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Election 2024 Results

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2024 US Senate election in Nebraska

Deb Fischer (Republican) beat Dan Osborn (independent) in Nebraska in 2024, 53.2% to 46.5%, a margin of 6.7 points and 62,631 votes.

Pete Ricketts (Republican) beat Preston Love Jr. (Democrat) in Nebraska in 2024, 62.6% to 37.4%, a margin of 25.2 points and 235,201 votes. (This was a special election.)

The Republican hold continued from 2018, when Deb Fischer also won.

Republicans led in 89 of the 93 counties and Democrats in 4. The largest, Douglas, cast 268,528 votes and went to the Democrat by 17.2 points. The closest was Thurston, where 141 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 499,124 53.2%
Dan Osborn Independent 436,493 46.5%
All other candidates 2,719 0.3%
Total938,336

Special election

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Pete Ricketts won Republican 585,103 62.6%
Preston Love Jr. Democratic 349,902 37.4%
Total935,005

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 157,317 58.6% 111,211 41.4% 268,528 D+17.2
Lancaster 91,356 58.3% 65,295 41.7% 156,651 D+16.6
Sarpy 49,817 50.2% 49,448 49.8% 99,265 D+0.4
Buffalo 8,423 35.7% 15,147 64.3% 23,570 R+28.5
Hall 9,225 40.9% 13,335 59.1% 22,560 R+18.2
Lincoln 5,658 34.7% 10,646 65.3% 16,304 R+30.6
Dodge 7,137 43.9% 9,108 56.1% 16,245 R+12.1
Platte 4,601 29.5% 10,994 70.5% 15,595 R+41.0
Madison 4,997 32.2% 10,523 67.8% 15,520 R+35.6
Cass 6,457 41.6% 9,051 58.4% 15,508 R+16.7
Scotts Bluff 5,528 37.0% 9,407 63.0% 14,935 R+26.0
Adams 5,336 37.6% 8,869 62.4% 14,205 R+24.9
Saunders 4,941 36.8% 8,499 63.2% 13,440 R+26.5
Washington 4,621 37.2% 7,815 62.8% 12,436 R+25.7
Gage 4,601 42.4% 6,262 57.6% 10,863 R+15.3
Seward 3,310 36.1% 5,855 63.9% 9,165 R+27.8
Dawson 2,859 34.0% 5,556 66.0% 8,415 R+32.0
Otoe 3,398 41.9% 4,720 58.1% 8,118 R+16.3
York 2,339 33.6% 4,614 66.4% 6,953 R+32.7
Dakota 2,872 48.2% 3,082 51.8% 5,954 R+3.5
Custer 1,447 24.7% 4,409 75.3% 5,856 R+50.6
Saline 2,593 46.2% 3,020 53.8% 5,613 R+7.6
Hamilton 1,505 27.3% 4,004 72.7% 5,509 R+45.4
Holt 1,306 24.3% 4,074 75.7% 5,380 R+51.4
Red Willow 727 13.8% 4,537 86.2% 5,264 R+72.4
Phelps 1,152 23.3% 3,787 76.7% 4,939 R+53.4
Cedar 1,179 24.2% 3,693 75.8% 4,872 R+51.6
Box Butte 1,642 33.9% 3,198 66.1% 4,840 R+32.1
Butler 1,297 28.7% 3,222 71.3% 4,519 R+42.6
Cheyenne 1,280 28.7% 3,176 71.3% 4,456 R+42.5
Cuming 1,258 28.6% 3,145 71.4% 4,403 R+42.9
Knox 1,160 26.5% 3,225 73.5% 4,385 R+47.1
