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Election 1988 Results

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1988 US Senate election in Nebraska

Bob Kerrey (Democrat) beat Dave Karnes (Republican) in Nebraska in 1988, 56.7% to 41.7%, a margin of 15.0 points and 100,467 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1982, when Edward Zorinsky won.

Democrats led in 47 of the 93 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 45. The largest, Douglas, cast 177,868 votes and went to the Democrat by 26.7 points. The closest was Dixon, where 5 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
Bob Kerrey won Democratic 378,717 56.7%
Dave Karnes Republican 278,250 41.7%
All other candidates 10,893 1.6%
Total667,860

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 110,173 61.9% 62,606 35.2% 5,089 177,868 D+26.7
Lancaster 57,689 64.2% 29,973 33.3% 2,231 89,893 D+30.8
Sarpy 18,916 60.5% 12,026 38.4% 349 31,291 D+22.0
Hall 10,568 55.2% 8,400 43.9% 172 19,140 D+11.3
Buffalo 7,998 53.4% 6,789 45.3% 194 14,981 D+8.1
Lincoln 7,711 52.0% 7,024 47.4% 91 14,826 D+4.6
Dodge 9,348 63.5% 5,258 35.7% 105 14,711 D+27.8
Scotts Bluff 5,506 40.8% 7,931 58.7% 66 13,503 R+18.0
Adams 6,841 54.1% 5,704 45.1% 93 12,638 D+9.0
Platte 6,481 51.8% 5,917 47.3% 118 12,516 D+4.5
Madison 5,391 44.1% 6,742 55.2% 90 12,223 R+11.1
Gage 5,918 63.1% 3,362 35.9% 95 9,375 D+27.3
Cass 5,473 64.9% 2,852 33.8% 114 8,439 D+31.1
Saunders 5,220 64.0% 2,807 34.4% 124 8,151 D+29.6
Dawson 3,565 46.4% 4,084 53.1% 40 7,689 R+6.7
Washington 4,231 58.7% 2,920 40.5% 52 7,203 D+18.2
York 3,344 50.0% 3,290 49.2% 51 6,685 D+0.8
Otoe 4,010 61.9% 2,387 36.9% 79 6,476 D+25.1
Seward 3,977 63.8% 2,186 35.1% 72 6,235 D+28.7
Box Butte 3,049 51.8% 2,796 47.5% 45 5,890 D+4.3
Dakota 3,544 61.4% 2,194 38.0% 31 5,769 D+23.4
Custer 2,268 39.5% 3,421 59.6% 51 5,740 R+20.1
Saline 4,041 72.3% 1,481 26.5% 65 5,587 D+45.8
Holt 2,002 36.6% 3,441 62.9% 28 5,471 R+26.3
Red Willow 2,338 47.7% 2,536 51.7% 31 4,905 R+4.0
Richardson 2,691 56.8% 2,001 42.3% 44 4,736 D+14.6
Phelps 2,176 48.0% 2,311 51.0% 45 4,532 R+3.0
Cuming 2,126 47.0% 2,354 52.1% 40 4,520 R+5.0
Jefferson 2,507 56.7% 1,866 42.2% 45 4,418 D+14.5
Hamilton 2,193 50.3% 2,145 49.2% 21 4,359 D+1.1
Knox 2,180 50.4% 2,116 48.9% 31 4,327 D+1.5
Cedar 2,283 53.3% 1,964 45.8% 37 4,284 D+7.4
Cheyenne 1,707 40.1% 2,535 59.5% 18 4,260 R+19.4
Colfax 2,332 58.4% 1,613 40.4% 45 3,990 D+18.0
Keith 1,481 37.2% 2,476 62.1% 28 3,985 R+25.0
Butler 2,415 62.3% 1,416 36.5% 48 3,879 D+25.8
Nemaha 2,408 62.7% 1,397 36.4% 38 3,843 D+26.3
