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The 2020 Nebraska State Legislature elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Nebraska voters elected state senators [lower-alpha 1] in the 25 odd-numbered seats of the 49 [lower-alpha 2] legislative districts in the Nebraska Unicameral. State senators serve four-year terms in the unicameral Nebraska Legislature.
A top two primary election on May 12, 2020 determined which candidates appear on the November 3 general election ballot. [1] [2] Each candidate technically runs as a non-partisan (i.e., no party preference). The Nebraska State Legislature's website offers a statewide map of the 49 legislative districts here and maps for each individual district can be found on the website. [3]
Following the 2018 elections, the Republicans maintained effective control of the Nebraska State Legislature with 30 seats. The Democrats increased their numbers from 16 to 18.
Republicans flipped three seats from Democrats; Democrats flipped one seat from Republicans and one from nonpartisan Ernie Chambers. [4]
District | Winner | Party | Margin |
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3 | Carol Blood | Democratic | 0.8% |
49 | Jen Day | Democratic (flip) | 1.0% |
31 | Rich Pahls | Republican (flip) | 5.4% |
29 | Eliot Bostar | Democratic | 6.2% |
35 | Raymond Aguilar | Republican (flip) | 7.2% |
45 | Rita Sanders | Republican (flip) | 7.6% |
9 | John Cavanaugh | Democratic | 8.2% |
21 | Mike Hilgers | Republican | 9.92% |
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Julie Slama (incumbent) | 6,553 | 60.5 | |
Republican | Janet Palmtag | 2,244 | 20.7 | |
Republican | Dennis Schaardt | 1,954 | 18.0 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
General election | ||||
Republican | Julie Slama (incumbent) | 12,033 | 68.1 | |
Republican | Janet Palmtag | 5,627 | 31.9 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
Republican hold |
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Carol Blood (incumbent) | 4,851 | 57.1 | |
Republican | Rick Holdcroft | 3,646 | 42.9 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Carol Blood (incumbent) | 9,196 | 50.4 | |
Republican | Rick Holdcroft | 9,036 | 49.6 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
Democratic hold |
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Mike McDonnell (incumbent) | 3,578 | 70.0 | |
Republican | Gilbert Ayala | 1,536 | 30.0 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Mike McDonnell (incumbent) | 6,947 | 63.2 | |
Republican | Gilbert Ayala | 4,053 | 36.8 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
Democratic hold |
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Tony Vargas (incumbent) | 3,281 | 81.8 | |
Republican | Jorge Sotolongo | 731 | 18.1 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Tony Vargas (incumbent) | 7,386 | 77.9 | |
Republican | Jorge Sotolongo | 2,098 | 22.1 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
Democratic hold |
Sara Howard (incumbent) was term-limited.
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | John Cavanaugh | 3,911 | 46.0 | |
Democratic | Marque Snow | 3,435 | 40.4 | |
Democratic | Mark Vondrasek | 1,152 | 13.6 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
General election | ||||
Democratic | John Cavanaugh | 8,461 | 54.1 | |
Democratic | Marque Snow | 7,170 | 45.9 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
Democratic hold |
Ernie Chambers (incumbent) was term-limited.
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Fred Conley | 1,444 | 35.1 | |
Democratic | Terrell McKinney | 767 | 18.7 | |
Democratic | Dennis Womack | 611 | 14.9 | |
Democratic | Teela Mickles | 503 | 12.2 | |
Democratic | Gwen Easter | 346 | 8.4 | |
Democratic | Cornelius Williams | 300 | 7.3 | |
Republican | John Sciara | 139 | 3.4 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Terrell McKinney | 6,359 | 63.8 | |
Democratic | Fred Conley | 3,601 | 36.2 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
Democratic gain from Nonpartisan | ||||
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Justin Wayne (incumbent) | 6,477 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Justin Wayne (incumbent) | 11,771 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
Democratic hold |
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Lynne Walz (incumbent) | 6,197 | 68.7 | |
Republican | David Rogers | 2,817 | 31.3 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Lynne Walz (incumbent) | 9,186 | 59.6 | |
Republican | David Rogers | 6,223 | 40.4 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
Democratic hold |
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Joni Albrecht (incumbent) | 3,963 | 72.7 | |
Democratic | Sheryl Lindau | 1,489 | 27.3 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
General election | ||||
Republican | Joni Albrecht (incumbent) | 8,310 | 68.0 | |
Democratic | Sheryl Lindau | 3,907 | 32.0 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
Republican hold |
Jim Scheer (incumbent) was term-limited.
