A general election was held in the U.S. state of Nebraska on November 6, 2018. All of Nebraska's executive officers were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat, and all of Nebraska's three seats in the United States House of Representatives.
Main article: 2018 Nebraska gubernatorial election
Incumbent RepublicanGovernorPete Ricketts ran for re-election to a second term.[1]
Republican state senator Bob Krist announced that he would give up his party affiliation and run for governor as a Democrat.[2]
Pete Ricketts defeated Bob Krist in the general election.
Attorney general[]
Main article:
2018 Nebraska Attorney General election
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Nominee
Doug Peterson
Party
Republican
Popular vote
516,777
Percentage
100.00%
Attorney General before election
Doug Peterson Republican
Elected Attorney General
Doug Peterson Republican
Incumbent Republican attorney generalDoug Peterson ran for re-election to a second term.[3]
Omaha Attorney Evangelos Argyrakis, ran in the Democratic primary. However, after being charged with felony strangulation following an altercation with his 82-year-old father on April 8, 2018, Nebraska Democratic Party called on him to step aside, which he did on June 25, 2018.[6] This left Peterson running unopposed in the general election.[7]
Incumbent Republican Secretary of StateJohn Gale, who was appointed to the position in December 2000, has announced he will not run for re-election.[8]
Republican primary[]
Candidates[]
Declared
Bob Evnen, attorney and former member of the Nebraska State Board of Education[9]
Spencer Danner, former head of the City of Omaha's Human Rights and Relations Department. He opposes voter ID laws, stating that the state should focus instead on modernizing the election system. [14]
Declined
Jane Raybould, Lincoln City Councilwoman, former Lancaster County Commissioner and nominee for lieutenant governor in 2014 (running for U.S. Senate)[12]
Adam Morfeld, state senator[11][12] (running for legislature)
Nebraska Public Service Commission District 1 incumbent Republican Frank Landis, who was first elected in 1988, has not announced whether he will run for re-election to a sixth term.
District 3[]
Nebraska Public Service Commission District 3 incumbent Republican Tim Schram, who was first elected in 2006, ran for re-election to a third term.[23]
State Legislature[]
Main article: Nebraska State Legislature election, 2018
Nebraska's state legislature is unique among American states in that it is unicameral, meaning that it is only one chamber. Consisting of 49 legislative districts, the Nebraska State Legislature had 24 seats up for election in 2018.
United States Senate[]
Main article: 2018 United States Senate election in Nebraska
Incumbent Republican senator Deb Fischer ran for re-election to a second term.[24] She faced Democratic challenger Jane Raybould.[25] Fischer defeated Raybould in the general election.[7]
United States House of Representatives[]
Main article: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska
All of Nebraska's three seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2018.
In District 2, Republican Incumbent Don Bacon ran for re-election. Kara Eastman defeated Brad Ashford, who held the seat prior to losing to Bacon in 2016, in the Democratic primary.[26]
Don Bacon defeated Kara Eastman in the general election.[7]