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The 2018 United States Senate election in Nebraska took place on November 6, 2018, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Nebraska. Incumbent Republican Deb Fischer was re-elected to a second term against Lincoln city councilwoman Jane Raybould and Libertarian candidate Jim Schultz.
The candidate filing deadline was March 1, 2018, and the primary election was held on May 15, 2018. [1]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Deb Fischer (incumbent) | 128,157 | 75.79% | |
Republican | Todd F. Watson | 19,661 | 11.63% | |
Republican | Jack Heidel | 9,413 | 5.57% | |
Republican | Jeffrey Lynn Stein | 6,380 | 3.77% | |
Republican | Dennis Frank Macek | 5,483 | 3.24% | |
Total votes | 169,094 | 100% |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jane Raybould | 59,067 | 63.68% | |
Democratic | Chris Janicek | 18,752 | 20.22% | |
Democratic | Frank B. Svoboda | 10,548 | 11.37% | |
Democratic | Larry Marvin | 4,393 | 4.74% | |
Total votes | 92,760 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Libertarian | Jim Schultz | 1,202 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 1,202 | 100.00% |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report [34] | Safe R | October 26, 2018 |
Inside Elections [35] | Safe R | November 1, 2018 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball [36] | Safe R | November 5, 2018 |
Fox News [37] | Likely R | July 9, 2018 |
CNN [38] | Safe R | July 12, 2018 |
RealClearPolitics [39] | Safe R | November 5, 2018 |
Host network/sponsors | Date | Link(s) | Participants | ||
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Jane Raybould (D) | Deb Fischer (R) | ||||
KMTV-TV | August 27, 2018 | [40] | Invited | Invited |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Deb Fischer (R) | Jane Raybould (D) | Undecided |
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DFM Research [41] | October 23–27, 2018 | 683 | ± 3.8% | 54% | 39% | 7% |
Grassroots Targeting (R) [42] | Late June 2018 | 1,000 | ± 3.1% | 63% | 28% | – |
Meeting Street Research (R-Fischer) [43] | January 24–28, 2018 | 500 | – | 51% | 34% | – |
Public Policy Polling (D-Raybould) [44] | November 10–12, 2017 | 1,190 | ± 2.8% | 42% | 31% | 27% |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Generic Republican | Generic Democrat | Undecided |
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Meeting Street Research (R-Fischer) [43] | January 24–28, 2018 | 500 | – | 47% | 32% | – |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Deb Fischer (incumbent) | 403,151 | 57.69% | −0.08% | |
