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.
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Turnout | 57.32% | ||||||||||||||||
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Fischer: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Raybould: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Tie: 40–50% No votes | |||||||||||||||||
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The candidate filing deadline was March 1, 2018, and the primary election was held on May 15, 2018.[1]
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% |
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 | October 23–27, 2018 | 683 | ± 3.8% | 54% | 39% | 7% |
Grassroots Targeting (R) | Late June 2018 | 1,000 | ± 3.1% | 63% | 28% | – |
Meeting Street Research (R-Fischer) | January 24–28, 2018 | 500 | – | 51% | 34% | – |
Public Policy Polling (D-Raybould) | 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) | 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[42]
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 |
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