2008 United States Senate election in Nebraska
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The 2008 United States Senate election in Nebraska was held on November 4, 2008. The primary elections was held on May 13. Incumbent Senator Chuck Hagel decided to retire instead of seeking a third term. Fellow Republican Mike Johanns won the open seat.
Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Pat Flynn, businessman
- Mike Johanns, former United States Secretary of Agriculture and former Governor of Nebraska
Withdrew
- Jon Bruning, Attorney General of Nebraska[1]
- Hal Daub, former mayor of Omaha and former United States congressman[2]
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Mike Johanns | 112,191 | 78.61% | |
| Republican | Pat Flynn | 31,560 | 21.12% | |
| Total votes | 143,751 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Scott Kleeb, businessman and candidate for NE-03 in 2006
- Tony Raimondo
- Larry Marvin
- James Bryan Wilson
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Scott Kleeb | 65,582 | 68.37% | |
| Democratic | Tony Raimondo | 24,141 | 25.17% | |
| Democratic | James Bryan Wilson | 3,224 | 3.36% | |
| Democratic | Larry Marvin | 2,672 | 2.80% | |
| Total votes | 95,919 | 100.00% | ||
Green primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Steve Larrick
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Steve Larrick | 123 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 123 | 100.00% | ||
Nebraska primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Kelly Renee Rosberg
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | Barry Richards | 209 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 209 | 100.00% | ||
General election
[edit]Predictions
[edit]| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report[4] | Likely R | October 23, 2008 |
| CQ Politics[5] | Likely R | October 31, 2008 |
| Rothenberg Political Report[6] | Safe R | November 2, 2008 |
| Real Clear Politics[7] | Likely R | September 30, 2008 |
Polling
[edit]| Poll Source | Dates administered | Kleeb | Johanns |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research 2000/Daily Kos[8] | November 12–14, 2007 | 28% | 59% |
| Rasmussen Reports[9] | May 15, 2008 | 40% | 55% |
| Research 2000/Daily Kos[10] | May 19–21, 2008 | 31% | 58% |
| Rasmussen Reports[11] | June 23, 2008 | 33% | 60% |
| Rasmussen Reports[11] | July 28, 2008 | 34% | 60% |
| Rasmussen Reports[11] | September 30, 2008 | 38% | 52% |
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Mike Johanns | 455,854 | 57.52% | −25.24% | |
| Democratic | Scott Kleeb | 317,456 | 40.06% | +25.42% | |
| Nebraska | Kelly Renee Rosberg | 11,438 | 1.44% | n/a | |
| Green | Steve Larrick | 7,763 | 0.98% | n/a | |
| Majority | 138,398 | 17.46% | −50.67% | ||
| Turnout | 792,511 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
By county
[edit]From Secretary of State of Nebraska[12]
| County | Mike Johanns Republican | Scott Kleeb Democratic | 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
[edit]- 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)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ OSKAR GARCIA. "Bruning quits Senate race". JournalStar.com. Associated Press. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- ^ "Hal Daub exits Senate race" Archived September 18, 2008, at the Library of Congress Web Archives, Omaha.com, Retrieved September 29, 2007
- ^ a b c d "Official Results of Nebraska Primary Election, May 13, 2008" (PDF). Government of Nebraska. June 20, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ "2008 Senate Race ratings for October 23, 2008". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
- ^ Race Ratings Chart: Senate Archived October 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine CQ Politics
- ^ "2008 Senate ratings". Inside Elections. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
- ^ "2008 RCP Averages & Senate Results". Real Clear Politics. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ Research 2000/Daily Kos
- ^ Rasmussen Reports
- ^ Research 2000/Daily Kos
- ^ a b c Rasmussen Reports
- ^ "Official Results of Nebraska General Election - November 4, 2008" (PDF). Nebraska Secretary of State.
External links
[edit]- Elections from the Nebraska Secretary of State
- U.S. Congress candidates for Nebraska at Project Vote Smart
- Nebraska, U.S. Senate from CQ Politics
- Nebraska U.S. Senate from OurCampaigns.com
- Nebraska U.S. Senate race from 2008 Race Tracker
- Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets
- Johanns (R) vs Kleeb (D) graph of multiple polls from Pollster.com
- Official campaign websites (Archived)
- Mike Johanns, Republican nominee
- Scott Kleeb, Democratic nominee
- Steve Larrick, Green nominee