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was held in the

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Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the so ...

on November 6, 2018. All of Nebraska's executive officers were up for election as well as a

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seat, and all of Nebraska's three seats in the

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Governor and lieutenant governor

Incumbent Republican

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Pete Ricketts John Peter Ricketts (born August 19, 1964) is an American politician serving as the 40th governor of Nebraska since 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party. Ricketts is the son of Joe Ricketts, founder of TD Ameritrade. He is also, with oth ...

ran for re-election to a second term. Republican state senator Bob Krist announced that he would give up his party affiliation and run for governor as a Democrat. Pete Ricketts defeated Bob Krist in the general election.

Attorney general

Incumbent Republican

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Doug Peterson ran for re-election to a second term.

Republican primary

* Doug Peterson, Incumbent

Results

Democratic primary

* Evangelos Argyrakis, Omaha Attorney general

Results

General election

;Withdrawal 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. This left Peterson running unopposed in the general election.

Results

Secretary of state

Incumbent Republican Secretary of State John Gale, who was appointed to the position in December 2000, has announced he will not run for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

;Declared *

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, attorney and former member of the Nebraska State Board of Education * Debra Perrell ;Potential * Jim Smith, state senator ;Declined * John Murante, state senator (running for state treasurer) * Tyson Larson, state senator

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

;Declared *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. ;Declined * Jane Raybould, Lincoln City Councilwoman, former Lancaster County Commissioner and nominee for lieutenant governor in

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( running for U.S. Senate) *

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, state senator (running for legislature) * Chris Rodgers, Douglas County Commissioner * Katie Weitz, nonprofit executive

Results

General election

Governing magazine projected the race as "safe Republican".

Results

State Treasurer

Incumbent Republican Nebraska State Treasurer Don Stenberg is term-limited and is not eligible to run for re-election to a third term.

Republican primary

State Senator John Murante ran for the Republican nomination. He faced off against Taylor Royal in the Republican primary. John Murante defeated Taylor Royal in the Republican primary, and ran unopposed in the general election.

Auditor of Public Accounts

Incumbent Republican Auditor of Public Accounts of Nebraska Charlie Janssen ran for re-election to a second term.

State Board of Education

Public Service Commission

District 1

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.

State Legislature

Nebraska's state legislature is unique among American states in that it is

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, meaning that it is only one chamber. Consisting of 49 legislative districts, the

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had 24 seats up for election in 2018.

United States Senate

Incumbent Republican senator

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ran for re-election to a second term. She faced

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challenger

Jane Raybould Jane Michele Raybould is a member of the Nebraska Legislature from Lincoln, Nebraska, in District 28. She is a former member of the Lincoln city council. Raybould works with her family at their employee-owned grocery business, B&R Stores, a ...

. Fischer defeated Raybould in the general election.

United States House of Representatives

All of Nebraska's three seats in the

were up for election in 2018. In District 2, Republican Incumbent

Don Bacon Donald John Bacon (born August 16, 1963) is an American politician and former military officer serving as the U.S. representative for Nebraska's 2nd congressional district since 2017. Before holding public office, he was a United States Air For ...

ran for re-election.

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defeated

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, who held the seat prior to losing to Bacon in 2016, in the

primary. Don Bacon defeated Kara Eastman in the general election.

References

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;Official Attorney General campaign websites
Doug Peterson (R) for Attorney General
;Official Secretary of State campaign websites
Spencer Danner (D) for Secretary of StateBob Evnen (R) for Secretary of State
;Official State Treasurer campaign websites
John Murante (R) for Treasurer
;Official Auditor of Public Accounts campaign websites
Charlie Janssen (R) for AuditorJane Skinner (D) for Auditor
;Official Public Service Commission district 1 campaign websites
Dan Watermeier (R) for Public Service CommissionerChrista Yoakum (D) for Public Service Commissioner
;Official Public Service Commission district 3 campaign websites
Mike Forsythe (D) for Public Service CommissionerTim Schram (R) for Public Service Commissioner
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