Dawes 1,306 35.1% 2,380 63.9% 40 3,726 R+28.8
Antelope 1,617 43.7% 2,056 55.5% 29 3,702 R+11.9
Wayne 1,626 44.1% 2,026 54.9% 37 3,689 R+10.8
Merrick 1,856 50.9% 1,753 48.1% 35 3,644 D+2.8
Burt 2,199 60.5% 1,400 38.5% 38 3,637 D+22.0
Clay 1,898 53.5% 1,633 46.0% 17 3,548 D+7.5
Fillmore 1,887 54.7% 1,516 44.0% 45 3,448 D+10.8
Thayer 1,935 56.2% 1,486 43.2% 22 3,443 D+13.0
Pierce 1,485 43.2% 1,929 56.2% 21 3,435 R+12.9
Kearney 1,825 55.7% 1,424 43.4% 30 3,279 D+12.2
Boone 1,545 48.2% 1,636 51.0% 27 3,208 R+2.8
Dixon 1,498 49.4% 1,503 49.6% 30 3,031 R+0.2
Sheridan 749 25.6% 2,149 73.5% 26 2,924 R+47.9
Cherry 945 32.3% 1,958 67.0% 20 2,923 R+34.7
Nuckolls 1,593 55.6% 1,259 43.9% 15 2,867 D+11.6
Howard 1,621 57.7% 1,164 41.5% 23 2,808 D+16.3
Polk 1,578 57.1% 1,164 42.1% 22 2,764 D+15.0
Furnas 1,389 51.7% 1,277 47.5% 21 2,687 D+4.2
Valley 1,229 48.0% 1,311 51.2% 22 2,562 R+3.2
Johnson 1,565 65.7% 800 33.6% 17 2,382 D+32.1
Morrill 899 37.9% 1,463 61.7% 9 2,371 R+23.8
Stanton 1,154 48.8% 1,185 50.1% 28 2,367 R+1.3
Thurston 1,456 62.9% 810 35.0% 48 2,314 D+27.9
Webster 1,376 60.6% 878 38.7% 17 2,271 D+21.9
Harlan 1,194 54.4% 977 44.6% 22 2,193 D+9.9
Chase 916 43.6% 1,170 55.7% 16 2,102 R+12.1
Franklin 1,175 56.4% 896 43.0% 12 2,083 D+13.4
Nance 1,171 57.8% 846 41.8% 8 2,025 D+16.0
Kimball 671 35.4% 1,208 63.8% 15 1,894 R+28.4
Brown 647 35.7% 1,147 63.4% 16 1,810 R+27.6
Sherman 1,047 57.8% 739 40.8% 24 1,810 D+17.0
Pawnee 1,155 64.2% 623 34.6% 20 1,798 D+29.6
Hitchcock 806 48.1% 845 50.4% 24 1,675 R+2.3
Perkins 661 40.9% 947 58.5% 10 1,618 R+17.7
Boyd 642 42.6% 852 56.6% 12 1,506 R+13.9
Frontier 615 41.3% 864 58.0% 10 1,489 R+16.7
Greeley 868 59.1% 589 40.1% 12 1,469 D+19.0
Garden 480 35.3% 859 63.2% 20 1,359 R+27.9
Dundy 550 46.6% 624 52.9% 6 1,180 R+6.3
Deuel 447 39.8% 661 58.9% 14 1,122 R+19.1
Garfield 385 35.8% 674 62.7% 16 1,075 R+26.9
Gosper 576 54.6% 471 44.7% 7 1,054 D+10.0
Rock 320 32.5% 658 66.8% 7 985 R+34.3
Sioux 231 29.9% 539 69.8% 2 772 R+39.9
Hayes 283 41.3% 396 57.7% 7 686 R+16.5
Keya Paha 156 25.8% 432 71.5% 16 604 R+45.7
Banner 172 35.1% 316 64.5% 2 490 R+29.4
Logan 150 30.9% 330 68.0% 5 485 R+37.1
Thomas 145 30.6% 325 68.6% 4 474 R+38.0
Hooker 137 29.0% 333 70.4% 3 473 R+41.4
Wheeler 230 49.5% 230 49.5% 5 465 level
Blaine 118 27.7% 303 71.1% 5 426 R+43.4
Loup 183 45.2% 212 52.3% 10 405 R+7.2
Grant 102 25.8% 291 73.7% 2 395 R+47.8
McPherson 62 20.8% 231 77.5% 5 298 R+56.7
Arthur 90 33.1% 181 66.5% 1 272 R+33.5

Counties as they stood in 1988; 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