1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1998 election for Nebraska Governor
Governor · Nebraska
Mike Johanns (R) won with 54.0% of the vote, defeating Bill Hoppner (D) by 7.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Mike JohannsRepublican · winner
54.0%293,910
Bill HoppnerDemocrat
46.0%250,678
544,588 votes
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1998
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET