Nebraska U.S. Senate election history

Every Nebraska U.S. Senate election from 1976 to 2024: winners, parties, margins and the seats that changed hands.

Current senators

Nebraska Senate races: Republican minus Democratic share, in points. Bars above the line lean Republican, below lean Democratic.

Year	Seat	Winner	Party	Runner-up	Margin	Votes
2024	Class I	Deb Fischer	Republican	Dan Osborn	6.7	938,336
2024 special	Class II	Pete Ricketts	Republican	Preston Love Jr.	25.2	935,005
2020	Class II	Ben Sasse	Republican	Chris E. Janicek	38.3	930,012
2018	Class I	Deb Fischer	Republican	Jane Raybould	19.1	698,883
2014	Class II	Ben Sasse	Republican	Dave Domina	32.9	540,337
2012 flip	Class I	Deb Fischer	Republican	Bob Kerrey	15.6	788,572
2008	Class II	Mike Johanns	Republican	Scott Kleeb	17.5	792,511
2006	Class I	Ben Nelson	Democratic	Pete Ricketts	27.8	592,316
2002	Class II	Chuck Hagel	Republican	Charlie Matulka	68.1	480,217
2000	Class I	Ben Nelson	Democratic	Don Stenberg	2.2	692,350
1996 flip	Class II	Chuck Hagel	Republican	Ben Nelson	14.8	661,837
1994	Class I	Bob Kerrey	Democratic	Jan Stoney	9.8	579,205
1990	Class II	J. James Exon	Democratic	Hal Daub	18.0	593,828
1988 flip	Class I	Bob Kerrey	Democratic	David Kemp Karnes	15.0	667,860
1984	Class II	J. James Exon	Democratic	Nancy Hoch	3.9	639,668
1982	Class I	Edward Zorinsky	Democratic	Jim Keck	38.0	545,647
1978 flip	Class II	J. James Exon	Democratic	Donald Eugene Shasten	35.3	493,802
1976 flip	Class I	Edward Zorinsky	Democratic	John Y. McCollister	5.8	593,310

Deb Fischer won in 2024 by 6.7 points.

Deb Fischer (Republican, term ends 2031) and Pete Ricketts (Republican, term ends 2027).

In 2006, when Ben Nelson won.

In 2024, when Deb Fischer won.

Results: FiveThirtyEight (from 1976 for Senate, 1996 for governor). Current members: congress-legislators.