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Election 1982 Results

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1982 US Senate election in Nebraska

Edward Zorinsky (Democrat) beat Jim Keck (Republican) in Nebraska in 1982, 66.6% to 28.5%, a margin of 38.0 points and 207,590 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1976, when Edward Zorinsky also won.

Democrats led in 83 of the 93 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 8. The largest, Douglas, cast 131,458 votes and went to the Democrat by 52.3 points. The closest was Arthur, where 14 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Edward Zorinsky won	Democratic	363,350	66.6%
Jim Keck	Republican	155,760	28.5%
All other candidates		26,537	4.9%
Total		545,647

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Douglas	96,575 73.5%	27,794 21.1%	7,089	131,458	D+52.3
Lancaster	45,411 65.5%	16,685 24.1%	7,247	69,343	D+41.4
Sarpy	13,927 73.7%	4,389 23.2%	588	18,904	D+50.5
Hall	10,052 67.7%	4,129 27.8%	669	14,850	D+39.9
Lincoln	7,771 62.7%	4,352 35.1%	276	12,399	D+27.6
Dodge	8,495 71.8%	3,029 25.6%	310	11,834	D+46.2
Buffalo	7,585 64.7%	3,494 29.8%	648	11,727	D+34.9
Adams	6,763 62.3%	3,570 32.9%	522	10,855	D+29.4
Platte	7,046 67.6%	2,954 28.3%	423	10,423	D+39.3
Scotts Bluff	4,793 46.2%	5,210 50.2%	381	10,384	R+4.0
Madison	5,227 55.0%	3,973 41.8%	309	9,509	D+13.2
Gage	5,943 70.9%	2,044 24.4%	396	8,383	D+46.5
Dawson	4,396 60.0%	2,751 37.6%	178	7,325	D+22.5
Saunders	5,548 75.9%	1,518 20.8%	239	7,305	D+55.2
Cass	5,507 75.9%	1,520 20.9%	231	7,258	D+54.9
Otoe	4,072 68.2%	1,701 28.5%	195	5,968	D+39.7
Seward	3,986 69.7%	1,455 25.4%	279	5,720	D+44.2
Washington	3,735 69.2%	1,527 28.3%	135	5,397	D+40.9
York	3,390 63.3%	1,763 32.9%	202	5,355	D+30.4
Custer	3,293 63.2%	1,775 34.1%	140	5,208	D+29.1
Saline	3,995 77.1%	930 18.0%	254	5,179	D+59.2
Holt	2,685 52.6%	2,254 44.2%	166	5,105	D+8.4
Richardson	3,433 70.7%	1,202 24.7%	224	4,859	D+45.9
Dakota	2,618 58.2%	1,705 37.9%	179	4,502	D+20.3
Box Butte	2,333 54.8%	1,785 41.9%	142	4,260	D+12.9
Jefferson	2,708 64.3%	1,362 32.4%	140	4,210	D+32.0
Red Willow	2,742 66.1%	1,220 29.4%	189	4,151	D+36.7
Hamilton	2,613 63.9%	1,357 33.2%	121	4,091	D+30.7
Cedar	2,510 61.7%	1,391 34.2%	164	4,065	D+27.5
Knox	2,145 52.9%	1,745 43.0%	166	4,056	D+9.9
Phelps	2,365 59.2%	1,516 38.0%	111	3,992	D+21.3
Colfax	3,009 75.4%	882 22.1%	99	3,990	D+53.3
Cuming	2,626 67.5%	1,158 29.8%	106	3,890	D+37.7
Antelope	2,185 57.6%	1,470 38.8%	136	3,791	D+18.9
Butler	2,829 78.4%	694 19.2%	85	3,608	D+59.2
Fillmore	2,446 69.3%	982 27.8%	102	3,530	D+41.5
Dawes	1,396 40.0%	1,988 57.0%	104	3,488	R+17.0
Cheyenne	1,688 48.6%	1,629 46.9%	159	3,476	D+1.7
