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2008 United States Senate election in Nebraska
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| election_name | 2008 United States Senate election in Nebraska |
| country | Nebraska |
| type | presidential |
| ongoing | no |
| previous_election | 2002 United States Senate election in Nebraska |
| previous_year | 2002 |
| next_election | 2014 United States Senate election in Nebraska |
| next_year | 2014 |
| election_date | November 4, 2008 |
| image1 | File:Mike Johanns official Senate photo (cropped).jpg |
| image_size | 150x150px |
| nominee1 | Mike Johanns |
| party1 | Republican Party (United States) |
| popular_vote1 | 455,854 |
| percentage1 | 57.52% |
| image2 | File:Scott Kleeb portrait (cropped).jpg |
| nominee2 | Scott Kleeb |
| party2 | Democratic Party (United States) |
| popular_vote2 | 317,456 |
| percentage2 | 40.06% |
| map_image | |
| map_size | 300px |
| map_caption | Johanns: |
| Kleeb: | |
| Tie: | |
| title | U.S. Senator |
| before_election | Chuck Hagel |
| before_party | Republican Party (United States) |
| after_election | Mike Johanns |
| after_party | Republican Party (United States) |
Kleeb:
Tie:
The 2008 United States Senate election in Nebraska was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Republican Senator Chuck Hagel declined to seek a third term. Mike Johanns, the former Governor of Nebraska and United States Secretary of Agriculture, won the Republican primary to succeed him. He faced Scott Kleeb, the 2006 Democratic nominee for , in the general election and defeated him in a landslide, winning 58% of the vote.
Republican primary
Candidates
- Pat Flynn, businessman
- Mike Johanns, former United States Secretary of Agriculture and former Governor of Nebraska
Withdrew
- Jon Bruning, Attorney General of Nebraska
- Hal Daub, former mayor of Omaha and former United States congressman
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
- Scott Kleeb, businessman and 2006 Democratic nominee for
- Tony Raimondo, Columbus businessman
- Larry Marvin, United States Air Force veteran and 1998 state legislative candidate
- James Bryan Wilson, 2007 write-in candidate for Mayor of Lincoln
Declined
- Bob Kerrey, former U.S. Senator (1987–2001)
Results
Green primary
Candidates
- Steve Larrick
Results
Nebraska primary
Candidates
- Kelly Rosberg
Results
General election
Predictions
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report | October 23, 2008 | |
| CQ Politics | October 31, 2008 | |
| Rothenberg Political Report | November 2, 2008 | |
| Real Clear Politics | September 30, 2008 |
Polling
| Poll Source | Dates administered | Kleeb | Johanns | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research 2000/Daily Kos | November 12–14, 2007 | 28% | 59% | |
| Rasmussen Reports | May 15, 2008 | 40% | 55% | |
| Research 2000/Daily Kos | May 19–21, 2008 | 31% | 58% | |
| Rasmussen Reports | June 23, 2008 | 33% | 60% | |
| Rasmussen Reports | July 28, 2008 | 34% | 60% | |
| Rasmussen Reports | September 30, 2008 | 38% | 52% |
Results
By county
From Secretary of State of Nebraska
| County | Mike Johanns | Scott Kleeb | Kelly Renee Rosberg | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | Steve Larrick | ||||||||||||
| Green | Total | ||||||||||||
