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2020 US Senate election in Nebraska

Ben Sasse (Republican) beat Chris Janicek (Democrat) in Nebraska in 2020, 62.7% to 24.4%, a margin of 38.3 points and 356,316 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 2014, when Ben Sasse also won.

Republicans led in 93 of the 93 counties. The largest, Douglas, cast 240,372 votes and went to the Republican by 20.4 points. The closest was Blaine, where 187 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
Ben Sasse won Republican 583,507 62.7%
Chris Janicek Democratic 227,191 24.4%
All other candidates 60,903 6.5%
Preston Love Jr. Democratic 58,411 6.3%
Total930,012

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 87,608 36.4% 136,745 56.9% 16,019 240,372 R+20.4
Lancaster 48,756 35.7% 79,436 58.2% 8,405 136,597 R+22.5
Sarpy 23,500 27.0% 57,763 66.3% 5,826 87,089 R+39.3
Hall 5,180 22.6% 16,231 70.9% 1,489 22,900 R+48.3
Buffalo 3,851 17.4% 16,729 75.4% 1,605 22,185 R+58.0
Lincoln 2,626 16.0% 12,679 77.2% 1,113 16,418 R+61.2
Dodge 3,408 21.5% 11,397 71.8% 1,074 15,879 R+50.3
Platte 2,183 14.6% 12,055 80.6% 725 14,963 R+66.0
Madison 2,399 16.1% 11,552 77.6% 943 14,894 R+61.5
Scotts Bluff 3,042 20.5% 10,820 73.0% 953 14,815 R+52.5
Cass 2,874 20.2% 10,493 73.6% 886 14,253 R+53.5
Adams 2,583 19.2% 9,995 74.2% 897 13,475 R+55.0
Saunders 1,997 16.7% 9,210 76.9% 768 11,975 R+60.2
Washington 1,981 17.2% 8,808 76.3% 761 11,550 R+59.1
Gage 2,240 21.3% 7,656 72.8% 620 10,516 R+51.5
Dawson 1,830 20.9% 6,460 73.7% 479 8,769 R+52.8
Seward 1,464 17.0% 6,718 77.8% 455 8,637 R+60.8
Otoe 1,501 19.0% 5,961 75.3% 455 7,917 R+56.3
York 1,017 15.0% 5,406 79.5% 379 6,802 R+64.5
Dakota 2,235 34.8% 3,951 61.5% 240 6,426 R+26.7
Custer 531 9.3% 4,824 84.4% 361 5,716 R+75.1
Saline 1,410 25.8% 3,675 67.2% 380 5,465 R+41.4
Red Willow 574 11.0% 4,290 82.4% 340 5,204 R+71.4
Hamilton 678 13.1% 4,114 79.6% 374 5,166 R+66.5
Holt 603 11.7% 4,165 81.0% 373 5,141 R+69.3
Box Butte 822 16.5% 3,840 77.0% 326 4,988 R+60.5
Cedar 545 11.5% 3,902 82.7% 272 4,719 R+71.1
Phelps 488 10.4% 3,896 82.8% 324 4,708 R+72.4
Cheyenne 718 15.8% 3,505 77.1% 323 4,546 R+61.3
Knox 708 16.2% 3,376 77.2% 288 4,372 R+61.0
Butler 613 14.2% 3,512 81.2% 198 4,323 R+67.1
Cuming 509 11.9% 3,566 83.5% 198 4,273 R+71.5
Keith 553 13.3% 3,355 80.6% 254 4,162 R+67.3
Merrick 511 12.7% 3,242 80.6% 267 4,020 R+67.9
Dawes 785 20.0% 2,883 73.6% 250 3,918 R+53.5
Wayne 638 16.3% 3,000 76.6% 276 3,914 R+60.3
Richardson 680 17.4% 3,023 77.5% 196 3,899 R+60.1
