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Election 1996 Results

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1996 US Senate election in Nebraska

Chuck Hagel (Republican) beat Ben Nelson (Democrat) in Nebraska in 1996, 56.1% to 41.6%, a margin of 14.5 points and 98,029 votes.

Nebraska changed party: in 1990 it went Democratic, for J. James Exon.

Republicans led in 88 of the 93 counties and Democrats in 5. The largest, Douglas, cast 179,673 votes and went to the Republican by 12.1 points. The closest was Greeley, where 57 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
Chuck Hagel won Republican 379,933 56.1%
Ben Nelson Democratic 281,904 41.6%
All other candidates 15,121 2.2%
Total676,958

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 76,986 42.8% 98,805 55.0% 3,882 179,673 R+12.1
Lancaster 48,934 50.1% 46,632 47.7% 2,151 97,717 D+2.4
Sarpy 15,038 37.8% 24,058 60.4% 721 39,817 R+22.7
Hall 8,987 46.1% 10,098 51.7% 430 19,515 R+5.7
Buffalo 6,042 38.1% 9,491 59.8% 341 15,874 R+21.7
Lincoln 6,325 42.8% 7,986 54.1% 463 14,774 R+11.2
Dodge 6,089 41.5% 8,315 56.7% 270 14,674 R+15.2
Scotts Bluff 5,116 37.8% 8,161 60.2% 273 13,550 R+22.5
Madison 4,211 33.2% 8,216 64.7% 273 12,700 R+31.5
Adams 5,538 44.3% 6,632 53.1% 330 12,500 R+8.8
Platte 4,068 32.6% 8,214 65.9% 185 12,467 R+33.3
Gage 4,856 49.1% 4,764 48.2% 263 9,883 D+0.9
Cass 4,042 42.2% 5,330 55.7% 205 9,577 R+13.4
Saunders 3,624 42.0% 4,781 55.4% 220 8,625 R+13.4
Dawson 2,856 35.5% 4,987 62.0% 199 8,042 R+26.5
Washington 2,635 34.3% 4,892 63.7% 149 7,676 R+29.4
Seward 3,083 45.7% 3,544 52.6% 115 6,742 R+6.8
Otoe 2,677 41.2% 3,656 56.3% 158 6,491 R+15.1
York 2,218 34.2% 4,164 64.2% 104 6,486 R+30.0
Dakota 2,980 50.0% 2,827 47.5% 150 5,957 D+2.6
Custer 1,812 33.5% 3,480 64.3% 117 5,409 R+30.8
Saline 2,870 55.3% 2,199 42.4% 120 5,189 D+12.9
Holt 1,368 26.5% 3,636 70.3% 168 5,172 R+43.9
Box Butte 2,159 43.4% 2,691 54.1% 122 4,972 R+10.7
Red Willow 2,316 46.7% 2,566 51.7% 82 4,964 R+5.0
Phelps 1,639 35.7% 2,888 62.9% 68 4,595 R+27.2
Hamilton 1,524 35.7% 2,628 61.6% 114 4,266 R+25.9
Richardson 1,819 43.1% 2,311 54.7% 93 4,223 R+11.7
Cedar 1,705 41.0% 2,352 56.6% 100 4,157 R+15.6
Cuming 1,301 31.7% 2,714 66.2% 86 4,101 R+34.5
Jefferson 1,746 43.2% 2,195 54.3% 103 4,044 R+11.1
Cheyenne 1,268 31.8% 2,632 66.0% 88 3,988 R+34.2
Knox 1,362 34.5% 2,473 62.6% 115 3,950 R+28.1
Keith 1,075 28.5% 2,624 69.5% 77 3,776 R+41.0
Butler 1,663 44.8% 1,962 52.8% 90 3,715 R+8.0
Wayne 1,287 35.3% 2,273 62.4% 81 3,641 R+27.1
