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Election 2002 Results

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2002 US Senate election in Nebraska

Chuck Hagel (Republican) beat Charlie A. Matulka (Democrat) in Nebraska in 2002, 82.8% to 14.6%, a margin of 68.1 points and 327,148 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1996, when Chuck Hagel also won.

Republicans led in 93 of the 93 counties. The largest, Douglas, cast 118,893 votes and went to the Republican by 59.9 points. The closest was McPherson, where 159 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 397,438 82.8%
Charlie A. Matulka Democratic 70,290 14.6%
All other candidates 12,489 2.6%
Total480,217

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 21,867 18.4% 93,092 78.3% 3,934 118,893 R+59.9
Lancaster 12,156 17.9% 53,855 79.4% 1,778 67,789 R+61.5
Sarpy 3,738 13.0% 24,309 84.5% 719 28,766 R+71.5
Hall 1,687 12.9% 11,096 84.7% 310 13,093 R+71.9
Buffalo 938 9.3% 8,880 88.3% 244 10,062 R+78.9
Lincoln 1,576 15.8% 8,143 81.7% 253 9,972 R+65.9
Platte 873 8.8% 8,886 89.6% 163 9,922 R+80.8
Dodge 1,361 14.3% 7,948 83.4% 223 9,532 R+69.1
Scotts Bluff 1,013 11.5% 7,655 86.6% 170 8,838 R+75.2
Adams 1,050 12.3% 7,260 85.2% 208 8,518 R+72.9
Madison 764 9.0% 7,495 88.8% 186 8,445 R+79.7
Gage 1,147 16.1% 5,804 81.5% 171 7,122 R+65.4
Saunders 1,145 16.5% 5,619 81.0% 174 6,938 R+64.5
Cass 1,054 15.3% 5,607 81.3% 233 6,894 R+66.0
Washington 748 12.4% 5,084 84.5% 184 6,016 R+72.1
Seward 712 13.3% 4,502 84.2% 130 5,344 R+70.9
Dawson 502 9.7% 4,582 88.1% 115 5,199 R+78.5
Otoe 651 14.2% 3,837 83.7% 95 4,583 R+69.5
Custer 379 8.5% 4,004 89.8% 76 4,459 R+81.3
York 354 8.1% 3,946 90.4% 66 4,366 R+82.3
Dakota 1,225 29.0% 2,878 68.2% 115 4,218 R+39.2
Saline 807 19.8% 3,200 78.4% 76 4,083 R+58.6
Holt 389 9.8% 3,488 87.8% 96 3,973 R+78.0
Box Butte 653 17.1% 3,052 80.1% 103 3,808 R+63.0
Red Willow 369 10.0% 3,221 87.5% 92 3,682 R+77.5
Knox 449 12.5% 3,059 85.4% 72 3,580 R+72.9
Cedar 523 15.1% 2,880 82.9% 71 3,474 R+67.8
Hamilton 275 8.0% 3,119 90.2% 63 3,457 R+82.3
Phelps 276 8.2% 3,050 90.4% 48 3,374 R+82.2
Jefferson 551 17.0% 2,618 80.7% 75 3,244 R+63.7
Richardson 517 16.8% 2,476 80.3% 92 3,085 R+63.5
Keith 278 9.0% 2,730 88.6% 72 3,080 R+79.6
Nemaha 375 12.5% 2,560 85.5% 59 2,994 R+73.0
Cuming 231 7.8% 2,701 90.7% 45 2,977 R+83.0
Wayne 319 11.0% 2,530 87.1% 57 2,906 R+76.1
Colfax 316 11.0% 2,445 85.1% 112 2,873 R+74.1
Butler 432 15.4% 2,313 82.4% 62 2,807 R+67.0