| votes | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | |||||
| Adams | 47.59% | 6,263 | 50.65% | 6,665 | 1.09% | 143 | 0.68% | 89 | 13,160 | ||||
| Antelope | 66.76% | 2,123 | 30.91% | 983 | 1.57% | 50 | 0.75% | 24 | 3,180 | ||||
| Arthur | 72.80% | 182 | 24.40% | 61 | 2.80% | 7 | 0.00% | 0 | 250 | ||||
| Banner | 73.96% | 301 | 24.57% | 100 | 1.23% | 5 | 0.25% | 1 | 407 | ||||
| Blaine | 59.68% | 188 | 37.78% | 119 | 1.90% | 6 | 0.63% | 2 | 315 | ||||
| Boone | 60.11% | 1,706 | 38.23% | 1,085 | 1.34% | 38 | 0.32% | 9 | 2,838 | ||||
| Box Butte | 60.42% | 2,966 | 36.20% | 1,777 | 2.30% | 113 | 1.08% | 53 | 4,909 | ||||
| Boyd | 59.41% | 641 | 37.91% | 409 | 2.22% | 24 | 0.46% | 5 | 1,079 | ||||
| Brown | 65.03% | 1,006 | 31.42% | 486 | 2.97% | 46 | 0.58% | 9 | 1,547 | ||||
| Buffalo | 61.86% | 11,876 | 36.46% | 7,000 | 1.10% | 212 | 0.57% | 110 | 19,198 | ||||
| Burt | 60.61% | 2,023 | 36.97% | 1,234 | 1.77% | 59 | 0.66% | 22 | 3,338 | ||||
| Butler | 60.88% | 2,336 | 37.74% | 1,448 | 1.09% | 42 | 0.29% | 11 | 3,837 | ||||
| Cass | 62.07% | 7,412 | 35.25% | 4,210 | 1.95% | 233 | 0.73% | 87 | 11,942 | ||||
| Cedar | 70.75% | 2,907 | 26.33% | 1,082 | 2.41% | 99 | 0.51% | 21 | 4,109 | ||||
| Chase | 72.07% | 1,308 | 26.28% | 477 | 1.21% | 22 | 0.44% | 8 | 1,815 | ||||
| Cherry | 70.19% | 2,093 | 25.99% | 775 | 3.29% | 98 | 0.54% | 16 | 2,982 | ||||
| Cheyenne | 75.04% | 3,583 | 21.78% | 1,040 | 2.53% | 121 | 0.65% | 31 | 4,775 | ||||
| Clay | 58.30% | 1,770 | 39.86% | 1,210 | 1.35% | 41 | 0.49% | 15 | 3,036 | ||||
| Colfax | 64.16% | 2,057 | 33.37% | 1,070 | 1.87% | 60 | 0.59% | 19 | 3,206 | ||||
| Cuming | 69.70% | 2,830 | 28.82% | 1,170 | 1.21% | 49 | 0.27% | 11 | 4,060 | ||||
| Custer | 60.07% | 3,373 | 38.70% | 2,173 | 0.89% | 50 | 0.34% | 19 | 5,615 | ||||
| Dakota | 56.58% | 3,543 | 39.78% | 2,491 | 3.31% | 207 | 0.34% | 21 | 6,262 | ||||
| Dawes | 63.59% | 2,363 | 31.57% | 1,173 | 3.71% | 138 | 1.13% | 42 | 3,716 | ||||
| Dawson | 60.15% | 4,801 | 37.91% | 3,026 | 1.48% | 118 | 0.46% | 37 | 7,982 | ||||
| Deuel | 72.52% | 710 | 22.27% | 218 | 4.60% | 45 | 0.61% | 6 | 979 | ||||
| Dixon | 67.76% | 1,877 | 29.28% | 811 | 2.53% | 70 | 0.43% | 12 | 2,770 | ||||
| Dodge | 60.89% | 9,374 | 36.68% | 5,647 | 1.83% | 282 | 0.60% | 93 | 15,396 | ||||
| Douglas | 55.29% | 123,299 | 42.00% | 93,667 | 1.38% | 3,070 | 1.34% | 2,982 | 223,018 | ||||
| Dundy | 69.90% | 699 | 25.80% | 258 | 3.60% | 36 | 0.70% | 7 | 1,000 | ||||
| Fillmore | 54.34% | 1,610 | 44.38% | 1,315 | 1.01% | 30 | 0.27% | 8 | 2,963 | ||||
| Franklin | 47.48% | 734 | 51.03% | 789 | 0.84% | 13 | 0.65% | 10 | 1,546 | ||||
| Frontier | 62.76% | 873 | 35.30% | 491 | 1.44% | 20 | 0.50% | 7 | 1,391 | ||||
| Furnas | 61.50% | 1,436 | 36.83% | 860 | 1.28% | 30 | 0.39% | 9 | 2,335 | ||||
| Gage | 48.26% | 4,909 | 49.93% | 5,079 | 1.26% | 128 | 0.55% | 56 | 10,172 | ||||
| Garden | 74.73% | 831 | 22.30% | 248 | 2.43% | 27 | 0.54% | 6 | 1,112 | ||||
| Garfield | 55.11% | 566 | 43.33% | 445 | 1.46% | 15 | 0.10% | 1 | 1,027 | ||||
| Gosper | 60.99% | 641 | 37.49% | 394 | 1.43% | 15 | 0.10% | 1 | 1,051 | ||||
| Grant | 71.39% | 257 | 25.28% | 91 | 3.06% | 11 | 0.28% | 1 | 360 | ||||
| Greeley | 43.28% | 522 | 55.22% | 666 | 1.41% | 17 | 0.08% | 1 | 1,206 | ||||
