte 7,485 74.6% 2,552 25.4% 10,037 D+49.1
Madison 5,360 59.0% 3,724 41.0% 9,084 D+18.0
Scotts Bluff 5,211 58.6% 3,672 41.3% 3 8,886 D+17.3
Gage 5,725 70.1% 2,442 29.9% 8,167 D+40.2
Saunders 4,866 72.3% 1,858 27.6% 3 6,727 D+44.7
Dawson 3,572 57.8% 2,609 42.2% 6,181 D+15.6
Cass 4,426 72.6% 1,672 27.4% 6,098 D+45.2
York 3,893 69.5% 1,712 30.5% 5,605 D+38.9
Otoe 3,832 69.1% 1,711 30.9% 2 5,545 D+38.3
Washington 3,617 69.9% 1,561 30.1% 5,178 D+39.7
Saline 3,907 77.3% 1,145 22.7% 5,052 D+54.7
Seward 3,678 73.1% 1,353 26.9% 5,031 D+46.2
Richardson 3,273 67.6% 1,569 32.4% 4,842 D+35.2
Custer 3,017 62.9% 1,776 37.1% 4,793 D+25.9
Holt 2,650 57.6% 1,949 42.4% 4,599 D+15.2
Cedar 2,890 65.0% 1,555 35.0% 4,445 D+30.0
Cuming 2,856 66.7% 1,428 33.3% 4,284 D+33.3
Dakota 2,862 68.8% 1,295 31.2% 4,157 D+37.7
Knox 2,504 61.1% 1,591 38.9% 4,095 D+22.3
Colfax 2,879 72.4% 1,098 27.6% 3,977 D+44.8
Jefferson 2,634 66.7% 1,317 33.3% 3,951 D+33.3
Phelps 2,598 66.2% 1,324 33.7% 1 3,923 D+32.5
Box Butte 2,432 63.9% 1,374 36.1% 3,806 D+27.8
Red Willow 2,308 62.3% 1,394 37.7% 3,702 D+24.7
Cheyenne 1,750 49.0% 1,818 51.0% 3,568 R+1.9
Clay 2,288 64.6% 1,253 35.4% 3,541 D+29.2
Fillmore 2,466 70.4% 1,037 29.6% 3,503 D+40.8
Antelope 1,981 58.6% 1,402 41.4% 3,383 D+17.1
Hamilton 2,165 64.7% 1,179 35.3% 3,344 D+29.5
Butler 2,550 77.5% 742 22.5% 3,292 D+54.9
Nemaha 2,174 66.5% 1,097 33.5% 3,271 D+32.9
Boone 2,189 69.0% 984 31.0% 3,173 D+38.0
Burt 1,934 61.4% 1,213 38.5% 1 3,148 D+22.9
Wayne 1,760 56.0% 1,381 44.0% 3,141 D+12.1
Keith 1,869 60.3% 1,233 39.7% 3,102 D+20.5
Dawes 1,758 57.2% 1,317 42.8% 3,075 D+14.3
Pierce 1,753 57.2% 1,310 42.8% 1 3,064 D+14.5
Merrick 1,967 65.7% 1,028 34.3% 2,995 D+31.4
Thayer 1,950 66.0% 1,003 34.0% 2,953 D+32.1
Dixon 1,742 59.8% 1,173 40.2% 2,915 D+19.5
Kearney 1,987 68.7% 907 31.3% 2,894 D+37.3
Nuckolls 1,879 67.0% 927 33.0% 2,806 D+33.9
Furnas 1,719 63.8% 976 36.2% 2,695 D+27.6
Polk 1,875 69.7% 815 30.3% 2,690 D+39.4
Cherry 1,457 55.5% 1,167 44.5% 2,624 D+11.1
Valley 1,562 61.2% 992 38.8% 2,554 D+22.3
Johnson 1,731 68.2% 808 31.8% 2,539 D+36.4
Sheridan 1,287 52.5% 1,163 47.5% 2,450 D+5.1
Howard 1,736 71.8% 680 28.1% 1 2,417 D+43.7
Webster 1,398 65.1% 750 34.9% 2,148 D+30.2
Harlan 1,401 67.2% 683 32.8% 2,084 D+34.5
Nance 1,443 72.8% 539 27.2% 1,982 D+45.6
Franklin 1,259 63.8% 714 36.2% 1,973 D+27.6
Stanton 1,272 64.8% 690 35.2% 1 1,963 D+29.6
Sherman 1,458 74.3% 503 25.7% 1,961 D+48.7
Brown 1,031 53.7% 888 46.3% 1,919 D+7.5
Kimball 1,162 61.5% 728 38.5% 1,890 D+23.0
Thurston 1,213 67.0% 596 32.9% 1 1,810 D+34.1
Morrill 1,028 57.0% 775 43.0% 1,803 D+14.0
Pawnee 1,229 68.5% 565 31.5% 1,794 D+37.0
Chase 1,113 64.0% 627 36.0% 1,740 D+27.9
Perkins 1,025 64.1% 575 35.9% 1,600 D+28.1
Hitchcock 926 62.7% 551 37.3% 1,477 D+25.4
Boyd 851 58.4% 606 41.6% 1,457 D+16.8
Greeley 1,064 73.2% 389 26.8% 1,453 D+46.5
Frontier 829 60.3% 546 39.7% 1,375 D+20.6
Garden 730 58.4% 519 41.6% 1,249 D+16.9
Dundy 755 61.5% 473 38.5% 1,228 D+23.0
Deuel 574 50.7% 558 49.3% 1,132 D+1.4
Garfield 619 59.6% 419 40.4% 1,038 D+19.3
Rock 564 60.6% 366 39.4% 930 D+21.3
Gosper 550 64.9% 297 35.1% 847 D+29.9
Sioux 426 54.8% 351 45.2% 777 D+9.7
Hayes 424 61.6% 264 38.4% 688 D+23.3
Keya Paha 332 55.9% 262 44.1% 594 D+11.8
Loup 337 67.0% 166 33.0% 503 D+34.0
Wheeler 335 69.9% 144 30.1% 479 D+39.9
Grant 267 56.7% 204 43.3% 471 D+13.4
Thomas 269 59.4% 184 40.6% 453 D+18.8
Banner 275 63.4% 159 36.6% 434 D+26.7
Blaine 237 57.4% 176 42.6% 413 D+14.8
Logan 240 60.8% 155 39.2% 395 D+21.5
Hooker 181 51.3% 172 48.7% 353 D+2.5
Arthur 165 55.4% 133 44.6% 298 D+10.7
McPherson 148 59.9% 99 40.1% 247 D+19.8

Counties as they stood in 1978; 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