Democratic | Jane Raybould | 269,917 | 38.62% | −3.61% | |
Libertarian | Jim Schultz | 25,349 | 3.63% | N/A | |
Write-in | 466 | 0.07% | N/A | ||
Total votes | 698,883 | 100% | N/A | ||
Republican hold |
From Secretary of State of Nebraska [46]
County | Deb Fischer Republican | Jane Raybould Democratic | Jim Schultz Libertarian | Write-in | Total votes | ||||
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% | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | ||
Adams | 63.44% | 6,487 | 32.61% | 3,334 | 3.93% | 402 | 0.02% | 2 | 10,225 |
Antelope | 81.56% | 2,061 | 15.67% | 396 | 2.65% | 67 | 0.12% | 3 | 2,527 |
Arthur | 87.07% | 202 | 10.34% | 24 | 2.59% | 6 | 0.00% | 0 | 232 |
Banner | 83.76% | 263 | 12.42% | 39 | 3.82% | 12 | 0.00% | 0 | 314 |
Blaine | 84.79% | 223 | 12.93% | 34 | 2.28% | 6 | 0.00% | 0 | 263 |
Boone | 76.56% | 1,757 | 19.91% | 457 | 3.22% | 74 | 0.31% | 7 | 2,295 |
Box Butte | 72.51% | 2,632 | 23.00% | 835 | 4.41% | 160 | 0.08% | 3 | 3,630 |
Boyd | 83.11% | 797 | 13.35% | 128 | 3.55% | 34 | 0.00% | 0 | 959 |
Brown | 83.25% | 1,153 | 13.72% | 190 | 3.03% | 42 | 0.00% | 0 | 1,385 |
Buffalo | 66.86% | 10,939 | 29.12% | 4,765 | 3.97% | 650 | 0.04% | 7 | 16,361 |
Burt | 67.93% | 1,995 | 28.46% | 836 | 3.54% | 104 | 0.07% | 2 | 2,937 |
Butler | 71.00% | 2,470 | 25.04% | 871 | 3.94% | 137 | 0.03% | 1 | 3,479 |
Cass | 63.97% | 6,787 | 31.98% | 3,393 | 3.99% | 423 | 0.06% | 6 | 10,609 |
Cedar | 81.56% | 2,866 | 15.28% | 537 | 3.16% | 111 | 0.00% | 0 | 3,514 |
Chase | 85.73% | 1,340 | 11.77% | 184 | 2.43% | 38 | 0.06% | 1 | 1,563 |
Cherry | 80.18% | 1,913 | 13.16% | 314 | 6.08% | 145 | 0.59% | 14 | 2,386 |
Cheyenne | 78.76% | 2,566 | 17.77% | 579 | 3.41% | 111 | 0.06% | 2 | 3,258 |
Clay | 73.87% | 1,979 | 22.10% | 592 | 4.03% | 108 | 0.00% | 0 | 2,679 |
Colfax | 69.27% | 1,731 | 27.73% | 693 | 3.00% | 75 | 0.00% | 0 | 2,499 |
Cuming | 79.45% | 2,672 | 17.96% | 604 | 2.56% | 86 | 0.03% | 1 | 3,363 |
Custer | 81.78% | 3,797 | 14.80% | 687 | 3.40% | 158 | 0.02% | 1 | 4,643 |
Dakota | 59.02% | 2,677 | 37.28% | 1,691 | 3.62% | 164 | 0.09% | 4 | 4,536 |
Dawes | 68.79% | 2,334 | 26.94% | 914 | 4.19% | 142 | 0.09% | 3 | 3,393 |
Dawson | 69.77% | 4,363 | 26.50% | 1,657 | 3.63% | 227 | 0.10% | 6 | 6,253 |
Deuel | 80.61% | 578 | 15.20% | 109 | 4.18% | 30 | 0.00% | 0 | 717 |
Dixon | 74.38% | 1,655 | 21.93% | 488 | 3.64% | 81 | 0.04% | 1 | 2,225 |
Dodge | 64.90% | 7,827 | 31.71% | 3,824 | 3.36% | 405 | 0.03% | 4 | 12,060 |
Douglas | 46.30% | 94,777 | 50.35% | 103,070 | 3.29% | 6,727 | 0.06% | 133 | 204,707 |
