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2012 US Senate election in Nebraska

Deb Fischer (Republican) beat Bob Kerrey (Democrat) in Nebraska in 2012, 57.8% to 42.2%, a margin of 15.5 points and 122,614 votes.

Nebraska changed party: in 2006 it went Democratic, for E. Benjamin Nelson.

Republicans led in 88 of the 93 counties and Democrats in 5. The largest, Douglas, cast 221,651 votes and went to the Democrat by 3.5 points. The closest was Saline, where 168 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
Deb Fischer won Republican 455,593 57.8%
Bob Kerrey Democratic 332,979 42.2%
Total788,572

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 114,700 51.7% 106,951 48.3% 221,651 D+3.5
Lancaster 68,046 53.9% 58,306 46.1% 126,352 D+7.7
Sarpy 29,996 42.4% 40,682 57.6% 70,678 R+15.1
Hall 7,790 38.7% 12,350 61.3% 20,140 R+22.6
Buffalo 5,779 30.0% 13,491 70.0% 19,270 R+40.0
Lincoln 5,298 34.0% 10,285 66.0% 15,583 R+32.0
Dodge 6,056 40.7% 8,823 59.3% 14,879 R+18.6
Scotts Bluff 5,017 35.0% 9,299 65.0% 14,316 R+29.9
Madison 3,746 27.1% 10,089 72.9% 13,835 R+45.8
Platte 3,601 26.9% 9,801 73.1% 13,402 R+46.3
Adams 4,468 35.4% 8,170 64.6% 12,638 R+29.3
Cass 4,919 40.7% 7,153 59.3% 12,072 R+18.5
Saunders 3,728 36.3% 6,547 63.7% 10,275 R+27.4
Washington 3,505 34.5% 6,660 65.5% 10,165 R+31.0
Gage 4,452 46.3% 5,172 53.7% 9,624 R+7.5
Dawson 2,375 30.5% 5,422 69.5% 7,797 R+39.1
Seward 2,776 36.8% 4,764 63.2% 7,540 R+26.4
Otoe 2,876 41.4% 4,067 58.6% 6,943 R+17.2
York 1,594 25.2% 4,726 74.8% 6,320 R+49.6
Dakota 3,300 54.4% 2,770 45.6% 6,070 D+8.7
Custer 1,056 19.2% 4,439 80.8% 5,495 R+61.6
Saline 2,555 51.7% 2,387 48.3% 4,942 D+3.4
Holt 1,025 20.8% 3,896 79.2% 4,921 R+58.3
Red Willow 1,214 24.7% 3,692 75.3% 4,906 R+50.5
Hamilton 1,342 27.7% 3,498 72.3% 4,840 R+44.5
Box Butte 1,860 39.6% 2,838 60.4% 4,698 R+20.8
Cheyenne 1,266 27.5% 3,344 72.5% 4,610 R+45.1
Phelps 1,006 23.0% 3,368 77.0% 4,374 R+54.0
Cedar 1,284 29.7% 3,041 70.3% 4,325 R+40.6
Keith 1,063 26.2% 2,988 73.8% 4,051 R+47.5
Knox 1,147 28.5% 2,880 71.5% 4,027 R+43.0
Cuming 1,070 27.0% 2,893 73.0% 3,963 R+46.0
Butler 1,195 31.1% 2,642 68.9% 3,837 R+37.7
Richardson 1,412 37.9% 2,312 62.1% 3,724 R+24.2
Dawes 1,303 35.1% 2,405 64.9% 3,708 R+29.7
Wayne 1,193 32.4% 2,484 67.6% 3,677 R+35.1
Merrick 996 28.6% 2,491 71.4% 3,487 R+42.9
