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Election 2018 Results

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2018 US Senate election in Nebraska

Deb Fischer (Republican) beat Jane Raybould (Democrat) in Nebraska in 2018, 57.7% to 38.6%, a margin of 19.1 points and 133,234 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 2012, when Deb Fischer also won.

Republicans led in 91 of the 93 counties and Democrats in 2. The largest, Douglas, cast 204,574 votes and went to the Democrat by 4.1 points. The closest was Thurston, where 153 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 403,151 57.7%
Jane Raybould Democratic 269,917 38.6%
All other candidates 25,815 3.7%
Total698,883

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 103,070 50.4% 94,777 46.3% 6,727 204,574 D+4.1
Lancaster 63,175 54.0% 49,449 42.3% 4,412 117,036 D+11.7
Sarpy 25,706 38.0% 39,306 58.1% 2,610 67,622 R+20.1
Hall 5,624 33.5% 10,483 62.5% 665 16,772 R+29.0
Buffalo 4,765 29.1% 10,939 66.9% 650 16,354 R+37.8
Lincoln 2,886 23.1% 8,999 72.0% 606 12,491 R+48.9
Dodge 3,824 31.7% 7,827 64.9% 405 12,056 R+33.2
Platte 2,343 21.2% 8,372 75.9% 317 11,032 R+54.7
Scotts Bluff 2,887 26.9% 7,398 68.9% 450 10,735 R+42.0
Cass 3,393 32.0% 6,787 64.0% 423 10,603 R+32.0
Madison 2,236 21.3% 7,949 75.6% 323 10,508 R+54.4
Adams 3,334 32.6% 6,487 63.5% 402 10,223 R+30.8
Saunders 2,664 28.0% 6,479 68.1% 371 9,514 R+40.1
Washington 2,438 26.5% 6,462 70.3% 291 9,191 R+43.8
Gage 3,024 36.3% 4,896 58.8% 409 8,329 R+22.5
Seward 2,174 30.8% 4,607 65.2% 282 7,063 R+34.4
Otoe 1,977 31.2% 4,098 64.7% 260 6,335 R+33.5
Dawson 1,657 26.5% 4,363 69.8% 227 6,247 R+43.3
York 1,281 25.0% 3,659 71.5% 180 5,120 R+46.4
Custer 687 14.8% 3,797 81.8% 158 4,642 R+67.0
Dakota 1,691 37.3% 2,677 59.1% 164 4,532 R+21.8
Saline 1,732 41.1% 2,255 53.5% 229 4,216 R+12.4
Holt 725 17.5% 3,226 77.9% 191 4,142 R+60.4
Hamilton 896 21.8% 3,076 74.9% 133 4,105 R+53.1
Red Willow 696 17.9% 3,051 78.5% 140 3,887 R+60.6
Phelps 671 17.4% 3,068 79.6% 116 3,855 R+62.2
Box Butte 835 23.0% 2,632 72.6% 160 3,627 R+49.5
Knox 669 18.6% 2,812 78.4% 107 3,588 R+59.7
Cedar 537 15.3% 2,866 81.6% 111 3,514 R+66.3
Butler 871 25.0% 2,470 71.0% 137 3,478 R+46.0
Dawes 914 27.0% 2,334 68.8% 142 3,390 R+41.9
Cuming 604 18.0% 2,672 79.5% 86 3,362 R+61.5
Merrick 647 19.2% 2,563 76.2% 152 3,362 R+57.0
Cheyenne 579 17.8% 2,566 78.8% 111 3,256 R+61.0
Wayne 724 22.5% 2,388 74.2% 105 3,217 R+51.7
Keith 567 17.7% 2,542 79.2% 100 3,209 R+61.5
