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Governor Elections 2018 | US Governor Elections | Nebraska Races

2018 Nebraska Gubernatorial Election Results

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Pete Ricketts 
Percent: 59.00%
Votes: 411,812

Bob Krist 
Percent: 41.00%
Votes: 286,169

Race Summary

On November 6, 2018, incumbent Republican Governor Pete Ricketts was re-elected to a second term, defeating Democratic candidate Bob Krist with approximately 59.00% of the vote to Krist’s 41.00%

Full Results

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 59.00%
Votes: 411,812

 

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 41.00%
Votes: 286,169

 

Total votes: 697,981

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Results by County

Adams County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 69.16%
Votes: 7,067

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 30.84%
Votes: 3,152

Total votes: 10,219

Blaine County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 81.44%
Votes: 215

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 18.56%
Votes: 49

Total votes: 264

Brown County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 84.32%
Votes: 1,151

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 15.68%
Votes: 214

Total votes: 1,365

Cass County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 65.11%
Votes: 6,923

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 34.89%
Votes: 3,709

Total votes: 10,632

Cheyenne County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 77.99%
Votes: 2,534

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 22.01%
Votes: 715

Total votes: 3,249

Custer County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 83.23%
Votes: 3,861

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 16.77%
Votes: 778

Total votes: 4,639

Deuel County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 82.16%
Votes: 585

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 17.84%
Votes: 127

Total votes: 712

Dundy County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 84.61%
Votes: 654

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 15.39%
Votes: 119

Total votes: 773

Furnas County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 82.65%
Votes: 1,767

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 17.35%
Votes: 371

Total votes: 2,138

Gosper County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 82.04%
Votes: 685

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 17.96%
Votes: 150

Total votes: 835

Hamilton County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 78.05%
Votes: 3,214

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 21.95%
Votes: 904

Total votes: 4,118

Holt County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 80.23%
Votes: 3,339

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 19.77%
Votes: 823

Total votes: 4,162

Johnson County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 62.58%
Votes: 1,124

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 37.42%
Votes: 672

Total votes: 1,796

Kimball County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 80.94%
Votes: 1,117

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 19.06%
Votes: 263

Total votes: 1,380

Logan County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 91.64%
Votes: 307

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 8.36%
Votes: 28

Total votes: 335

Merrick County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 79.80%
Votes: 2,695

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 20.20%
Votes: 682

Total votes: 3,377

Nuckolls County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 80.74%
Votes: 1,425

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 19.26%
Votes: 340

Total votes: 1,765

Phelps County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 82.02%
Votes: 3,162

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 17.98%
Votes: 693

Total votes: 3,855

Red Willow County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 81.28%
Votes: 3,161

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 18.72%
Votes: 728

Total votes: 3,889

Sarpy County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 59.10%
Votes: 39,928

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 40.90%
Votes: 27,632

Total votes: 67,560

Sheridan County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 75.24%
Votes: 1,513

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 24.76%
Votes: 498

Total votes: 2,011

Thayer County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 76.02%
Votes: 1,715

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 23.98%
Votes: 541

Total votes: 2,256

Washington County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 70.12%
Votes: 6,457

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 29.88%
Votes: 2,752

Total votes: 9,209

York County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 73.09%
Votes: 3,743

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 26.91%
Votes: 1,378

Total votes: 5,121

Antelope County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 82.70%
Votes: 2,103

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 17.30%
Votes: 440

Total votes: 2,543

Boone County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 80.97%
Votes: 1,872

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 19.03%
Votes: 440

Total votes: 2,312

Buffalo County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 68.42%
Votes: 11,168

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 31.58%
Votes: 5,154

Total votes: 16,322

Cedar County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 78.61%
Votes: 2,775

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 21.39%
Votes: 755

Total votes: 3,530

Clay County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 79.00%
Votes: 2,122

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 21.00%
Votes: 564

Total votes: 2,686

Dakota County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 59.47%
Votes: 2,701

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 40.53%
Votes: 1,841

Total votes: 4,542

Dixon County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 74.14%
Votes: 1,666

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 25.86%
Votes: 581

Total votes: 2,247

Fillmore County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 70.42%
Votes: 1,790

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 29.58%
Votes: 752

Total votes: 2,542

Gage County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 62.93%
Votes: 5,250

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 37.07%
Votes: 3,092

Total votes: 8,342

Grant County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 86.09%
Votes: 260

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 13.91%
Votes: 42

Total votes: 302

Harlan County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 81.85%
Votes: 1,231

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 18.15%
Votes: 273

Total votes: 1,504

Hooker County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 81.70%
Votes: 259

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 18.30%
Votes: 58

Total votes: 317

Kearney County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 76.95%
Votes: 2,020

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 23.05%
Votes: 605

Total votes: 2,625

Knox County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 77.27%
Votes: 2,781

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 22.73%
Votes: 818

Total votes: 3,599

Loup County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 81.43%
Votes: 250

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 18.57%
Votes: 57

Total votes: 307

Morrill County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 77.59%
Votes: 1,641

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 22.41%
Votes: 474

Total votes: 2,115

Otoe County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 66.93%
Votes: 4,264

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 33.07%
Votes: 2,107

Total votes: 6,371

Pierce County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 85.66%
Votes: 2,377

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 14.34%
Votes: 398

Total votes: 2,775

Richardson County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 73.18%
Votes: 2,262

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 26.82%
Votes: 829

Total votes: 3,091

Saunders County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 68.33%
Votes: 6,508