Nemaha 1,364 37.8% 2,172 60.2% 72 3,608 R+22.4
Colfax 1,488 41.9% 1,999 56.3% 65 3,552 R+14.4
Merrick 1,356 38.3% 2,111 59.6% 77 3,544 R+21.3
Dawes 1,410 39.9% 2,014 57.0% 109 3,533 R+17.1
Burt 1,473 42.3% 1,922 55.2% 86 3,481 R+12.9
Antelope 1,108 33.0% 2,074 61.8% 175 3,357 R+28.8
Clay 1,264 38.3% 1,955 59.2% 83 3,302 R+20.9
Fillmore 1,358 43.7% 1,683 54.1% 68 3,109 R+10.5
Pierce 949 30.7% 2,068 66.9% 72 3,089 R+36.2
Kearney 1,144 37.5% 1,832 60.0% 75 3,051 R+22.5
Thayer 1,235 41.2% 1,688 56.3% 75 2,998 R+15.1
Boone 1,063 36.8% 1,742 60.3% 82 2,887 R+23.5
Dixon 1,126 39.8% 1,647 58.2% 57 2,830 R+18.4
Cherry 697 25.0% 2,040 73.1% 54 2,791 R+48.1
Sheridan 718 26.8% 1,905 71.1% 58 2,681 R+44.3
Howard 1,197 46.5% 1,293 50.3% 83 2,573 R+3.7
Furnas 995 39.8% 1,473 58.9% 33 2,501 R+19.1
Polk 908 36.5% 1,526 61.4% 53 2,487 R+24.8
Nuckolls 1,067 43.3% 1,342 54.5% 55 2,464 R+11.2
Stanton 793 32.5% 1,583 64.8% 67 2,443 R+32.3
Valley 950 39.9% 1,403 59.0% 26 2,379 R+19.0
Morrill 761 34.7% 1,385 63.1% 48 2,194 R+28.4
Johnson 945 45.0% 1,111 52.9% 44 2,100 R+7.9
Thurston 926 46.8% 991 50.1% 63 1,980 R+3.3
Webster 855 43.8% 1,050 53.8% 48 1,953 R+10.0
Harlan 765 41.1% 1,048 56.3% 47 1,860 R+15.2
Chase 569 31.0% 1,231 67.0% 38 1,838 R+36.0
Kimball 608 33.8% 1,136 63.2% 53 1,797 R+29.4
Brown 418 23.4% 1,342 75.2% 24 1,784 R+51.8
Nance 808 46.9% 885 51.4% 29 1,722 R+4.5
Franklin 704 41.3% 955 56.0% 45 1,704 R+14.7
Sherman 717 44.2% 867 53.4% 39 1,623 R+9.2
Hitchcock 610 38.6% 940 59.5% 29 1,579 R+20.9
Pawnee 733 46.8% 801 51.1% 33 1,567 R+4.3
Perkins 459 30.4% 1,025 67.9% 25 1,509 R+37.5
Frontier 464 33.7% 879 63.9% 32 1,375 R+30.2
Boyd 574 44.1% 677 52.0% 51 1,302 R+7.9
Greeley 666 51.5% 609 47.1% 19 1,294 D+4.4
Garden 377 29.5% 869 67.9% 33 1,279 R+38.5
Dundy 331 30.6% 727 67.1% 25 1,083 R+36.6
Gosper 401 38.6% 631 60.8% 6 1,038 R+22.2
Deuel 292 29.3% 685 68.7% 20 997 R+39.4
Garfield 299 30.4% 674 68.6% 9 982 R+38.2
Rock 195 21.3% 704 76.8% 18 917 R+55.5
Sioux 205 26.5% 551 71.3% 17 773 R+44.8
Hayes 158 28.0% 399 70.6% 8 565 R+42.7
Keya Paha 137 25.8% 381 71.9% 12 530 R+46.0
Hooker 154 30.1% 342 66.9% 15 511 R+36.8
Logan 129 29.1% 308 69.5% 6 443 R+40.4
Wheeler 156 37.3% 250 59.8% 12 418 R+22.5
Grant 111 26.9% 276 66.8% 26 413 R+40.0
Thomas 107 26.0% 295 71.8% 9 411 R+45.7
Banner 95 23.4% 303 74.6% 8 406 R+51.2
Blaine 82 21.5% 294 77.0% 6 382 R+55.5
Loup 91 27.9% 227 69.6% 8 326 R+41.7
McPherson 79 24.9% 227 71.6% 11 317 R+46.7
Arthur 41 16.1% 209 82.0% 5 255 R+65.9

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