2018 United States Senate election in Nebraska
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Turnout57.32%
 
Nominee Deb Fischer Jane Raybould
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 403,151 269,917
Percentage 57.69% 38.62%
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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Deb Fischer
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Elected U.S. Senator

Deb Fischer
Republican

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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]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominated

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Endorsements

Deb Fischer
Federal officials
Governors
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Statewide politicians
Mayors
Organizations

Results

Results by county:
Fischer
  •   80–90%
  •   70–80%
  •   60–70%
  •   50–60%
Republican primary results[22]
Party Candidate Votes %
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%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominated

Eliminated in primary

Endorsements

Jane Raybould
U.S. Senators
Local and statewide politicians
Labor unions
Organizations

Results

Results by county:
Raybould
  •   80–90%
  •   70–80%
  •   60–70%
  •   50–60%
  •   40–50%
Svoboda
  •   50–60%
  •   40-50%
  •   30-40%
Democratic primary results[22]
Party Candidate Votes %
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%

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Results by county:
Schultz
  •   100%
No votes
  •   No votes
Libertarian primary election[22]
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Jim Schultz 1,202 100.00%
Total votes 1,202 100.00%

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
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

Debates

Host
network/sponsors 		Date Link(s) Participants
Jane
Raybould (D) 		Deb
Fischer (R)
KMTV-TV August 27, 2018 [40] Invited Invited

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Deb
Fischer (R) 		Jane
Raybould (D) 		Undecided
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%
Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Generic
Republican 		Generic
Democrat 		Undecided
Meeting Street Research (R-Fischer) January 24–28, 2018 500 – 47% 32% –

Results

United States Senate election in Nebraska, 2018[41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

By county

From Secretary of State of Nebraska[42]

County Deb Fischer
Republican 		Jane Raybould
Democratic 		Jim Schultz
Libertarian 		Write-in Total
votes
% # % # % # % #
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

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