2018 Nebraska gubernatorial election

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2018 Nebraska gubernatorial election
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Turnout57.95% [1]
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Nominee Pete Ricketts Bob Krist
Party Republican Democratic
Running mate Mike Foley Lynne Walz
Popular vote411,812286,169
Percentage59.00%41.00%
2018 Nebraska gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
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Ricketts:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Krist:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     50%     No votes
Governor before election

Pete Ricketts
Republican

Elected Governor

Pete Ricketts
Republican

The 2018 Nebraska gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the governor of Nebraska, concurrently with the election of Nebraska's Class I U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various Nebraska and local elections. Incumbent Republican governor Pete Ricketts won re-election to a second term. [2]

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Endorsements

Pete Ricketts

Results

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Results by county:
  Ricketts—>90%
  Ricketts—80–90%
  Ricketts—70–80%
  Ricketts—60–70%
Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Pete Ricketts (incumbent) 138,292 81.42
Republican Krystal Gabel 31,56818.58
Total votes169,860 100.00

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Vanessa Gayle Ward, activist [12]

Declined

Endorsements

Bob Krist

State legislators

Mayors

Federal-level politicians

Results

Results by county: Krist--70-80% Krist--60-70% Krist--50-60% Krist--40-50% Krist--<40% Tie Ward--40-50% Ward--50-60% 2018 Nebraska gubernatorial Democratic primary election results map by county.svg
Results by county:
  Krist—70–80%
  Krist—60–70%
  Krist—50–60%
  Krist—40–50%
  Krist—<40%
  Tie
  Ward—40–50%
  Ward—50–60%
Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bob Krist 54,992 59.81
Democratic Vanessa Gayle Ward26,47828.80
Democratic Tyler Davis10,47211.39
Total votes91,942 100.00

Independents

State Senator Bob Krist announced in September 2017 he left the Republican Party in order to mount a third party challenge against Governor Ricketts. [8] Krist planned to create a new party in order to run, which will require submitting 5,000 signatures to qualify the party for the ballot. [8] However, in February 2018 he abandoned the independent candidacy and became a Democrat.

Candidates

Withdrawn

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [18] Safe ROctober 26, 2018
The Washington Post [19] Safe RNovember 5, 2018
FiveThirtyEight [20] Safe RNovember 5, 2018
Rothenberg Political Report [21] Safe RNovember 1, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball [22] Safe RNovember 5, 2018
RealClearPolitics [23] Safe RNovember 4, 2018
Daily Kos [24] Safe RNovember 5, 2018
Fox News [25] [a] Likely RNovember 5, 2018
Politico [26] Safe RNovember 5, 2018
Governing [27] Safe RNovember 5, 2018
Notes
  1. ↑ The Fox News Midterm Power Rankings uniquely does not contain a category for Safe/Solid races

Debates

Host
network/sponsors		DateLink(s)Participants
Bob
Krist (D)		Pete
Ricketts (R)
KMTV-TV August 30, 2018
3:00 pm MDT		 [28] InvitedInvited

Results

Nebraska gubernatorial election, 2018 [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Pete Ricketts (incumbent) 411,812 59.00% +1.85%
Democratic Bob Krist 286,16941.00%+1.77%
Total votes697,981 100.00% N/A
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

By congressional district

Rickets won 2 of 3 congressional districts, with Krist winning the remaining one, which elected a Republican. [30]

DistrictRickettsKristRepresentative
1st 56%44% Jeff Fortenberry
2nd 49%51% Don Bacon
3rd 74%26% Adrian Smith

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  2. 1 2 Walton, Don (April 21, 2016). "Ricketts ties conservative goals to two terms". Lincoln Journal Star . Retrieved July 7, 2016.
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  8. 1 2 3 4 Konnath, Hailey (July 17, 2017). "Nebraska State Sen. Bob Krist to leave GOP, try to challenge Ricketts as third-party candidate". Omaha World-Herald . Retrieved July 17, 2017.
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