Dundy | 84.07% | 649 | 12.82% | 99 | 2.98% | 23 | 0.13% | 1 | 772 |
Fillmore | 67.99% | 1,718 | 27.31% | 690 | 4.67% | 118 | 0.04% | 1 | 2,527 |
Franklin | 77.39% | 1,044 | 18.90% | 255 | 3.71% | 50 | 0.00% | 0 | 1,349 |
Frontier | 79.90% | 831 | 16.63% | 173 | 3.46% | 36 | 0.00% | 0 | 1,040 |
Furnas | 80.36% | 1,719 | 15.61% | 334 | 4.02% | 86 | 0.00% | 0 | 2,139 |
Gage | 58.74% | 4,896 | 36.28% | 3,024 | 4.91% | 409 | 0.07% | 6 | 8,335 |
Garden | 81.52% | 816 | 13.89% | 139 | 4.40% | 44 | 0.20% | 2 | 1,001 |
Garfield | 83.48% | 667 | 14.14% | 113 | 2.25% | 18 | 0.13% | 1 | 799 |
Gosper | 79.69% | 667 | 17.56% | 147 | 2.75% | 23 | 0.00% | 0 | 837 |
Grant | 93.69% | 282 | 4.65% | 14 | 1.66% | 5 | 0.00% | 0 | 301 |
Greeley | 73.57% | 732 | 23.92% | 238 | 2.51% | 25 | 0.00% | 0 | 995 |
Hall | 62.45% | 10,483 | 33.50% | 5,624 | 3.96% | 665 | 0.09% | 15 | 16,787 |
Hamilton | 74.88% | 3,076 | 21.81% | 896 | 3.24% | 133 | 0.07% | 3 | 4,108 |
Harlan | 77.11% | 1,149 | 19.26% | 287 | 3.49% | 52 | 0.13% | 2 | 1,490 |
Hayes | 89.06% | 350 | 8.14% | 32 | 2.54% | 10 | 0.25% | 1 | 393 |
Hitchcock | 82.48% | 890 | 14.27% | 154 | 3.24% | 35 | 0.00% | 0 | 1,079 |
Holt | 77.75% | 3,226 | 17.47% | 725 | 4.60% | 191 | 0.17% | 7 | 4,149 |
Hooker | 82.96% | 258 | 15.76% | 49 | 0.96% | 3 | 0.32% | 1 | 311 |
Howard | 70.20% | 1,696 | 25.25% | 610 | 4.51% | 109 | 0.04% | 1 | 2,416 |
Jefferson | 64.22% | 1,913 | 31.02% | 924 | 4.63% | 138 | 0.13% | 4 | 2,979 |
Johnson | 62.06% | 1,101 | 32.75% | 581 | 5.07% | 90 | 0.11% | 2 | 1,774 |
Kearney | 74.22% | 1,952 | 22.51% | 592 | 3.23% | 85 | 0.04% | 1 | 2,630 |
Keith | 79.19% | 2,542 | 17.66% | 567 | 3.12% | 100 | 0.03% | 1 | 3,210 |
Keya Paha | 87.05% | 336 | 10.88% | 42 | 2.07% | 8 | 0.00% | 0 | 386 |
Kimball | 81.30% | 1,122 | 14.64% | 202 | 3.99% | 55 | 0.07% | 1 | 1,380 |
Knox | 78.37% | 2,812 | 18.65% | 669 | 2.98% | 107 | 0.00% | 0 | 3,588 |
Lancaster | 42.22% | 49,449 | 53.94% | 63,175 | 3.77% | 4,412 | 0.08% | 95 | 117,131 |
Lincoln | 71.99% | 8,999 | 23.09% | 2,886 | 4.85% | 606 | 0.07% | 9 | 12,500 |
Logan | 90.80% | 306 | 6.82% | 23 | 2.37% | 8 | 0.00% | 0 | 337 |
Loup | 80.46% | 247 | 16.61% | 51 | 2.93% | 9 | 0.00% | 0 | 307 |
Madison | 75.61% | 7,949 | 21.27% | 2,236 | 3.07% | 323 | 0.05% | 5 | 10,513 |
McPherson | 87.02% | 228 | 8.40% | 22 | 4.58% | 12 | 0.00% | 0 | 262 |
Merrick | 76.21% | 2,563 | 19.24% | 647 | 4.52% | 152 | 0.03% | 1 | 3,363 |
Morrill | 80.33% | 1,699 | 14.56% | 308 | 5.06% | 107 | 0.05% | 1 | 2,115 |
Nance | 71.54% | 885 | 25.46% | 315 | 2.99% | 37 | 0.00% | 0 | 1,237 |
