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2022 Nebraska gubernatorial election

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2022 Nebraska gubernatorial election
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Turnout54.93% Decrease[1] 3.02 pp
 
Nominee Jim Pillen Carol Blood
Party Republican Democratic
Running mate Joe Kelly Al Davis
Popular vote 398,334 242,006
Percentage 59.74% 36.29%
Pillen:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Blood:      40–50%      50–60%
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Pete Ricketts
Republican

Elected Governor

Jim Pillen
Republican

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The 2022 Nebraska gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the next governor of Nebraska. Incumbent Republican governor Pete Ricketts was term-limited and unable to seek a third term.[2] In the general election, Republican Jim Pillen won the gubernatorial election by a 23-point margin.

Nebraska's primary elections were held on May 10. Pillen, the former University of Nebraska Board of Regents chair, won the Republican nomination, while state senator Carol Blood won the Democratic nomination.

The race took on increased importance in October 2022, when U.S. senator Ben Sasse announced he would resign and Ricketts said he would allow the winner of the gubernatorial election to appoint Sasse's replacement.[3] In the end, Pillen appointed Ricketts to Sasse's seat.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominated

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Eliminated in primary

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Declined

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Endorsements

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Charles W. Herbster

U.S. Executive Branch officials

Statewide officials

State legislators

Organizations

Brett Lindstrom

U.S. representatives

State legislators

Local officials

Organizations

  • Nebraska AFL–CIO (Republican primary only; co-endorsed with Blood)[36]
Jim Pillen

U.S. representatives

Statewide officials

State legislators

Local officials

Organizations

Polling

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Graphical summary

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Charles
Herbster 		Brett
Lindstrom 		Jim
Pillen 		Theresa
Thibodeau 		Other Undecided
WPA Intelligence (R)[48][A] April 30 – May 2, 2022 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 26% 16% 31% – 8% 19%
WPA Intelligence (R)[49][A] April 26–28, 2022 505 (LV) ± 4.4% 23% 20% 24% 7% 2% 24%
Data Targeting (R)[50][B] April 19–20, 2022 858 (LV) ± 4.9% 26% 28% 24% 6% – 16%
3D Strategic Research (R)[51][C] April 10–12, 2022 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 23% 27% 27% 6% 5% 12%
Moore Information Group (R)[52] March 26–29, 2022 206 (LV) ± 7.0% 23% 19% 10% 5% 9%[b] 34%
KAConsulting LLC (R)[53][D] March 8–10, 2022 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 27% 17% 18% 3% – 35%
3D Strategic Research (R)[51][C] March 7–9, 2022 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 30% 20% 23% 3% 6% 18%
Data Targeting (R)[54][B] February 8–11, 2022 1,168 (LV) ± 2.9% 27% 21% 26% – – –
3D Strategic Research (R)[51][C] September 2021 – (LV) – 32% 10% 19% – 9% 30%

Results

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Results by county
  Pillen
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  Herbster
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  Lindstrom
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%

Pillen, Herbster, and Lindstrom all won their respective home counties – Pillen won Platte County with 66.3% of the vote, Herbster won Richardson County with 55.7% of the vote, and Lindstrom won Douglas County with 39.5% of the vote. Lindstrom won the Omaha metropolitan area and came close to winning Lancaster County, home to state capital Lincoln, losing to Pillen by about 2.1%. Pillen and Herbster won parts of more rural Nebraska.[55] While Herbster won most of the Sandhills region, Pillen won most of northeastern Nebraska and counties along the I-80 corridor.[56]

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Pillen 91,459 33.9%
Republican Charles Herbster 80,642 29.9%
Republican Brett Lindstrom 70,487 26.1%
Republican Theresa Thibodeau 16,413 6.1%
Republican Breland Ridenour 4,682 1.7%
Republican Michael Connely 2,831 1.1%
Republican Donna Nicole Carpenter 1,533 0.6%
Republican Lela McNinch 1,192 0.4%
Republican Troy Wentz 708 0.3%
Write-in 193 0.1%
Total votes 269,947 100.0%

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominated

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Eliminated in primary

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Withdrew

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Declined

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Endorsements

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Carol Blood

U.S. representatives

Organizations

Results

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Results by county:
  Blood
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  •   90–100%
  Harris
  •   80–90%
Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Carol Blood 88,802 87.0%
Democratic Roy Harris 11,264 11.3%
Write-in 1,574 1.7%
Total votes 100,066 100.0%

Libertarian primary

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Candidates

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Declared

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  • Scott Zimmerman, businessman, comedian, founder of Z-Trak Productions and nominee for lieutenant governor in 2014[66]
    • Running mate: Jason Blumenthal[67]

Results

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Libertarian primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Scott Zimmerman 1,567 100.0%
Total votes 1,593 100.0%

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[68] Solid R March 4, 2022
Inside Elections[69] Solid R March 4, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball[70] Safe R January 26, 2022
Politico[71] Solid R April 1, 2022
RCP[72] Safe R January 10, 2022
Fox News[73] Solid R May 12, 2022
538[74] Solid R June 30, 2022
Elections Daily[75] Safe R November 7, 2022

Endorsements

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Jim Pillen (R)

U.S. representatives

Statewide officials

State legislators

Local officials

Organizations

Carol Blood (D)

Organizations

Newspapers

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Jim
Pillen (R) 		Carol
Blood (D) 		Other Undecided
Data Targeting (R)[83] September 26–28, 2022 1,340 (LV) ± 2.7% 48% 41% – 11%

Results

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2022 Nebraska gubernatorial election[84]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican
398,334 59.74% +0.74
Democratic
242,006 36.29% −4.71
Libertarian
  • Scott Zimmerman
  • Jason Blumenthal
 26,445 3.97% N/A
Total votes 666,795 100.00%
Turnout 682,716 54.93%
Registered electors 1,242,930
Republican hold

By congressional district

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Pillen won all 3 congressional districts.[85]

District Pillen Blood Representative
1st 55.77% 40.57% Mike Flood
2nd 48.21% 48.06% Don Bacon
3rd 75.04% 20.45% Adrian Smith

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ "None" with 5%; Connely with 3%; Wentz with 1%; Carpenter and Ridenour with <1%; McNinch with 0%

Partisan clients

  1. ^ a b Poll conducted for Pillen's campaign
  2. ^ a b Poll conducted for Neilan Strategy Group
  3. ^ a b c Poll conducted for Lindstrom's campaign
  4. ^ Poll conducted for Herbster's campaign

References

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