Pierce 353 9.2% 3,261 85.4% 204 3,818 R+76.2
Jefferson 664 18.3% 2,764 76.4% 191 3,619 R+58.0
Colfax 747 21.0% 2,652 74.6% 156 3,555 R+53.6
Burt 678 19.3% 2,639 75.3% 187 3,504 R+56.0
Kearney 412 12.0% 2,790 81.5% 220 3,422 R+69.5
Antelope 354 10.5% 2,828 84.0% 184 3,366 R+73.5
Clay 432 13.0% 2,660 79.8% 243 3,335 R+66.8
Howard 446 13.5% 2,660 80.3% 207 3,313 R+66.8
Nemaha 524 16.2% 2,511 77.5% 206 3,241 R+61.3
Fillmore 435 14.5% 2,418 80.4% 156 3,009 R+65.9
Boone 351 12.0% 2,402 82.0% 178 2,931 R+70.0
Cherry 283 9.7% 2,365 80.9% 274 2,922 R+71.3
Stanton 374 12.8% 2,304 78.9% 242 2,920 R+66.1
Dixon 501 17.2% 2,206 75.7% 206 2,913 R+58.5
Thayer 372 13.0% 2,356 82.6% 123 2,851 R+69.6
Polk 355 12.9% 2,276 82.4% 131 2,762 R+69.6
Sheridan 290 11.4% 2,042 80.4% 209 2,541 R+68.9
Furnas 277 11.0% 2,079 82.6% 161 2,517 R+71.6
Morrill 325 13.5% 1,870 77.4% 221 2,416 R+63.9
Valley 280 12.6% 1,821 81.9% 122 2,223 R+69.3
Nuckolls 255 11.5% 1,856 83.7% 107 2,218 R+72.2
Thurston 885 40.7% 1,218 55.9% 74 2,177 R+15.3
Johnson 417 19.7% 1,576 74.4% 125 2,118 R+54.7
Chase 173 9.0% 1,666 86.9% 79 1,918 R+77.8
Harlan 208 11.3% 1,529 83.0% 105 1,842 R+71.7
Kimball 244 13.5% 1,458 80.4% 112 1,814 R+66.9
Webster 230 13.1% 1,443 81.9% 89 1,762 R+68.8
Nance 242 14.4% 1,353 80.3% 90 1,685 R+65.9
Franklin 190 11.5% 1,398 84.3% 71 1,659 R+72.8
Sherman 247 15.4% 1,233 76.7% 128 1,608 R+61.3
Brown 125 7.8% 1,387 86.4% 93 1,605 R+78.6
Perkins 138 9.3% 1,270 86.0% 69 1,477 R+76.6
Hitchcock 144 10.1% 1,179 82.3% 109 1,432 R+72.3
Frontier 129 9.3% 1,183 85.4% 73 1,385 R+76.1
Pawnee 217 16.0% 1,072 79.2% 65 1,354 R+63.1
Greeley 166 14.3% 938 80.9% 56 1,160 R+66.6
Garden 127 11.2% 938 82.4% 74 1,139 R+71.2
Gosper 111 10.4% 900 84.1% 59 1,070 R+73.7
Boyd 89 8.5% 883 84.3% 75 1,047 R+75.8
Garfield 91 9.0% 868 86.0% 50 1,009 R+77.0
Deuel 104 10.4% 837 83.4% 62 1,003 R+73.1
Dundy 77 8.0% 835 87.0% 48 960 R+79.0
Rock 43 5.4% 699 88.5% 48 790 R+83.0
Sioux 52 7.5% 597 85.8% 47 696 R+78.3
Hayes 30 5.9% 457 89.6% 23 510 R+83.7
Keya Paha 41 8.2% 427 85.1% 34 502 R+76.9
Wheeler 49 10.4% 387 82.0% 36 472 R+71.6
Logan 36 8.4% 369 86.4% 22 427 R+78.0
Loup 28 6.7% 370 88.3% 21 419 R+81.6
Hooker 48 11.6% 349 84.3% 17 414 R+72.7
Banner 39 9.9% 335 84.8% 21 395 R+74.9
Thomas 40 10.3% 329 84.4% 21 390 R+74.1
Grant 14 3.9% 321 89.2% 25 360 R+85.3
Blaine 35 12.0% 222 76.3% 34 291 R+64.3
McPherson 12 4.1% 260 89.3% 19 291 R+85.2
Arthur 21 7.8% 228 84.4% 21 270 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