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1996 general · November 5, 1996

1996 Nebraska election results

Every race on Nebraska's ballot in the 1996 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races31
Changed party1
Unopposed26%8 races
Incumbents defeated2

President

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
NebraskaRobert Dole (R)18.7

U.S. Senate

R 1 · 1 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
NebraskaCharles Hagel (R)14.8Flipped

U.S. House

R 3

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
NE-1Douglas Bereuter (R)40.1
NE-2Jon Christensen (R)16.7
NE-3Bill Barrett (R)54.9

Nebraska Legislature

Other 26

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1Floyd P. Vrtiska (OTH)59.2
LD-3Jon C. Bruning (OTH)11.0Incumbent lost
LD-5Don Preister (OTH)11.0
LD-7John Hilgert (OTH)14.3
LD-9Shelley Kiel (OTH)18.8
LD-11Ernest Chambers (OTH)Unopposed
LD-13Daniel C. Lynch (OTH)13.9
LD-15Ramon E. Janssen (OTH)43.0
LD-17L. Patrick Engel (OTH)Unopposed
LD-19Gene Tyson (OTH)5.5
LD-21Carol L. Hudkins (OTH)16.4
LD-23Curt Bromm (OTH)36.6
LD-25Jerome Warner (OTH)46.7
LD-27Dianna R. Schimek (OTH)14.5
LD-29Lavon Crosby (OTH)Unopposed
LD-31Kate Witek (OTH)41.4
LD-33Ardyce Bohlke (OTH)Unopposed
LD-35Chris Peterson (OTH)25.6Incumbent lost
LD-37Doug Kristensen (OTH)Unopposed
LD-39Dwite A. Pedersen (OTH)40.9
LD-41Jerry Schmitt (OTH)48.7
LD-42Donald W. Pederson (OTH)2.9
LD-43James E. Jones (OTH)Unopposed
LD-45D. Paul Hartnett (OTH)Unopposed
LD-47Gerald E. Matzke (OTH)Unopposed
LD-49Bob Wickersham (OTH)8.2

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