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Election 2006 Results

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2006 US Senate election in Nebraska

E. Benjamin Nelson (Democrat) beat Pete Ricketts (Republican) in Nebraska in 2006, 63.9% to 36.1%, a margin of 27.8 points and 164,460 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 2000, when Ben Nelson won.

Democrats led in 80 of the 93 counties and Republicans in 13. The largest, Douglas, cast 146,438 votes and went to the Democrat by 30.7 points. The closest was Banner, where 15 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
E. Benjamin Nelson won Democratic 378,388 63.9%
Pete Ricketts Republican 213,928 36.1%
Total592,316

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 95,673 65.3% 50,765 34.7% 146,438 D+30.7
Lancaster 64,664 70.5% 27,115 29.5% 91,779 D+40.9
Sarpy 24,856 59.3% 17,050 40.7% 41,906 D+18.6
Hall 10,834 62.0% 6,648 38.0% 17,482 D+23.9
Buffalo 8,502 56.5% 6,551 43.5% 15,053 D+13.0
Lincoln 7,790 61.2% 4,935 38.8% 12,725 D+22.4
Dodge 8,028 66.7% 4,003 33.3% 12,031 D+33.5
Scotts Bluff 5,882 52.0% 5,436 48.0% 11,318 D+3.9
Madison 5,900 54.8% 4,868 45.2% 10,768 D+9.6
Platte 6,754 63.0% 3,971 37.0% 10,725 D+25.9
Adams 6,813 64.6% 3,730 35.4% 10,543 D+29.2
Cass 5,856 62.9% 3,455 37.1% 9,311 D+25.8
Gage 6,486 73.0% 2,404 27.0% 8,890 D+45.9
Saunders 5,424 67.6% 2,594 32.4% 8,018 D+35.3
Washington 4,417 58.0% 3,204 42.0% 7,621 D+15.9
Dawson 3,967 58.6% 2,801 41.4% 6,768 D+17.2
Seward 3,966 67.3% 1,928 32.7% 5,894 D+34.6
Otoe 3,569 62.5% 2,139 37.5% 5,708 D+25.1
York 3,119 57.5% 2,309 42.5% 5,428 D+14.9
Custer 2,917 58.8% 2,047 41.2% 4,964 D+17.5
Dakota 3,330 69.5% 1,459 30.5% 4,789 D+39.1
Saline 3,644 78.7% 985 21.3% 4,629 D+57.4
Hamilton 2,667 59.3% 1,828 40.7% 4,495 D+18.7
Holt 2,300 51.5% 2,166 48.5% 4,466 D+3.0
Red Willow 3,050 70.7% 1,267 29.3% 4,317 D+41.3
Box Butte 2,499 61.5% 1,567 38.5% 4,066 D+22.9
Phelps 2,285 57.9% 1,659 42.1% 3,944 D+15.9
Cedar 2,549 66.1% 1,306 33.9% 3,855 D+32.2
Richardson 2,269 64.7% 1,238 35.3% 3,507 D+29.4
Butler 2,548 73.1% 936 26.9% 3,484 D+46.3
Cheyenne 1,554 46.6% 1,780 53.4% 3,334 R+6.8
Keith 1,604 48.8% 1,685 51.2% 3,289 R+2.5
Knox 2,058 63.6% 1,176 36.4% 3,234 D+27.3
Jefferson 2,272 71.4% 908 28.6% 3,180 D+42.9
Cuming 1,965 63.4% 1,132 36.6% 3,097 D+26.9
Wayne 1,963 63.9% 1,109 36.1% 3,072 D+27.8