Cheyenne 344 12.3% 2,398 85.4% 65 2,807 R+73.2
Boone 228 8.4% 2,417 89.4% 58 2,703 R+81.0
Dawes 400 15.2% 2,176 82.5% 63 2,639 R+67.3
Burt 384 15.1% 2,105 82.7% 56 2,545 R+67.6
Merrick 261 10.6% 2,151 87.6% 44 2,456 R+77.0
Fillmore 276 11.5% 2,082 86.9% 38 2,396 R+75.4
Antelope 235 9.9% 2,081 87.4% 66 2,382 R+77.5
Kearney 224 9.8% 2,009 87.7% 57 2,290 R+77.9
Howard 270 11.8% 1,951 85.4% 63 2,284 R+73.6
Clay 231 10.1% 1,990 87.4% 57 2,278 R+77.2
Pierce 150 6.7% 2,061 91.9% 31 2,242 R+85.2
Thayer 227 10.2% 1,964 88.3% 34 2,225 R+78.1
Cherry 223 10.2% 1,926 88.3% 32 2,181 R+78.1
Furnas 193 9.0% 1,904 89.2% 37 2,134 R+80.2
Dixon 324 15.5% 1,701 81.2% 71 2,096 R+65.7
Valley 223 10.7% 1,818 87.2% 45 2,086 R+76.5
Polk 221 10.9% 1,780 87.6% 31 2,032 R+76.7
Sheridan 161 8.3% 1,735 89.8% 37 1,933 R+81.4
Johnson 295 15.6% 1,558 82.2% 43 1,896 R+66.6
Nuckolls 206 11.2% 1,587 86.3% 45 1,838 R+75.1
Stanton 155 8.9% 1,554 88.9% 39 1,748 R+80.0
Morrill 174 10.5% 1,439 86.8% 44 1,657 R+76.3
Webster 221 13.8% 1,352 84.3% 31 1,604 R+70.5
Thurston 345 22.6% 1,138 74.5% 45 1,528 R+51.9
Brown 79 5.2% 1,384 91.8% 45 1,508 R+86.5
Chase 101 7.3% 1,248 90.2% 35 1,384 R+82.9
Nance 191 14.3% 1,114 83.3% 32 1,337 R+69.0
Sherman 170 12.7% 1,132 84.8% 33 1,335 R+72.1
Franklin 136 10.3% 1,154 87.3% 32 1,322 R+77.0
Harlan 135 10.2% 1,162 87.9% 25 1,322 R+77.7
Perkins 119 10.0% 1,024 86.4% 42 1,185 R+76.4
Kimball 144 12.2% 1,008 85.4% 29 1,181 R+73.2
Pawnee 218 18.7% 912 78.1% 38 1,168 R+59.4
Hitchcock 123 10.7% 998 86.9% 27 1,148 R+76.2
Frontier 99 8.8% 1,005 89.4% 20 1,124 R+80.6
Greeley 146 13.3% 929 84.5% 24 1,099 R+71.2
Garden 81 8.5% 846 89.1% 23 950 R+80.5
Deuel 159 17.7% 718 80.0% 20 897 R+62.3
Boyd 116 13.0% 746 83.5% 31 893 R+70.5
Gosper 62 7.1% 804 91.9% 9 875 R+84.8
Dundy 70 8.7% 715 88.6% 22 807 R+79.9
Rock 36 4.8% 712 94.4% 6 754 R+89.7
Garfield 58 8.1% 638 89.6% 16 712 R+81.5
Keya Paha 45 8.4% 477 88.8% 15 537 R+80.4
Sioux 46 8.8% 464 89.1% 11 521 R+80.2
Hayes 26 5.3% 449 91.3% 17 492 R+86.0
Thomas 29 7.2% 363 89.9% 12 404 R+82.7
Wheeler 32 8.4% 340 89.5% 8 380 R+81.1
Banner 14 3.8% 348 93.3% 11 373 R+89.5
Logan 32 8.6% 334 89.5% 7 373 R+81.0
Hooker 45 12.3% 317 86.4% 5 367 R+74.1
Blaine 22 6.5% 314 92.4% 4 340 R+85.9
Grant 21 6.3% 304 91.6% 7 332 R+85.2
Loup 29 9.4% 274 89.0% 5 308 R+79.5
Arthur 16 6.5% 226 92.2% 3 245 R+85.7
McPherson 19 9.6% 178 89.9% 1 198 R+80.3

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