1988 general · November 8, 1988

1988 Nebraska election results

Every race on Nebraska's ballot in the 1988 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races32
Changed party1
Unopposed25%8 races
Incumbents defeated2

President

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
NebraskaGeorge H.w. Bush (R)21.0
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
NebraskaBob Kerrey (D)15.0

U.S. House

D 1 · R 2 · 1 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
NE-1Douglas Bereuter (R)33.9
NE-2Peter Hoagland (D)1.3Flipped
NE-3Virginia Smith (R)58.1
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1Spencer W. Morrissey (OTH)0.3Incumbent lost
LD-3Emil E. Beyer Jr. (OTH)9.6
LD-5Bernice Koziol Labedz (OTH)Unopposed
LD-7Tim Hall (OTH)45.5
LD-9John C. Lindsay (OTH)1.4
LD-11Ernest Chambers (OTH)75.9
LD-13Daniel C. Lynch (OTH)63.7
LD-15Lowell C. Johnson (OTH)Unopposed
LD-17Gerald Conway (OTH)5.2
LD-19Elroy M. Hefner (OTH)44.5
LD-21Richard Peterson (OTH)18.5
LD-22Jennie Robak (OTH)11.3
LD-23Loran Schmit (OTH)93.2
LD-25Jerome Warner (OTH)Unopposed
LD-27Dianna R. Schimek (OTH)Unopposed
LD-29Lavon Crosby (OTH)5.3
LD-31Jerry Chizek (OTH)54.1
LD-33Jacklyn Smith (OTH)Unopposed
LD-35Arlene Nelson (OTH)19.8
LD-37Doug Kristensen (OTH)29.4Incumbent lost
LD-39Bill Barrett (OTH)Unopposed
LD-41Carson Rogers (OTH)44.1
LD-42David Bernardstevens (OTH)8.5
LD-43Howard Lamb (OTH)15.1
LD-45D. Paul Hartnett (OTH)30.2
LD-47Dennis Baack (OTH)Unopposed
LD-49Sandra K. Scofield (OTH)Unopposed

Nebraska

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab