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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. [1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Pete Ricketts (incumbent) | 138,292 | 81.42 | |
Republican | Krystal Gabel | 31,568 | 18.58 | |
Total votes | 169,860 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Bob Krist | 54,992 | 59.81 | |
Democratic | Vanessa Gayle Ward | 26,478 | 28.80 | |
Democratic | Tyler Davis | 10,472 | 11.39 | |
Total votes | 91,942 | 100.00 |
State Senator Bob Krist announced in September 2017 he left the Republican Party in order to mount a third party challenge against Governor Ricketts. [7] 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. [7] However, in February 2018 he abandoned the independent candidacy and became a Democrat.
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report [17] | Safe R | October 26, 2018 |
The Washington Post [18] | Safe R | November 5, 2018 |
FiveThirtyEight [19] | Safe R | November 5, 2018 |
Rothenberg Political Report [20] | Safe R | November 1, 2018 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball [21] | Safe R | November 5, 2018 |
RealClearPolitics [22] | Safe R | November 4, 2018 |
Daily Kos [23] | Safe R | November 5, 2018 |
Fox News [24] [lower-alpha 1] | Likely R | November 5, 2018 |
Politico [25] | Safe R | November 5, 2018 |
Governing [26] | Safe R | November 5, 2018 |
Host network/sponsors | Date | Link(s) | Participants | ||
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Bob Krist (D) | Pete Ricketts (R) | ||||
KMTV-TV | August 30, 2018 3:00 pm MDT | [27] | Invited | Invited |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Pete Ricketts (incumbent) | 411,812 | 59.00% | +1.85% | |
Democratic | Bob Krist | 286,169 | 41.00% | +1.77% | |
Total votes | 697,981 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
Republican hold | |||||
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