Nemaha	2,555 73.8%	811 23.4%	97	3,463	D+50.4
Keith	1,699 49.5%	1,662 48.5%	68	3,429	D+1.1
Burt	2,423 71.0%	901 26.4%	88	3,412	D+44.6
Thayer	2,301 68.9%	941 28.2%	97	3,339	D+40.7
Clay	2,111 63.5%	1,078 32.4%	134	3,323	D+31.1
Kearney	2,366 71.4%	858 25.9%	88	3,312	D+45.5
Merrick	2,258 68.5%	942 28.6%	98	3,298	D+39.9
Boone	2,167 66.7%	959 29.5%	121	3,247	D+37.2
Wayne	1,451 45.6%	1,590 50.0%	139	3,180	R+4.4
Pierce	1,577 53.2%	1,304 44.0%	83	2,964	D+9.2
Nuckolls	2,004 69.2%	832 28.7%	58	2,894	D+40.5
Cherry	1,251 44.6%	1,444 51.5%	107	2,802	R+6.9
Dixon	1,319 48.2%	1,292 47.2%	125	2,736	D+1.0
Howard	2,005 74.6%	599 22.3%	85	2,689	D+52.3
Furnas	1,702 63.3%	892 33.2%	93	2,687	D+30.1
Polk	1,840 69.7%	707 26.8%	91	2,638	D+42.9
Sheridan	996 39.3%	1,455 57.4%	86	2,537	R+18.1
Valley	1,696 69.0%	703 28.6%	59	2,458	D+40.4
Johnson	1,817 74.2%	580 23.7%	52	2,449	D+50.5
Morrill	1,242 54.2%	994 43.4%	54	2,290	D+10.8
Webster	1,589 70.2%	598 26.4%	77	2,264	D+43.8
Stanton	1,504 67.3%	661 29.6%	70	2,235	D+37.7
Franklin	1,525 68.8%	609 27.5%	82	2,216	D+41.3
Thurston	1,481 66.8%	619 27.9%	116	2,216	D+38.9
Harlan	1,385 64.1%	724 33.5%	51	2,160	D+30.6
Sherman	1,447 74.2%	448 23.0%	56	1,951	D+51.2
Brown	1,035 54.8%	726 38.5%	126	1,887	D+16.4
Nance	1,338 73.6%	422 23.2%	58	1,818	D+50.4
Pawnee	1,283 71.3%	459 25.5%	58	1,800	D+45.8
Chase	1,086 61.6%	625 35.5%	52	1,763	D+26.1
Kimball	692 39.4%	979 55.8%	85	1,756	R+16.3
Perkins	1,033 61.9%	595 35.7%	40	1,668	D+26.3
Boyd	874 54.5%	625 39.0%	104	1,603	D+15.5
Hitchcock	1,006 64.3%	466 29.8%	92	1,564	D+34.5
Frontier	928 64.7%	470 32.8%	36	1,434	D+31.9
Greeley	1,059 77.0%	259 18.8%	58	1,376	D+58.1
Garden	572 47.7%	597 49.8%	29	1,198	R+2.1
Deuel	552 48.4%	552 48.4%	37	1,141	level
Dundy	686 61.7%	377 33.9%	49	1,112	D+27.8
Rock	595 59.1%	390 38.7%	22	1,007	D+20.4
Garfield	589 58.8%	371 37.1%	41	1,001	D+21.8
Gosper	606 64.7%	292 31.2%	38	936	D+33.5
Sioux	424 52.3%	367 45.3%	20	811	D+7.0
Keya Paha	352 55.3%	245 38.5%	40	637	D+16.8
Hayes	439 69.2%	181 28.5%	14	634	D+40.7
Wheeler	365 69.4%	136 25.9%	25	526	D+43.5
Hooker	285 55.9%	209 41.0%	16	510	D+14.9
Banner	301 59.4%	192 37.9%	14	507	D+21.5
Blaine	273 54.6%	203 40.6%	24	500	D+14.0
Thomas	296 61.5%	169 35.1%	16	481	D+26.4
Logan	325 68.0%	144 30.1%	9	478	D+37.9
Loup	298 66.7%	129 28.9%	20	447	D+37.8
Grant	203 47.9%	203 47.9%	18	424	level
McPherson	186 56.2%	140 42.3%	5	331	D+13.9
Arthur	117 45.0%	131 50.4%	12	260	R+5.4

Counties as they stood in 1982; 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

Year	Winner	Margin
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

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