The 2018 Nebraska State Legislature elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Nebraska voters elected state senators[a] in the 24 even-numbered seats of the 49[b] legislative districts in the Nebraska Unicameral. Nebraska is unique among American| states in that there is only one chamber in its state legislature, and this chamber is called the Unicameral and the State Legislature interchangeably. State senators serve four-year terms in the Nebraska Unicameral.
A top two primary election on May 15, 2018 determined which candidates appear on the November 6 general election ballot. Each candidate technically runs as a non-partisan (i.e., no party preference).
Following the 2016 elections, Republicans maintained effective control of the Nebraska State Legislature with 32 seats. Democrats increased their numbers from 15 to 16 seats when State Senator Bob Krist of the 10th legislative district switched parties from Republican to Democrat.[1] Furthermore, Republican state senator Jim Smith resigned from office, leaving an open seat for Republicans to defend in the 14th legislative district.[2]
On election day 2018, the Unicameral consisted of 31 Republican seats,[c] 16 Democratic seats, and 1 seat each for Independent Sen. Ernie Chambers and Libertarian Sen. Laura Ebke. The Democrats net gained 2 seats, while the Republicans net lost one and the chamber's lone Libertarian was defeated.
Summary of results by districtedit
Note: All Nebraska state legislative elections are technically non-partisan; therefore, parties listed here are from candidates' websites and official party endorsement lists. Candidates all appear on the ballot without party labels.
Districts not shown are not up for election until 2020.
^"Sen. Krist makes it official: He's switching party affiliation..." Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
^ ab"Jim Smith Resigns as Senator; Ricketts Will Leave Seat Open". Lincoln Journal Star. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
^"Nebraska State Senate elections, 2018". Ballotpedia. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
^"Official Results: Primary Election -- May 15, 2018". Nebraska Secretary of State. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
^Nebraska Secretary of State (June 11, 2018). "Official Report of the Nebraska Board of State Canvassers – May 15, 2018 Primary Election" (PDF). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
^Nebraska Secretary of State (December 11, 2018). "Official Report of the Nebraska Board of State Canvassers – November 6, 2018 General Election" (PDF). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
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The 2018 Nebraska State Legislature elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections Nebraska voters elected state senators a in the 24 even numbered seats of the 49 b legislative districts in the Nebraska Unicameral Nebraska is unique among American states in that there is only one chamber in its state legislature and this chamber is called the Unicameral and the State Legislature interchangeably State senators serve four year terms in the Nebraska Unicameral 2018 Nebraska Legislature election 2016 November 6 2018Officially nonpartisan 2020 24 of the 49 seats in the Nebraska Legislature25 seats needed for a majority Majority party Minority party Third party Rep Dem Ind Party Republican Democratic Independent Democrat Last election 32 15 1 Seats before 31 16 1 Seats won 30 18 1 Seat change 1 2 Fourth party Lib Party Libertarian Last election 0 Seats before 1 Seats won 0 Seat change 1Results by gains and holdsResults by winning party vote share Democratic gain Republican gain Democratic hold Republican hold 50 60 60 70 70 80 gt 90 50 60 60 70 70 80 gt 90 Speaker before election Jim Scheer Republican