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Election 2008 Results

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2008 US Senate election in Nebraska

Mike Johanns (Republican) beat Scott Kleeb (Democrat) in Nebraska in 2008, 57.5% to 40.1%, a margin of 17.5 points and 138,398 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 2002, when Chuck Hagel won.

Republicans led in 85 of the 93 counties and Democrats in 8. The largest, Douglas, cast 223,018 votes and went to the Republican by 13.3 points. The closest was Johnson, where 41 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
Mike Johanns won Republican 455,854 57.5%
Scott Kleeb Democratic 317,456 40.1%
All other candidates 19,201 2.4%
Total792,511

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 93,667 42.0% 123,299 55.3% 6,052 223,018 R+13.3
Lancaster 62,421 49.4% 60,805 48.1% 3,088 126,314 D+1.3
Sarpy 21,994 33.0% 43,116 64.6% 1,621 66,731 R+31.7
Hall 9,419 44.5% 11,398 53.8% 370 21,187 R+9.3
Buffalo 7,000 36.5% 11,876 61.9% 322 19,198 R+25.4
Lincoln 6,442 39.7% 9,454 58.2% 338 16,234 R+18.6
Dodge 5,647 36.7% 9,374 60.9% 375 15,396 R+24.2
Scotts Bluff 5,117 34.8% 9,262 63.0% 321 14,700 R+28.2
Madison 4,250 30.6% 9,182 66.0% 476 13,908 R+35.5
Platte 3,917 29.4% 9,166 68.8% 243 13,326 R+39.4
Adams 6,665 50.6% 6,263 47.6% 232 13,160 D+3.1
Cass 4,210 35.3% 7,412 62.1% 320 11,942 R+26.8
Gage 5,079 49.9% 4,909 48.3% 184 10,172 D+1.7
Washington 3,230 31.8% 6,658 65.5% 282 10,170 R+33.7
Saunders 3,660 36.0% 6,266 61.6% 242 10,168 R+25.6
Dawson 3,026 37.9% 4,801 60.1% 155 7,982 R+22.2
Seward 3,137 41.7% 4,257 56.6% 126 7,520 R+14.9
Otoe 2,797 39.6% 4,111 58.3% 148 7,056 R+18.6
York 2,183 33.3% 4,300 65.6% 76 6,559 R+32.3
Dakota 2,491 39.6% 3,543 56.3% 258 6,292 R+16.7
Custer 2,173 38.7% 3,373 60.1% 69 5,615 R+21.4
Saline 3,011 57.5% 2,139 40.8% 91 5,241 D+16.6
Red Willow 1,658 33.0% 3,269 65.0% 101 5,028 R+32.0
Holt 1,570 31.7% 3,271 66.1% 109 4,950 R+34.4
Box Butte 1,777 36.2% 2,966 60.4% 166 4,909 R+24.2
Hamilton 1,824 38.2% 2,905 60.8% 50 4,779 R+22.6
Cheyenne 1,040 21.8% 3,583 75.0% 152 4,775 R+53.3
Phelps 1,392 31.0% 3,058 68.0% 44 4,494 R+37.1
Cedar 1,082 26.3% 2,907 70.7% 120 4,109 R+44.4
Cuming 1,170 28.8% 2,830 69.7% 60 4,060 R+40.9
Knox 1,345 33.5% 2,524 62.8% 148 4,017 R+29.4
Keith 1,085 27.5% 2,763 70.1% 94 3,942 R+42.6
Richardson 1,332 34.0% 2,477 63.3% 107 3,916 R+29.2
Butler 1,448 37.7% 2,336 60.9% 53 3,837 R+23.1
Wayne 1,062 28.1% 2,626 69.4% 97 3,785 R+41.3
Dawes 1,173 31.6% 2,363 63.6% 180 3,716 R+32.0