Nemaha | 68.48% | 1,788 | 27.84% | 727 | 3.68% | 96 | 0.00% | 0 | 2,611 |
Nuckolls | 75.40% | 1,321 | 20.83% | 365 | 3.77% | 66 | 0.00% | 0 | 1,752 |
Otoe | 64.62% | 4,098 | 31.17% | 1,977 | 4.10% | 260 | 0.11% | 7 | 6,342 |
Pawnee | 67.13% | 774 | 28.79% | 332 | 4.08% | 47 | 0.00% | 0 | 1,153 |
Perkins | 82.60% | 1,011 | 14.71% | 180 | 2.70% | 33 | 0.00% | 0 | 1,224 |
Phelps | 79.50% | 3,068 | 17.39% | 671 | 3.01% | 116 | 0.10% | 4 | 3,859 |
Pierce | 84.59% | 2,339 | 12.33% | 341 | 3.04% | 84 | 0.04% | 1 | 2,765 |
Platte | 75.85% | 8,372 | 21.23% | 2,343 | 2.87% | 317 | 0.05% | 5 | 11,037 |
Polk | 75.20% | 1,574 | 21.40% | 448 | 3.39% | 71 | 0.00% | 0 | 2,093 |
Red Willow | 78.49% | 3,051 | 17.91% | 696 | 3.60% | 140 | 0.00% | 0 | 3,887 |
Richardson | 69.29% | 2,137 | 27.82% | 858 | 2.82% | 87 | 0.06% | 2 | 3,084 |
Rock | 85.56% | 569 | 11.88% | 79 | 2.56% | 17 | 0.00% | 0 | 665 |
Saline | 53.46% | 2,255 | 41.06% | 1,732 | 5.43% | 229 | 0.05% | 2 | 4,218 |
Sarpy | 58.08% | 39,306 | 37.99% | 25,706 | 3.86% | 2,610 | 0.08% | 51 | 67,673 |
Saunders | 68.06% | 6,479 | 27.99% | 2,664 | 3.90% | 371 | 0.05% | 5 | 9,519 |
Scotts Bluff | 68.84% | 7,398 | 26.87% | 2,887 | 4.19% | 450 | 0.10% | 11 | 10,746 |
Seward | 65.21% | 4,607 | 30.77% | 2,174 | 3.99% | 282 | 0.03% | 2 | 7,065 |
Sheridan | 81.98% | 1,670 | 13.50% | 275 | 4.47% | 91 | 0.05% | 1 | 2,037 |
Sherman | 67.67% | 873 | 28.68% | 370 | 3.57% | 46 | 0.08% | 1 | 1,290 |
Sioux | 83.24% | 447 | 12.85% | 69 | 3.91% | 21 | 0.00% | 0 | 537 |
Stanton | 80.36% | 1,817 | 16.05% | 363 | 3.58% | 81 | 0.00% | 0 | 2,261 |
Thayer | 71.89% | 1,606 | 24.13% | 539 | 3.98% | 89 | 0.00% | 0 | 2,234 |
Thomas | 86.09% | 291 | 10.65% | 36 | 3.25% | 11 | 0.00% | 0 | 338 |
Thurston | 53.03% | 970 | 44.67% | 817 | 2.13% | 39 | 0.16% | 3 | 1,829 |
Valley | 77.20% | 1,388 | 19.97% | 359 | 2.78% | 50 | 0.06% | 1 | 1,798 |
Washington | 70.28% | 6,462 | 26.52% | 2,438 | 3.17% | 291 | 0.03% | 3 | 9,194 |
Wayne | 74.21% | 2,388 | 22.50% | 724 | 3.26% | 105 | 0.03% | 1 | 3,218 |
Webster | 73.09% | 997 | 23.31% | 318 | 3.59% | 49 | 0.00% | 0 | 1,364 |
Wheeler | 82.85% | 343 | 14.49% | 60 | 2.66% | 11 | 0.00% | 0 | 414 |
York | 71.41% | 3,659 | 25.00% | 1,281 | 3.51% | 180 | 0.08% | 4 | 5,124 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Fischer won all 3 congressional districts. [47]
District | Fischer | Raybould | Representative |
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1st | 55% | 42% | Jeff Fortenberry |
2nd | 49% | 48% | Don Bacon |
3rd | 72% | 24% | Adrian Smith |
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