Elected Speaker Jim Scheer Republican A top two primary election on May 15 2018 determined which candidates appear on the November 6 general election ballot Each candidate technically runs as a non partisan i e no party preference Following the 2016 elections Republicans maintained effective control of the Nebraska State Legislature with 32 seats Democrats increased their numbers from 15 to 16 seats when State Senator Bob Krist of the 10th legislative district switched parties from Republican to Democrat 1 Furthermore Republican state senator Jim Smith resigned from office leaving an open seat for Republicans to defend in the 14th legislative district 2 On election day 2018 the Unicameral consisted of 31 Republican seats c 16 Democratic seats and 1 seat each for Independent Sen Ernie Chambers and Libertarian Sen Laura Ebke The Democrats net gained 2 seats while the Republicans net lost one and the chamber s lone Libertarian was defeated Summary of results by district editNote All Nebraska state legislative elections are technically non partisan therefore parties listed here are from candidates websites and official party endorsement lists Candidates all appear on the ballot without party labels Districts not shown are not up for election until 2020 State Legislative District Incumbent Party Elected Senator Party 2nd Robert Clements Rep Robert Clements Rep 4th Robert Hilkemann Rep Robert Hilkemann Rep 6th Theresa Thibodeau Rep Machaela Cavanaugh Dem 8th Burke Harr Dem Megan Hunt Dem 10th Bob Krist Dem Wendy DeBoer Dem 12th Merv Riepe Rep Steve Lathrop Dem 14th Vacant 2 Rep John Arch Rep 16th Lydia Brasch Rep Ben Hansen Rep 18th Brett Lindstrom Rep Brett Lindstrom Rep 20th John S McCollister Rep John S McCollister Rep 22nd Paul Schumacher Rep Mike Moser Rep 24th Mark Kolterman Rep Mark Kolterman Rep 26th Matt Hansen Dem Matt Hansen Dem 28th Patty Pansing Brooks Dem Patty Pansing Brooks Dem 30th Roy Baker Rep Myron Dorn Rep 32nd Laura Ebke Lib Tom Brandt Rep 34th Curt Friesen Rep Curt Friesen Rep 36th Matt Williams Rep Matt Williams Rep 38th John Kuehn Rep Dave Murman Rep 40th Tyson Larson Rep Tim Gragert Rep 42nd Mike Groene Rep Mike Groene Rep 44th Dan Hughes Rep Dan Hughes Rep 46th Adam Morfeld Dem Adam Morfeld Dem 48th John Stinner Rep John Stinner Rep Sources 3 4 Close races editDistrict Winner Party Margin 6 Machaela Cavanaugh Democratic flip 1 9 10 Wendy DeBoer Democratic 0 64 18 Brett Lindstrom Republican 7 2 30 Myron Dorn Republican 5 96 Detailed results editDistrict 2 District 4 District 6 District 8 District 10 District 12 District 14 District 16 District 18 District 20 District 22 District 24 District 26 District 28 District 30 District 32 District 34 District 36 District 38 District 40 District 42 District 44 District 46 District 48 Sources 5 6 District 2 edit Nebraska s 2nd Legislative District Election 2018 Primary election Candidate Votes Robert Clements incumbent 2 867 47 81 Susan D Lorence 2 252 37 55 James Bond 878 14 64 Total votes 5 997 100 0 General election Robert Clements incumbent 7 965 56 96 Susan D Lorence 6 019 43 04 Total votes 13 984 100 0 District 4 edit Nebraska s 4th Legislative District Election 2018 Primary election Candidate Votes Bob Hilkemann incumbent 2 842 56 70 Shannon Coryell 2 170 43 30 Total votes 5 012 100 0 General election Bob Hilkemann incumbent 8 964 60 95 Shannon Coryell 5 743 39 05 Total votes 14 707 100 0 District 6 edit Nebraska s 6th Legislative District Election 2018 Primary election Candidate Votes Theresa Thibodeau incumbent 3 641 51 30 Machaela Cavanaugh 3 027 42 65 Ricky Fulton 429 6 04 Total votes 7 097 100 0 General election Machaela Cavanaugh 7 733 50 95 Theresa Thibodeau incumbent 7 445 49 05 Total votes 15 178 100 0 District 8 edit Burke Harr incumbent was term limited Nebraska s 8th Legislative District Election 