Political party strength in Nebraska
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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Nebraska:
- Governor
- Lieutenant Governor
- Secretary of State
- Attorney General
- State Auditor
- State Treasurer
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- State Legislature
- State delegation to the U.S. Senate
- State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
The parties are as follows: Democratic (D), Democratic/Populist fusion (D/P), Independent (I), Nonpartisan (NP), Populist (P), and Republican (R).
| Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral College votes | |||||||
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| Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Auditor | Treasurer | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. House | |||
| 1867 | David Butler (R)[1] | ||||||||||
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| 1871 | William H. James (R)[2] | ||||||||||
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| 1873 | Robert Wilkinson Furnas (R) | ||||||||||
| 1874 | |||||||||||
| 1875 | Silas Garber (R) | ||||||||||
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| 1879 | Albinus Nance (R) | ||||||||||
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| 1883 | James W. Dawes (R) | ||||||||||
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| 1887 | John Milton Thayer (R)[3] | ||||||||||
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| 1892 | James E. Boyd (D)[3] | ||||||||||
| 1893 | Lorenzo Crounse (R) | ||||||||||
| 1894 | |||||||||||
| 1895 | Silas A. Holcomb (D/P) | ||||||||||
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| 1899 | William A. Poynter (D/P) | ||||||||||
| 1900 | |||||||||||
| 1901 | Charles H. Dietrich (R)[4] | ||||||||||
| Ezra P. Savage (R)[5] | |||||||||||
| 1902 | |||||||||||
| 1903 | John H. Mickey (R) | ||||||||||
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| 1907 | George L. Sheldon (R) | ||||||||||
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| 1909 | Ashton C. Shallenberger (D) | ||||||||||
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| 1911 | Chester Hardy Aldrich (R) | ||||||||||
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| 1913 | John H. Morehead (D) | ||||||||||
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| 1917 | Keith Neville (D) | ||||||||||
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| 1919 | Samuel R. McKelvie (R) | ||||||||||
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| 1923 | Charles W. Bryan (D) | ||||||||||
| 1924 | |||||||||||
| 1925 | Adam McMullen (R) | ||||||||||
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| 1927 | Frank Marsh, Sr. (R) | L.B. Johnson (R) | |||||||||
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| 1929 | Arthur J. Weaver (R) | ||||||||||
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| 1931 | Charles W. Bryan (D) | ||||||||||
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| 1935 | Robert Leroy Cochran (D) | ||||||||||
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| 1937 | Walter H. Jurgensen (D) | Harry R. Swanson (D) | Richard C. Hunter (D) | William H. Price (D) | |||||||
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| 1941 | Dwight Griswold (R) | ||||||||||
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| 1947 | Val Peterson (R) | Robert B. Crosby (R) | |||||||||
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| 1953 | Robert B. Crosby (R) | Frank Marsh (R) | |||||||||
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| 1955 | Victor E. Anderson (R) | ||||||||||
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| 1957 | Dwight W. Burney (R) | ||||||||||
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| 1959 | Ralph G. Brooks (D)[6] | ||||||||||
| 1960 | Dwight W. Burney (R)[5] | ||||||||||
| 1961 | Frank B. Morrison (D) | Dwight W. Burney (R) | |||||||||
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| 1967 | Norbert T. Tiemann (R) | John E. Everroad (R) | Wayne R. Swanson (R) | ||||||||
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| 1971 | J. James Exon (D) | Frank Marsh (R) | |||||||||
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| 1975 | Gerald T. Whelan (D) | Frank Marsh (R) | |||||||||
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| 1979 | Charles Thone (R) | Roland A. Luedtke (R) | |||||||||
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| 1981 | Kay A. Orr (R) | ||||||||||
| 1982 | |||||||||||
| 1983 | J. Robert Kerrey (D) | Donald F. McGinley (D) | |||||||||
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| 1987 | Kay A. Orr (R) | William E. Nichol (R) | Frank Marsh (R) | ||||||||
| 1988 | |||||||||||
| 1989 | J. Robert Kerrey (D) | ||||||||||
| 1990 | |||||||||||
| 1991 | Ben Nelson (D) | Maxine B. Moul (D) | Don Stenberg (R) | ||||||||
| 1992 | |||||||||||
| 1993 | Kim M. Robak (D) | ||||||||||
| 1994 | |||||||||||
| 1995 | Dave Heineman (R) | 3R | |||||||||
| 1996 | |||||||||||
| 1997 | Chuck Hagel (R) | ||||||||||
| 1998 | |||||||||||
| 1999 | Mike Johanns (R)[7] | David I. Maurstad (R) | Scott Moore | Kate Witek (R) | |||||||
| 2000 | John A. Gale (R)[8] | George W. Bush and Dick Cheney (R)  |
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| 2001 | Dave Heineman (R)[8] | Lorelee Byrd (R) | Ben Nelson (D) | ||||||||
| 2002 | |||||||||||
| 2003 | Jon Bruning (R) | ||||||||||
| 2004 | Ron Ross (R)[8] | ||||||||||
| 2005 | Dave Heineman (R)[9] | Rick Sheehy (R)[8] | |||||||||
| 2006 | Kate Witek (D)[10] | ||||||||||
| 2007 | Mike Foley (R) | Shane Osborn (R) | |||||||||
| 2008 | 49NP (31R, 15D, 3I) | 4 John McCain and Sarah Palin (R)  , 1 Barack Obama and Joe Biden (D) [11] |
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| 2009 | 49NP (32R, 17D) | Mike Johanns (R) | |||||||||
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| 2011 | Don Stenberg (R) | 49NP | |||||||||
| 2012 | Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan (R) |
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| 2013 | Lavon Heidemann (R) | Deb Fischer (R) | |||||||||
| Year | Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Auditor | Treasurer | State Legislature | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. House | Electoral College votes |
| Executive offices | United States Congress | ||||||||||
Notes [edit]
- ^ Impeached and removed from office for misappropriation of state funds; the impeachment was expunged six years later.
- ^ As state secretary of state, acted as governor for unexpired term.
- ^ a b James E. Boyd won the 1890 election and was sworn in on January 8, 1891. However, due to a question of his U.S. citizenship and eligibility for the office, he did not take office until February 8, 1892.
- ^ Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
- ^ a b As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term.
- ^ Died in office.
- ^ Resigned to become United States secretary of agriculture.
- ^ a b c d Initially appointed to fill vacancy; later elected in his own right.
- ^ As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term and was later elected in his own right.
- ^ Switched parties in August 2006.
- ^ McCain and Palin received state's two at-large votes and one vote each in the First and Third Congressional Districts while Obama and Biden received one vote in the Second District.