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 31.67%
Votes: 3,016

Total votes: 9,524

Sherman County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 73.26%
Votes: 948

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 26.74%
Votes: 346

Total votes: 1,294

Thomas County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 87.21%
Votes: 300

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 12.79%
Votes: 44

Total votes: 344

Wayne County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 71.35%
Votes: 2,296

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 28.65%
Votes: 922

Total votes: 3,218

Arthur County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 86.34%
Votes: 196

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 13.66%
Votes: 31

Total votes: 227

Box Butte County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 69.73%
Votes: 2,525

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 30.27%
Votes: 1,096

Total votes: 3,621

Burt County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 66.90%
Votes: 1,973

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 33.10%
Votes: 976

Total votes: 2,949

Chase County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 86.85%
Votes: 1,354

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 13.15%
Votes: 205

Total votes: 1,559

Colfax County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 70.52%
Votes: 1,765

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 29.48%
Votes: 738

Total votes: 2,503

Dawes County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 64.72%
Votes: 2,179

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 35.28%
Votes: 1,188

Total votes: 3,367

Dodge County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 61.68%
Votes: 7,457

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 38.32%
Votes: 4,633

Total votes: 12,090

Franklin County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 81.36%
Votes: 1,109

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 18.64%
Votes: 254

Total votes: 1,363

Garden County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 81.47%
Votes: 818

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 18.53%
Votes: 186

Total votes: 1,004

Greeley County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 74.98%
Votes: 752

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 25.02%
Votes: 251

Total votes: 1,003

Hayes County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 89.37%
Votes: 353

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 10.63%
Votes: 42

Total votes: 395

Howard County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 73.91%
Votes: 1,793

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 26.09%
Votes: 633

Total votes: 2,426

Keith County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 78.63%
Votes: 2,516

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 21.38%
Votes: 684

Total votes: 3,200

Lancaster County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 44.26%
Votes: 51,560

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 55.74%
Votes: 64,946

Total votes: 116,506

Madison County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 75.55%
Votes: 7,906

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 24.45%
Votes: 2,559

Total votes: 10,465

Nance County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 74.48%
Votes: 928

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 25.52%
Votes: 318

Total votes: 1,246

Pawnee County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 69.67%
Votes: 804

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 30.33%
Votes: 350

Total votes: 1,154

Platte County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 77.61%
Votes: 8,570

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 22.39%
Votes: 2,473

Total votes: 11,043

Rock County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 85.91%
Votes: 573

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 14.09%
Votes: 94

Total votes: 667

Scotts Bluff County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 67.80%
Votes: 7,241

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 32.20%
Votes: 3,439

Total votes: 10,680

Sioux County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 82.12%
Votes: 441

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 17.88%
Votes: 96

Total votes: 537

Thurston County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 52.37%
Votes: 963

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 47.63%
Votes: 876

Total votes: 1,839

Webster County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 78.76%
Votes: 1,079

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 21.24%
Votes: 291

Total votes: 1,370

Banner County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 80.38%
Votes: 254

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 19.62%
Votes: 62

Total votes: 316

Boyd County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 84.18%
Votes: 809

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 15.82%
Votes: 152

Total votes: 961

Butler County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 75.16%
Votes: 2,632

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 24.84%
Votes: 870

Total votes: 3,502

Cherry County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 82.29%
Votes: 1,979

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 17.71%
Votes: 426

Total votes: 2,405

Cuming County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 79.37%
Votes: 2,682

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 20.63%
Votes: 697

Total votes: 3,379

Dawson County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 72.77%
Votes: 4,558

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 27.23%
Votes: 1,706

Total votes: 6,264

Douglas County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 47.04%
Votes: 96,120

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 52.96%
Votes: 108,235

Total votes: 204,355

Frontier County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 81.77%
Votes: 857

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 18.23%
Votes: 191

Total votes: 1,048

Garfield County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 83.56%
Votes: 666

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 16.44%
Votes: 131

Total votes: 797

Hall County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 66.16%
Votes: 11,069

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 33.84%
Votes: 5,661

Total votes: 16,730

Hitchcock County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 82.27%
Votes: 886

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 17.73%
Votes: 191

Total votes: 1,077

Jefferson County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 68.39%
Votes: 2,042

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 31.61%
Votes: 944

Total votes: 2,986

Keya Paha County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 88.97%
Votes: 347

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 11.03%
Votes: 43

Total votes: 390

Lincoln County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 74.65%
Votes: 9,345

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 25.35%
Votes: 3,174

Total votes: 12,519

McPherson County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 82.42%
Votes: 211

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 17.58%
Votes: 45

Total votes: 256

Nemaha County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 69.76%
Votes: 1,825

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 30.24%
Votes: 791

Total votes: 2,616

Perkins County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 84.07%
Votes: 1,029

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 15.93%
Votes: 195

Total votes: 1,224

Polk County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 79.02%
Votes: 1,650

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 20.98%
Votes: 438

Total votes: 2,088

Saline County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 57.00%
Votes: 2,406

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 43.00%
Votes: 1,815

Total votes: 4,221

Seward County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 68.17%
Votes: 4,812

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 31.83%
Votes: 2,247

Total votes: 7,059

Stanton County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 80.79%
Votes: 1,829

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 19.21%
Votes: 435

Total votes: 2,264

Valley County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 80.27%
Votes: 1,444

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 19.73%
Votes: 355

Total votes: 1,799

Wheeler County

Pete Ricketts (REP)
Percent: 79.95%
Votes: 319

Bob Krist (DEM)
Percent: 20.05%
Votes: 80

Total votes: 399

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