| Hall | 53.80% | 11,398 | 44.46% | 9,419 | 1.14% | 241 | 0.61% | 129 | 21,187 | ||||
| Hamilton | 60.79% | 2,905 | 38.17% | 1,824 | 0.71% | 34 | 0.33% | 16 | 4,779 | ||||
| Harlan | 57.18% | 1,007 | 41.11% | 724 | 1.53% | 27 | 0.17% | 3 | 1,761 | ||||
| Hayes | 64.07% | 353 | 33.03% | 182 | 2.18% | 12 | 0.73% | 4 | 551 | ||||
| Hitchcock | 60.57% | 825 | 36.86% | 502 | 1.84% | 25 | 0.73% | 10 | 1,362 | ||||
| Holt | 66.08% | 3,271 | 31.72% | 1,570 | 1.68% | 83 | 0.53% | 26 | 4,950 | ||||
| Hooker | 67.98% | 293 | 30.16% | 130 | 1.86% | 8 | 0.00% | 0 | 431 | ||||
| Howard | 50.82% | 1,523 | 47.35% | 1,419 | 1.33% | 40 | 0.50% | 15 | 2,997 | ||||
| Jefferson | 52.33% | 1,935 | 45.81% | 1,694 | 1.16% | 43 | 0.70% | 26 | 3,698 | ||||
| Johnson | 49.98% | 1,055 | 48.03% | 1,014 | 1.47% | 31 | 0.52% | 11 | 2,111 | ||||
| Kearney | 59.96% | 1,888 | 38.68% | 1,218 | 1.05% | 33 | 0.32% | 10 | 3,149 | ||||
| Keith | 70.09% | 2,763 | 27.52% | 1,085 | 1.90% | 75 | 0.48% | 19 | 3,942 | ||||
| Keya Paha | 63.01% | 327 | 34.68% | 180 | 1.54% | 8 | 0.77% | 4 | 519 | ||||
| Kimball | 70.19% | 1,243 | 26.14% | 463 | 2.94% | 52 | 0.73% | 13 | 1,771 | ||||
| Knox | 62.83% | 2,524 | 33.48% | 1,345 | 3.06% | 123 | 0.62% | 25 | 4,017 | ||||
| Lancaster | 48.14% | 60,805 | 49.42% | 62,421 | 0.84% | 1,064 | 1.60% | 2,024 | 126,314 | ||||
| Lincoln | 58.24% | 9,454 | 39.68% | 6,442 | 1.47% | 239 | 0.61% | 99 | 16,234 | ||||
| Logan | 66.59% | 273 | 32.44% | 133 | 0.49% | 2 | 0.49% | 2 | 410 | ||||
| Loup | 55.61% | 218 | 43.88% | 172 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.51% | 2 | 392 | ||||
| Madison | 66.02% | 9,182 | 30.56% | 4,250 | 2.65% | 369 | 0.77% | 107 | 13,908 | ||||
| McPherson | 69.55% | 201 | 26.64% | 77 | 3.46% | 10 | 0.35% | 1 | 289 | ||||
| Merrick | 59.26% | 2,023 | 39.37% | 1,344 | 0.94% | 32 | 0.44% | 15 | 3,414 | ||||
| Morrill | 69.29% | 1,627 | 27.43% | 644 | 2.51% | 59 | 0.77% | 18 | 2,348 | ||||
| Nance | 55.37% | 953 | 43.17% | 743 | 0.93% | 16 | 0.52% | 9 | 1,721 | ||||
| Nemaha | 61.60% | 2,119 | 36.37% | 1,251 | 1.66% | 57 | 0.38% | 13 | 3,440 | ||||
| Nuckolls | 55.28% | 1,231 | 43.06% | 959 | 1.12% | 25 | 0.54% | 12 | 2,227 | ||||
| Otoe | 58.26% | 4,111 | 39.64% | 2,797 | 1.42% | 100 | 0.68% | 48 | 7,056 | ||||
| Pawnee | 55.68% | 765 | 42.07% | 578 | 1.46% | 20 | 0.80% | 11 | 1,374 | ||||
| Perkins | 70.53% | 993 | 27.84% | 392 | 1.21% | 17 | 0.43% | 6 | 1,408 | ||||
| Phelps | 68.05% | 3,058 | 30.97% | 1,392 | 0.73% | 33 | 0.24% | 11 | 4,494 | ||||
| Pierce | 70.99% | 2,259 | 25.93% | 825 | 2.39% | 76 | 0.69% | 22 | 3,182 | ||||
| Platte | 68.78% | 9,163 | 29.40% | 3,917 | 1.38% | 184 | 0.44% | 59 | 13,323 | ||||
| Polk | 62.19% | 1,579 | 36.71% | 932 | 0.83% | 21 | 0.28% | 7 | 2,539 | ||||
| Red Willow | 65.02% | 3,269 | 32.98% | 1,658 | 1.51% | 76 | 0.50% | 25 | 5,028 | ||||
| Richardson | 63.25% | 2,477 | 34.01% | 1,332 | 2.40% | 94 | 0.33% | 13 | 3,916 | ||||
| Rock | 59.24% | 465 | 39.11% | 307 | 1.66% | 13 | 0.00% | 0 | 785 | ||||
| Saline | 40.81% | 2,139 | 57.45% | 3,011 | 1.07% | 56 | 0.67% | 35 | 5,241 | ||||
| Sarpy | 64.61% | 43,116 | 32.96% | 21,994 | 1.58% | 1,052 | 0.85% | 569 | 66,731 | ||||
| Saunders | 61.62% | 6,266 | 36.00% | 3,660 | 1.58% | 161 | 0.80% | 81 | 10,168 | ||||