2018 Primary election Candidate Votes Megan Hunt 3 284 56 38 Mina Davis 1 299 22 30 Josh Henningsen 1 242 21 32 Total votes 5 825 100 0 General election Megan Hunt 7 634 64 11 Mina Davis 4 274 35 89 Total votes 11 908 100 0 District 10 edit Bob Krist incumbent was term limited Nebraska s 10th Legislative District Election 2018 Primary election Candidate Votes Wendy DeBoer 3 253 57 31 Matt Deaver 2 423 42 69 Total votes 5 676 100 0 General election Wendy DeBoer 8 306 50 32 Matt Deaver 8 201 49 68 Total votes 16 507 100 0 District 12 edit Nebraska s 12th Legislative District Election 2018 Primary election Candidate Votes Steve Lathrop 2 658 53 47 Merv Riepe incumbent 2 313 46 53 Total votes 4 971 100 0 General election Steve Lathrop 7 030 55 84 Merv Riepe incumbent 5 559 44 16 Total votes 12 589 100 0 District 14 edit Jim Smith incumbent was term limited Nebraska s 14th Legislative District Election 2018 Primary election Candidate Votes John Arch 3 462 60 02 Jeff Parris 2 306 39 98 Total votes 5 768 100 0 General election John Arch 7 625 55 82 Jeff Parris 6 035 44 18 Total votes 13 660 100 0 District 16 edit Lydia Brasch incumbent was term limited Nebraska s 16th Legislative District Election 2018 Primary election Candidate Votes Ben Hansen 4 620 58 77 Chuck Hassebrook 3 241 41 23 Total votes 7 861 100 0 General election Ben Hansen 9 109 61 59 Chuck Hassebrook 5 680 38 41 Total votes 14 789 100 0 District 18 edit Nebraska s 18th Legislative District Election 2018 Primary election Candidate Votes Brett Lindstrom incumbent 2 922 56 15 Scott Winkler 1 937 37 22 Austin Hennrich 345 6 63 Total votes 5 204 100 0 General election Brett Lindstrom incumbent 6 874 53 60 Scott Winkler 5 950 46 40 Total votes 12 824 100 0 District 20 edit Nebraska s 20th Legislative District Election 2018 Primary election Candidate Votes John S McCollister incumbent 4 213 63 23 Jackie Collett 1 968 29 54 Chris Anne Dienstbier 482 7 23 Total votes 6 663 100 0 General election John S McCollister incumbent 8 689 58 80 Jackie Collett 6 089 41 20 Total votes 14 778 100 0 District 22 edit Paul Schumacher incumbent was term limited Nebraska s 22nd Legislative District Election 2018 Primary election Candidate Votes Mike Moser 3 578 56 12 Doug Oertwich 1 366 21 42 Francis P Kuehler 1 102 17 28 Kenneth G Leischner 330 5 18 Total votes 6 376 100 0 General election Mike Moser 7 896 64 30 Doug Oertwich 4 383 35 70 Total votes 12 279 100 0 District 24 edit Nebraska s 24th Legislative District Election 2018 Primary election Candidate Votes Mark A Kolterman incumbent 3 795 72 07 Stephanie Nantkes 1 471 27 93 Total votes 5 266 100 0 General election Mark A Kolterman incumbent 9 501 73 46 Stephanie Nantkes 3 433 26 54 Total votes 12 934 100 0 District 26 edit Nebraska s 26th Legislative District Election 2018 Primary election Candidate Votes Matt Hansen incumbent 4 223 76 96 Bob Van Valkenburg 1 264 23 04 Total votes 5 487 100 0 General election Matt Hansen incumbent 9 046 73 16 Bob Van Valkenburg 3 319 26 84 Total votes 12 365 100 0 District 28 edit Nebraska s 28th Legislative District Election 2018 Primary election Candidate Votes Patty Pansing Brooks incumbent 6 263 100 0 Total votes 6 263 100 0 General election Patty Pansing Brooks incumbent 11 717 100 0 Total votes 11 717 100 0 District 30 edit Roy Baker incumbent retired Nebraska s 30th Legislative District Election 2018 Primary election Candidate Votes Myron Dorn 3 161 40 50 Don Schuller 2 977 38 15 Joe Murray 1 666 21 35 Total votes 7 804 100 0 General election Myron Dorn 7 923 52 98 Don Schuller 7 032 47 02 Total votes 14 955 100 0 District 32 edit Nebraska s 32nd Legislative District Election 2018 Primary election Candidate Votes Tom Brandt 3 514 44 45 Laura Ebke incumbent 2 612 33 04 Al Riskowski 1 780 22 51 Total votes 7 906 100 0 General election Tom