Jefferson 1,366 40.0% 2,052 60.0% 3,418 R+20.1
Pierce 698 20.4% 2,716 79.6% 3,414 R+59.1
Burt 1,343 40.5% 1,977 59.5% 3,320 R+19.1
Antelope 603 18.7% 2,625 81.3% 3,228 R+62.6
Nemaha 1,316 40.9% 1,901 59.1% 3,217 R+18.2
Kearney 820 25.9% 2,343 74.1% 3,163 R+48.2
Colfax 1,062 34.8% 1,992 65.2% 3,054 R+30.5
Cherry 660 22.1% 2,328 77.9% 2,988 R+55.8
Clay 750 25.5% 2,194 74.5% 2,944 R+49.0
Howard 926 32.3% 1,940 67.7% 2,866 R+35.4
Fillmore 937 32.8% 1,918 67.2% 2,855 R+34.4
Boone 664 23.7% 2,139 76.3% 2,803 R+52.6
Dixon 1,069 39.8% 1,618 60.2% 2,687 R+20.4
Thayer 906 34.2% 1,742 65.8% 2,648 R+31.6
Stanton 660 25.0% 1,979 75.0% 2,639 R+50.0
Sheridan 489 19.8% 1,986 80.2% 2,475 R+60.5
Polk 618 25.3% 1,820 74.7% 2,438 R+49.3
Furnas 504 22.6% 1,729 77.4% 2,233 R+54.9
Thurston 1,329 59.6% 900 40.4% 2,229 D+19.2
Morrill 522 23.8% 1,675 76.2% 2,197 R+52.5
Valley 594 27.1% 1,599 72.9% 2,193 R+45.8
Nuckolls 650 29.8% 1,532 70.2% 2,182 R+40.4
Johnson 910 44.2% 1,147 55.8% 2,057 R+11.5
Chase 304 16.4% 1,546 83.6% 1,850 R+67.1
Harlan 428 24.4% 1,329 75.6% 1,757 R+51.3
Webster 524 30.3% 1,203 69.7% 1,727 R+39.3
Kimball 447 26.6% 1,233 73.4% 1,680 R+46.8
Nance 540 33.6% 1,068 66.4% 1,608 R+32.8
Brown 204 13.2% 1,342 86.8% 1,546 R+73.6
Franklin 418 27.4% 1,107 72.6% 1,525 R+45.2
Sherman 559 36.8% 960 63.2% 1,519 R+26.4
Hitchcock 371 25.0% 1,112 75.0% 1,483 R+50.0
Perkins 297 21.4% 1,091 78.6% 1,388 R+57.2
Pawnee 482 35.9% 861 64.1% 1,343 R+28.2
Frontier 299 22.9% 1,008 77.1% 1,307 R+54.2
Greeley 361 30.4% 827 69.6% 1,188 R+39.2
Garden 262 24.2% 819 75.8% 1,081 R+51.5
Boyd 208 19.6% 851 80.4% 1,059 R+60.7
Deuel 254 25.0% 762 75.0% 1,016 R+50.0
Gosper 242 24.7% 738 75.3% 980 R+50.6
Dundy 212 21.7% 767 78.3% 979 R+56.7
Garfield 170 18.0% 774 82.0% 944 R+64.0
Rock 103 13.1% 683 86.9% 786 R+73.8
Sioux 126 17.2% 605 82.8% 731 R+65.5
Hayes 88 16.5% 445 83.5% 533 R+67.0
Keya Paha 74 15.4% 407 84.6% 481 R+69.2
Wheeler 91 20.2% 359 79.8% 450 R+59.6
Logan 76 17.6% 357 82.4% 433 R+64.9
Thomas 61 14.8% 352 85.2% 413 R+70.5
Banner 62 15.1% 349 84.9% 411 R+69.8
Hooker 69 17.2% 333 82.8% 402 R+65.7
Grant 59 16.5% 299 83.5% 358 R+67.0
Loup 76 21.3% 281 78.7% 357 R+57.4
Blaine 32 10.8% 265 89.2% 297 R+78.5
McPherson 40 13.7% 253 86.3% 293 R+72.7
Arthur 35 13.3% 229 86.7% 264 R+73.5

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