Jefferson 1,694 45.8% 1,935 52.3% 69 3,698 R+6.5
Nemaha 1,251 36.4% 2,119 61.6% 70 3,440 R+25.2
Merrick 1,344 39.4% 2,023 59.3% 47 3,414 R+19.9
Burt 1,234 37.0% 2,023 60.6% 81 3,338 R+23.6
Colfax 1,070 33.4% 2,057 64.2% 79 3,206 R+30.8
Pierce 825 25.9% 2,259 71.0% 98 3,182 R+45.1
Antelope 983 30.9% 2,123 66.8% 74 3,180 R+35.8
Kearney 1,218 38.7% 1,888 60.0% 43 3,149 R+21.3
Clay 1,210 39.9% 1,770 58.3% 56 3,036 R+18.4
Howard 1,419 47.3% 1,523 50.8% 55 2,997 R+3.5
Cherry 775 26.0% 2,093 70.2% 114 2,982 R+44.2
Fillmore 1,315 44.4% 1,610 54.3% 38 2,963 R+10.0
Boone 1,085 38.2% 1,706 60.1% 47 2,838 R+21.9
Dixon 811 29.3% 1,877 67.8% 82 2,770 R+38.5
Polk 932 36.7% 1,579 62.2% 28 2,539 R+25.5
Thayer 1,140 45.9% 1,303 52.5% 39 2,482 R+6.6
Stanton 632 25.6% 1,762 71.5% 70 2,464 R+45.9
Sheridan 477 19.5% 1,821 74.6% 142 2,440 R+55.1
Valley 1,043 43.0% 1,343 55.4% 38 2,424 R+12.4
Morrill 644 27.4% 1,627 69.3% 77 2,348 R+41.9
Furnas 860 36.8% 1,436 61.5% 39 2,335 R+24.7
Nuckolls 959 43.1% 1,231 55.3% 37 2,227 R+12.2
Johnson 1,014 48.0% 1,055 50.0% 42 2,111 R+1.9
Thurston 818 41.3% 1,041 52.5% 122 1,981 R+11.3
Webster 939 51.5% 849 46.6% 35 1,823 D+4.9
Chase 477 26.3% 1,308 72.1% 30 1,815 R+45.8
Kimball 463 26.1% 1,243 70.2% 65 1,771 R+44.0
Harlan 724 41.1% 1,007 57.2% 30 1,761 R+16.1
Nance 743 43.2% 953 55.4% 25 1,721 R+12.2
Sherman 943 60.8% 582 37.5% 27 1,552 D+23.3
Brown 486 31.4% 1,006 65.0% 55 1,547 R+33.6
Franklin 789 51.0% 734 47.5% 23 1,546 D+3.6
Perkins 392 27.8% 993 70.5% 23 1,408 R+42.7
Frontier 491 35.3% 873 62.8% 27 1,391 R+27.5
Pawnee 578 42.1% 765 55.7% 31 1,374 R+13.6
Hitchcock 502 36.9% 825 60.6% 35 1,362 R+23.7
Greeley 666 55.2% 522 43.3% 18 1,206 D+11.9
Garden 248 22.3% 831 74.7% 33 1,112 R+52.4
Boyd 409 37.9% 641 59.4% 29 1,079 R+21.5
Gosper 394 37.5% 641 61.0% 16 1,051 R+23.5
Garfield 445 43.3% 566 55.1% 16 1,027 R+11.8
Dundy 258 25.8% 699 69.9% 43 1,000 R+44.1
Deuel 218 22.3% 710 72.5% 51 979 R+50.3
Rock 307 39.1% 465 59.2% 13 785 R+20.1
Sioux 180 25.3% 517 72.6% 15 712 R+47.3
Hayes 182 33.0% 353 64.1% 16 551 R+31.0
Keya Paha 180 34.7% 327 63.0% 12 519 R+28.3
Hooker 130 30.2% 293 68.0% 8 431 R+37.8
Wheeler 174 40.6% 247 57.6% 8 429 R+17.0
Logan 133 32.4% 273 66.6% 4 410 R+34.1
Banner 100 24.6% 301 74.0% 6 407 R+49.4
Loup 172 43.9% 218 55.6% 2 392 R+11.7
Thomas 138 35.8% 238 61.7% 10 386 R+25.9
Grant 91 25.3% 257 71.4% 12 360 R+46.1
Blaine 119 37.8% 188 59.7% 8 315 R+21.9
McPherson 77 26.6% 201 69.6% 11 289 R+42.9
Arthur 61 24.4% 182 72.8% 7 250 R+48.4

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