| Scotts Bluff | 63.01% | 9,262 | 34.81% | 5,117 | 1.61% | 237 | 0.57% | 84 | 14,700 | ||||
| Seward | 56.61% | 4,257 | 41.72% | 3,137 | 1.04% | 78 | 0.64% | 48 | 7,520 | ||||
| Sheridan | 74.63% | 1,821 | 19.55% | 477 | 4.88% | 119 | 0.94% | 23 | 2,440 | ||||
| Sherman | 37.50% | 582 | 60.76% | 943 | 0.84% | 13 | 0.90% | 14 | 1,552 | ||||
| Sioux | 72.61% | 517 | 25.28% | 180 | 1.69% | 12 | 0.42% | 3 | 712 | ||||
| Stanton | 71.51% | 1,762 | 25.65% | 632 | 2.27% | 56 | 0.57% | 14 | 2,464 | ||||
| Thayer | 52.50% | 1,303 | 45.93% | 1,140 | 1.17% | 29 | 0.40% | 10 | 2,482 | ||||
| Thomas | 61.66% | 238 | 35.75% | 138 | 2.07% | 8 | 0.52% | 2 | 386 | ||||
| Thurston | 52.55% | 1,041 | 41.29% | 818 | 5.20% | 103 | 0.96% | 19 | 1,981 | ||||
| Valley | 55.40% | 1,343 | 43.03% | 1,043 | 1.16% | 28 | 0.41% | 10 | 2,424 | ||||
| Washington | 65.47% | 6,658 | 31.76% | 3,230 | 1.99% | 202 | 0.79% | 80 | 10,170 | ||||
| Wayne | 69.38% | 2,626 | 28.06% | 1,062 | 1.88% | 71 | 0.69% | 26 | 3,785 | ||||
| Webster | 46.57% | 849 | 51.51% | 939 | 1.21% | 22 | 0.71% | 13 | 1,823 | ||||
| Wheeler | 57.58% | 247 | 40.56% | 174 | 1.17% | 5 | 0.70% | 3 | 429 | ||||
| York | 65.56% | 4,300 | 33.28% | 2,183 | 0.82% | 54 | 0.34% | 22 | 6,559 |
;Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
- Lancaster (largest city: Lincoln)
- Saline (largest city: Crete)
- Greeley (largest city: Spalding)
- Sherman (largest city: Loup City)
- Gage (largest city: Beatrice)
- Webster (largest city: Red Cloud)
- Franklin (largest city: Franklin)
- Adams (largest city: Hastings)
References
References
- OSKAR GARCIA. "Bruning quits Senate race".
- link. (September 18, 2008 , ''Omaha.com'', Retrieved September 29, 2007)
- John A. Gale. "Official Report of the Board of State Canvassers of the State of Nebraska, Primary Election, May 13, 2008".
- (24 February 2008). "Kleeb to run for Senate". [[The Hill (newspaper).
- Tysver, Robynn. (February 4, 2008). "Tony Raimondo enters Senate race". [[Omaha World-Herald]].
- (January 17, 2008). "Fremont Democrat files for Senate". [[Lincoln Journal Star]].
- Tysver, Robynn. (May 5, 2008). "Candidates undaunted in Senate runs". [[Omaha World-Herald]].
- (24 October 2007). "Kerrey Won’t Run for Senate in 2008". [[Roll Call]].
- "2008 Senate Race ratings for October 23, 2008".
- link. (October 28, 2010 ''CQ Politics'')
- "2008 Senate ratings".
- "2008 RCP Averages & Senate Results". Real Clear Politics.
- [http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/11/15/105357/66 Research 2000/Daily Kos]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080519210437/http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_senate_elections/nebraska/election_2008_nebraska_senate Rasmussen Reports]
- [http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/5/24/14112/1608/921/521827 Research 2000/Daily Kos]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080627111827/http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_senate_elections/nebraska/election_2008_nebraska_senate Rasmussen Reports]
- John A. Gale. "Official Report of the Board of State Canvassers of the State of Nebraska, General Election, November 4, 2008".
- "Official Results of Nebraska General Election - November 4, 2008".
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