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Mike Flood | 8,346 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
General election | ||||
Republican | Mike Flood | 15,519 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
Republican hold |
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Mike Hilgers (incumbent) | 5,150 | 59.1 | |
Democratic | Brody Weber | 2,379 | 27.3 | |
Democratic | Joseph Couch | 1,184 | 13.6 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
General election | ||||
Republican | Mike Hilgers (incumbent) | 10,157 | 54.96 | |
Democratic | Brodey Weber | 8,325 | 45.04 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
Republican hold |
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Bruce Bostelman (incumbent) | 5,703 | 62.4 | |
Democratic | Helen Raikes | 3,430 | 37.6 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
General election | ||||
Republican | Bruce Bostelman (incumbent) | 11,337 | 62.1 | |
Democratic | Helen Raikes | 6,905 | 37.9 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
Republican hold |
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Suzanne Geist (incumbent) | 10,407 | 71.5 | |
Democratic | Stephany Pleasant | 4,151 | 28.5 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
General election | ||||
Republican | Suzanne Geist (incumbent) | 16,443 | 66.7 | |
Democratic | Stephany Pleasant | 8,207 | 33.3 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
Republican hold |
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Anna Wishart (incumbent) | 5,803 | 71.3 | |
Republican | Brenda Bickford | 2,340 | 28.7 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Anna Wishart (incumbent) | 10,173 | 64.4 | |
Republican | Brenda Bickford | 5,612 | 35.6 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
Democratic hold |
Kate Bolz (incumbent) was term-limited.
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Jacob Campbell | 3,886 | 32.4 | |
Democratic | Eliot Bostar | 3,236 | 27.0 | |
Democratic | Jennifer Carter | 2,702 | 22.5 | |
Democratic | Neal Clayburn | 1,023 | 8.5 | |
Republican | Lisa Lee | 881 | 7.3 | |
Nonpartisan | Michael Connely | 263 | 2.2 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Eliot Bostar | 11,167 | 53.1 | |
Republican | Jacob Campbell | 9,869 | 46.9 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
Democratic hold |
Rick Kolowski (incumbent) retired.
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Rich Pahls | 4,156 | 37.9 | |
Democratic | Tim Royers | 3,925 | 35.8 | |
Democratic | Melanie Williams | 1,487 | 13.6 | |
Republican | Mark Gruenewald | 1,069 | 9.7 | |
Democratic | Alexander Martin | 337 | 3.1 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
General election | ||||
Republican | Rich Pahls | 10,727 | 52.8 | |
Democratic | Tim Royers | 9,608 | 47.4 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Steve Halloran (incumbent) | 6,653 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
General election | ||||
Republican | Steve Halloran | 12,893 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
Republican hold |
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Dan Quick (incumbent) | 4,009 | 62.5 | |
Republican | Raymond Aguilar | 2,401 | 37.5 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
General election | ||||
Republican | Raymond Aguilar | 6,683 | 53.6 | |
Democratic | Dan Quick (incumbent) | 5,777 | 46.4 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | John Lowe (incumbent) | 6,286 | 77.1 | |
Libertarian | Mercadies Damratowski | 1,865 | 22.9 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
General election | ||||
Republican | John Lowe (incumbent) | 12,903 | 75.7 | |
Libertarian | Mercadies Damratowski | 4,134 | 24.3 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
Republican hold |
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Lou Ann Linehan (incumbent) | 8,355 | 61.7 | |
Democratic | Allison Heimes | 5,176 | 38.3 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
General election | ||||
Republican | Lou Ann Linehan (incumbent) | 15,367 | 56.0 | |
Democratic | Allison Heimes | 12,087 | 44.0 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
Republican hold |
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Tom Briese (incumbent) | 8,355 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
General election | ||||
Republican | Tom Briese (incumbent) | 15,855 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
Republican hold |
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Tom Brewer (incumbent) | 8,043 | 61.2 | |
Republican | Tanya Storer | 5,100 | 38.8 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
General election | ||||
Republican | Tom Brewer (incumbent) | 10,688 | 57.9 | |
Republican | Tanya Storer | 7,760 | 42.1 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
Republican hold |
Sue Crawford (incumbent) was term-limited.
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Susan Hester | 4,158 | 51.0 | |
Republican | Rita Sanders | 3,999 | 49.0 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
General election | ||||
Republican | Rita Sanders | 9,224 | 53.8 | |
Democratic | Susan Hester | 7,919 | 46.2 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Steve Erdman (incumbent) | 4,158 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
General election | ||||
Republican | Steve Erdman (incumbent) | 14,964 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
Republican hold |
John Murante (elected in 2016) resigned when elected Treasurer of Nebraska in 2018. Governor Pete Ricketts appointed Andrew LaGrone to fill the vacancy. [7]
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Jen Day | 5,414 | 53.1 | |
Republican | Andrew LaGrone (incumbent) | 4,787 | 46.9 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Jen Day | 12,524 | 50.5 | |
Republican | Andrew LaGrone (incumbent) | 12,258 | 49.5 | |
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||
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