Richardson 858 27.8% 2,137 69.3% 87 3,082 R+41.5
Jefferson 924 31.1% 1,913 64.3% 138 2,975 R+33.2
Burt 836 28.5% 1,995 68.0% 104 2,935 R+39.5
Pierce 341 12.3% 2,339 84.6% 84 2,764 R+72.3
Clay 592 22.1% 1,979 73.9% 108 2,679 R+51.8
Kearney 592 22.5% 1,952 74.2% 85 2,629 R+51.7
Nemaha 727 27.8% 1,788 68.5% 96 2,611 R+40.6
Fillmore 690 27.3% 1,718 68.0% 118 2,526 R+40.7
Antelope 396 15.7% 2,061 81.7% 67 2,524 R+66.0
Colfax 693 27.7% 1,731 69.3% 75 2,499 R+41.5
Howard 610 25.3% 1,696 70.2% 109 2,415 R+45.0
Cherry 314 13.2% 1,913 80.6% 145 2,372 R+67.4
Boone 457 20.0% 1,757 76.8% 74 2,288 R+56.8
Stanton 363 16.1% 1,817 80.4% 81 2,261 R+64.3
Thayer 539 24.1% 1,606 71.9% 89 2,234 R+47.8
Dixon 488 21.9% 1,655 74.4% 81 2,224 R+52.5
Furnas 334 15.6% 1,719 80.4% 86 2,139 R+64.7
Morrill 308 14.6% 1,699 80.4% 107 2,114 R+65.8
Polk 448 21.4% 1,574 75.2% 71 2,093 R+53.8
Sheridan 275 13.5% 1,670 82.0% 91 2,036 R+68.5
Thurston 817 44.7% 970 53.1% 39 1,826 R+8.4
Valley 359 20.0% 1,388 77.2% 50 1,797 R+57.3
Johnson 581 32.8% 1,101 62.1% 90 1,772 R+29.3
Nuckolls 365 20.8% 1,321 75.4% 66 1,752 R+54.6
Chase 184 11.8% 1,340 85.8% 38 1,562 R+74.0
Harlan 287 19.3% 1,149 77.2% 52 1,488 R+57.9
Brown 190 13.7% 1,153 83.2% 42 1,385 R+69.5
Kimball 202 14.6% 1,122 81.4% 55 1,379 R+66.7
Webster 318 23.3% 997 73.1% 49 1,364 R+49.8
Franklin 255 18.9% 1,044 77.4% 50 1,349 R+58.5
Sherman 370 28.7% 873 67.7% 46 1,289 R+39.0
Nance 315 25.5% 885 71.5% 37 1,237 R+46.1
Perkins 180 14.7% 1,011 82.6% 33 1,224 R+67.9
Pawnee 332 28.8% 774 67.1% 47 1,153 R+38.3
Hitchcock 154 14.3% 890 82.5% 35 1,079 R+68.2
Frontier 173 16.6% 831 79.9% 36 1,040 R+63.3
Garden 139 13.9% 816 81.7% 44 999 R+67.8
Greeley 238 23.9% 732 73.6% 25 995 R+49.6
Boyd 128 13.3% 797 83.1% 34 959 R+69.8
Gosper 147 17.6% 667 79.7% 23 837 R+62.1
Garfield 113 14.2% 667 83.6% 18 798 R+69.4
Dundy 99 12.8% 649 84.2% 23 771 R+71.3
Deuel 109 15.2% 578 80.6% 30 717 R+65.4
Rock 79 11.9% 569 85.6% 17 665 R+73.7
Sioux 69 12.8% 447 83.2% 21 537 R+70.4
Wheeler 60 14.5% 343 82.9% 11 414 R+68.4
Hayes 32 8.2% 350 89.3% 10 392 R+81.1
Keya Paha 42 10.9% 336 87.0% 8 386 R+76.2
Thomas 36 10.7% 291 86.1% 11 338 R+75.4
Logan 23 6.8% 306 90.8% 8 337 R+84.0
Banner 39 12.4% 263 83.8% 12 314 R+71.3
Hooker 49 15.8% 258 83.2% 3 310 R+67.4
Loup 51 16.6% 247 80.5% 9 307 R+63.8
Grant 14 4.7% 282 93.7% 5 301 R+89.0
Blaine 34 12.9% 223 84.8% 6 263 R+71.9
McPherson 22 8.4% 228 87.0% 12 262 R+78.6
Arthur 24 10.3% 202 87.1% 6 232 R+76.7

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