Brandt 8 154 56 42 Laura Ebke incumbent 6 299 43 58 Total votes 14 453 100 0 District 34 edit Nebraska s 34th Legislative District Election 2018 Primary election Candidate Votes Curt Friesen incumbent 5 784 100 0 Total votes 5 784 100 0 General election Curt Friesen incumbent 10 796 100 0 Total votes 10 796 100 0 District 36 edit Nebraska s 36th Legislative District Election 2018 Primary election Candidate Votes Matt Williams incumbent 4 520 100 0 Total votes 4 520 100 0 General election Matt Williams incumbent 9 816 100 0 Total votes 9 816 100 0 District 38 edit John Kuehn incumbent retired Nebraska s 38th Legislative District Election 2018 Primary election Candidate Votes Dave Murman 3 206 45 76 Marsha Fangmeyer 1 633 23 31 Thomas Osborn 1 059 15 12 Ronald L Johnson 416 5 94 Michael D Combs 391 5 58 Andrew Murphy 301 4 30 Total votes 7 006 100 0 General election Dave Murman 9 114 64 27 Marsha Fangmeyer 5 067 35 73 Total votes 14 181 100 0 District 40 edit Tyson Larson incumbent was term limited Nebraska s 40th Legislative District Election 2018 Primary election Candidate Votes Timothy J Gragert 1 666 20 38 Keith F Kube 1 590 19 45 Shane Greckel 1 487 18 19 Thomas E Ferry 1 331 16 28 Michael A Sobotka 1 151 14 08 Julie Thomsen 951 11 63 Total votes 8 176 100 0 General election Timothy J Gragert 7 222 51 63 Keith F Kube 6 767 48 37 Total votes 13 989 100 0 District 42 edit Nebraska s 42nd Legislative District Election 2018 Primary election Candidate Votes Mike Groene incumbent 4 242 100 0 Total votes 4 242 100 0 General election Mike Groene incumbent 8 180 67 13 Judy Pederson 4 005 32 87 Total votes 12 185 100 0 District 44 edit Nebraska s 44th Legislative District Election 2018 Primary election Candidate Votes Dan Hughes incumbent 5 251 76 23 Stephanie L Malcolm 1 637 23 77 Total votes 6 888 100 0 General election Dan Hughes incumbent 9 872 77 31 Stephanie L Malcolm 2 898 22 69 Total votes 12 770 100 0 District 46 edit Nebraska s 46th Legislative District Election 2018 Primary election Candidate Votes Adam Morfeld incumbent 2 360 100 0 Total votes 2 360 100 0 General election Adam Morfeld incumbent 5 776 100 0 Total votes 5 776 100 0 District 48 edit Nebraska s 48th Legislative District Election 2018 Primary election Candidate Votes John P Stinner incumbent 3 773 100 0 Total votes 3 773 100 0 General election John P Stinner incumbent 9 041 100 0 Total votes 9 041 100 0 Although Nebraska s legislature is unicameral the officeholders are called Senators The odd numbered districts were elected in 2016 and will be up for election again in 2020 Including Sen Smith s vacated seat in the 14th legislative district See also editUnited States elections 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska 2018 United States Senate election in Nebraska 2018 Nebraska gubernatorial election 2018 Nebraska Attorney General election 2018 Nebraska Secretary of State election 2018 Nebraska elections 2018References edit Sen Krist makes it official He s switching party affiliation Omaha World Herald Retrieved September 3 2018 a b Jim Smith Resigns as Senator Ricketts Will Leave Seat Open Lincoln Journal Star Retrieved September 3 2018 Nebraska State Senate elections 2018 Ballotpedia Retrieved September 3 2018 Official Results Primary Election May 15 2018 Nebraska Secretary of State Retrieved September 3 2018 Nebraska Secretary of State June 11 2018 Official Report of the Nebraska Board of State Canvassers May 15 2018 Primary Election PDF Retrieved November 23 2021 Nebraska Secretary of State December 11 2018 Official Report of the Nebraska Board of State Canvassers November 6 2018 General Election PDF Retrieved November 23 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2018 Nebraska Legislature election amp oldid 1187500739, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