Merrick 1,929 63.3% 1,118 36.7% 3,047 D+26.6
Dawes 1,720 57.4% 1,277 42.6% 2,997 D+14.8
Burt 2,040 69.6% 893 30.4% 2,933 D+39.1
Nemaha 1,759 61.7% 1,090 38.3% 2,849 D+23.5
Colfax 1,947 69.4% 858 30.6% 2,805 D+38.8
Kearney 1,621 58.8% 1,138 41.2% 2,759 D+17.5
Antelope 1,563 57.5% 1,157 42.5% 2,720 D+14.9
Cherry 1,437 53.1% 1,267 46.9% 2,704 D+6.3
Howard 1,805 69.2% 804 30.8% 2,609 D+38.4
Boone 1,667 65.3% 887 34.7% 2,554 D+30.5
Fillmore 1,792 71.5% 715 28.5% 2,507 D+43.0
Clay 1,572 63.0% 922 37.0% 2,494 D+26.1
Pierce 1,379 56.0% 1,083 44.0% 2,462 D+12.0
Dixon 1,597 66.6% 802 33.4% 2,399 D+33.1
Thayer 1,648 70.4% 694 29.6% 2,342 D+40.7
Polk 1,433 62.9% 844 37.1% 2,277 D+25.9
Valley 1,293 61.9% 796 38.1% 2,089 D+23.8
Nuckolls 1,382 67.1% 678 32.9% 2,060 D+34.2
Furnas 1,347 65.5% 708 34.5% 2,055 D+31.1
Stanton 1,068 53.9% 912 46.1% 1,980 D+7.9
Morrill 924 48.4% 986 51.6% 1,910 R+3.2
Sheridan 823 43.5% 1,067 56.5% 1,890 R+12.9
Johnson 1,379 75.3% 452 24.7% 1,831 D+50.6
Thurston 1,315 74.0% 463 26.0% 1,778 D+47.9
Harlan 1,129 64.6% 618 35.4% 1,747 D+29.3
Webster 1,166 67.4% 565 32.6% 1,731 D+34.7
Nance 1,208 71.6% 478 28.4% 1,686 D+43.3
Chase 801 48.9% 838 51.1% 1,639 R+2.3
Kimball 757 46.4% 876 53.6% 1,633 R+7.3
Franklin 947 64.8% 515 35.2% 1,462 D+29.5
Sherman 1,021 70.9% 419 29.1% 1,440 D+41.8
Brown 707 51.0% 679 49.0% 1,386 D+2.0
Perkins 675 53.0% 599 47.0% 1,274 D+6.0
Frontier 824 65.4% 435 34.6% 1,259 D+30.9
Pawnee 838 67.4% 405 32.6% 1,243 D+34.8
Hitchcock 825 68.1% 386 31.9% 1,211 D+36.3
Greeley 808 76.0% 255 24.0% 1,063 D+52.0
Garden 500 48.4% 532 51.6% 1,032 R+3.1
Gosper 624 62.8% 369 37.2% 993 D+25.7
Boyd 623 63.4% 359 36.6% 982 D+26.9
Dundy 570 61.2% 362 38.8% 932 D+22.3
Garfield 543 59.5% 370 40.5% 913 D+18.9
Deuel 392 48.7% 413 51.3% 805 R+2.6
Rock 451 57.2% 338 42.8% 789 D+14.3
Sioux 266 42.4% 362 57.6% 628 R+15.3
Keya Paha 303 54.4% 254 45.6% 557 D+8.8
Hayes 282 57.1% 212 42.9% 494 D+14.2
Wheeler 257 65.6% 135 34.4% 392 D+31.1
Logan 199 52.5% 180 47.5% 379 D+5.0
Loup 242 64.4% 134 35.6% 376 D+28.7
Thomas 178 53.0% 158 47.0% 336 D+6.0
Banner 158 47.7% 173 52.3% 331 R+4.5
Hooker 185 56.2% 144 43.8% 329 D+12.5
Grant 133 40.7% 194 59.3% 327 R+18.7
Blaine 150 54.9% 123 45.1% 273 D+9.9
McPherson 117 44.8% 144 55.2% 261 R+10.3
Arthur 95 40.6% 139 59.4% 234 R+18.8

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