Results archive / Nebraska
Nebraska election results
President since 1976, counties since 2000, US Senate since 1976.
President
Electoral votes
1976 R 51980 R 51984 R 51988 R 51992 R 51996 R 52000 R 52004 R 52008 R 4, D 12012 R 52016 R 52020 R 4, D 12024 R 4, D 1
2024 Trump+20.5
Counties
Democratic lead<55-1010-2020+
Republican lead<55-1010-2020+
No dataSwing
Towards the Democrat<22-55-1010+
Towards the Republican<22-55-1010+
No dataUS Senate
2026uncertified count
Pete Ricketts (R)50.4%
Dan Osborn (I)43.6%
2024
Deb Fischer (R)53.2%
Dan Osborn46.5%
2024special
Pete Ricketts (R)62.6%
Preston Love Jr. (D)37.4%
2020
Ben Sasse (R)62.7%
Chris Janicek (D)24.4%
2018
Deb Fischer (R)57.7%
Jane Raybould (D)38.6%
2014
Ben Sasse (R)64.3%
Dave Domina (D)31.5%
2012
Deb Fischer (R)57.8%
Bob Kerrey (D)42.2%
2008
Mike Johanns (R)57.5%
Scott Kleeb (D)40.1%
2006
E. Benjamin Nelson (D)63.9%
Pete Ricketts (R)36.1%
2002
Chuck Hagel (R)82.8%
Charlie A. Matulka (D)14.6%
2000
Ben Nelson (D)51.0%
Don Stenberg (R)48.8%
1996
Chuck Hagel (R)57.4%
Ben Nelson (D)42.6%
1994
J. Robert Kerrey (D)54.8%
Jan Stoney (R)45.0%
1990
J. James Exon (D)58.9%
Hal Daub (R)40.9%
1988
Bob Kerrey (D)56.7%
Dave Karnes (R)41.7%
1984
J. J. Exon (D)51.9%
Nancy Hoch (R)48.0%
1982
Edward Zorinsky (D)66.6%
Jim Keck (R)28.5%
1978
James J. Exon (D)67.7%
Donald Eugene Shasten (R)32.3%
1976
Edward Zorinsky (D)52.9%
John Y. McCollister (R)47.1%
MEDSL and VEST results files: fixed historic releases. 2026 Senate counts: uncertified.
Sources
- National Archives, Office of the Federal Register: Electoral College results 1976-2024 (Public domain (US government work))
- MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976-2024, Harvard Dataverse (CC0 1.0)
- MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (GitHub copy, commit f44e3fc; the dataset is CC0 1.0 on Harvard Dataverse, doi:10.7910/DVN/VOQCHQ) (CC0 1.0)
- Connecticut Secretary of the State, 2012 presidential election results by town (CT Election History), summed to the eight legacy counties by PollCheck (Official public records)
- Voting and Election Science Team, 2020 Precinct-Level Election Results, Harvard Dataverse (precincts summed to counties by PollCheck) (CC BY 4.0)
- PollCheck 2024 county totals (us_site/house_pres.py): MEDSL 2024 precinct returns (CC0 1.0) plus the state sources named in county_pres_2024.json (CC0 1.0 (MEDSL rows))
- US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files: counties 2020 (1:500,000) and 2024 (1:5,000,000) (Public domain)
- US Census Bureau state legislative districts (lower chamber), Alaska: TIGER/Line 2010 (2000 and 2010 districts) and cartographic boundary files 2013, 2018 and 2023 (Public domain)
- Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, 2024 General Election, President and Vice President (certified, corrected 5 Dec 2024) (Maine government record)
- New York State Board of Elections, 2004 General Election, President and Vice President, results by county (New York government record)
- New York State Board of Elections, President and Vice-President Election Returns Nov. 6, 2012 (dated 20 Mar 2013, Kings update 9 Jun 2013), copy hosted by the American Presidency Project (New York government record)
- MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. Senate statewide 1976-2024, Harvard Dataverse (CC0 1.0)
- State election office counts as read by the PollCheck midterms results feed (us_midterms_2026/data/results.json); uncertified (Official public records)
- us-atlas 3.0.1 counties-albers-10m (Census 2017 county boundaries) (ISC)
- us-atlas 3.0.1 states-albers-10m.json (US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files 2017; ISC licence)
Final results.