Merrick 1,090 25.3% 3,226 74.7% 4,316 R+49.5
Keith 1,185 28.6% 2,963 71.4% 4,148 R+42.9
Wayne 1,469 36.2% 2,588 63.8% 4,057 R+27.6
Pierce 953 24.6% 2,917 75.4% 3,870 R+50.7
Richardson 1,516 39.4% 2,336 60.6% 3,852 R+21.3
Dawes 1,333 34.8% 2,501 65.2% 3,834 R+30.5
Jefferson 1,365 37.7% 2,252 62.3% 3,617 R+24.5
Kearney 1,004 27.9% 2,595 72.1% 3,599 R+44.2
Burt 1,410 39.2% 2,185 60.8% 3,595 R+21.6
Howard 1,016 29.0% 2,489 71.0% 3,505 R+42.0
Colfax 1,161 33.6% 2,296 66.4% 3,457 R+32.8
Antelope 829 24.3% 2,580 75.7% 3,409 R+51.4
Nemaha 1,361 40.3% 2,014 59.7% 3,375 R+19.3
Clay 870 26.6% 2,397 73.4% 3,267 R+46.7
Stanton 789 26.1% 2,235 73.9% 3,024 R+47.8
Fillmore 985 32.8% 2,017 67.2% 3,002 R+34.4
Boone 727 24.2% 2,274 75.8% 3,001 R+51.5
Cherry 641 21.5% 2,336 78.5% 2,977 R+56.9
Thayer 839 29.4% 2,013 70.6% 2,852 R+41.2
Dixon 872 30.7% 1,973 69.3% 2,845 R+38.7
Polk 779 27.6% 2,048 72.4% 2,827 R+44.9
Sheridan 567 23.1% 1,889 76.9% 2,456 R+53.8
Furnas 619 25.8% 1,784 74.2% 2,403 R+48.5
Morrill 640 27.0% 1,730 73.0% 2,370 R+46.0
Valley 620 27.2% 1,657 72.8% 2,277 R+45.5
Nuckolls 651 29.4% 1,566 70.6% 2,217 R+41.3
Johnson 912 42.8% 1,219 57.2% 2,131 R+14.4
Thurston 1,092 53.5% 951 46.5% 2,043 D+6.9
Chase 364 19.7% 1,485 80.3% 1,849 R+60.6
Nance 575 31.6% 1,244 68.4% 1,819 R+36.8
Harlan 420 23.5% 1,368 76.5% 1,788 R+53.0
Webster 448 25.9% 1,284 74.1% 1,732 R+48.3
Kimball 476 28.3% 1,206 71.7% 1,682 R+43.4
Sherman 526 31.7% 1,134 68.3% 1,660 R+36.6
Brown 382 23.5% 1,243 76.5% 1,625 R+53.0
Franklin 381 24.0% 1,204 76.0% 1,585 R+51.9
Perkins 338 23.7% 1,088 76.3% 1,426 R+52.6
Hitchcock 351 24.7% 1,069 75.3% 1,420 R+50.6
Frontier 336 24.2% 1,055 75.8% 1,391 R+51.7
Pawnee 472 34.5% 896 65.5% 1,368 R+31.0
Greeley 310 25.4% 909 74.6% 1,219 R+49.1
Gosper 270 24.0% 854 76.0% 1,124 R+52.0
Garden 273 24.7% 831 75.3% 1,104 R+50.5
Boyd 113 10.7% 948 89.3% 1,061 R+78.7
Deuel 276 27.6% 724 72.4% 1,000 R+44.8
Garfield 204 20.5% 791 79.5% 995 R+59.0
Dundy 192 21.0% 722 79.0% 914 R+58.0
Rock 156 18.9% 669 81.1% 825 R+62.2
Sioux 141 21.0% 531 79.0% 672 R+58.0
Keya Paha 85 15.9% 450 84.1% 535 R+68.2
Hayes 57 11.6% 434 88.4% 491 R+76.8
Wheeler 96 20.3% 378 79.7% 474 R+59.5
Logan 82 18.7% 357 81.3% 439 R+62.6
Loup 92 21.3% 339 78.7% 431 R+57.3
Hooker 99 23.5% 323 76.5% 422 R+53.1
Banner 74 19.3% 310 80.7% 384 R+61.5
Thomas 81 21.3% 300 78.7% 381 R+57.5
Grant 37 10.3% 322 89.7% 359 R+79.4
Blaine 64 22.0% 227 78.0% 291 R+56.0
Arthur 46 16.4% 234 83.6% 280 R+67.1
McPherson 42 15.1% 237 84.9% 279 R+69.9

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