2020 United States Senate election in Nebraska
An election happened on November 3, 2020 to elect a Senator from the U.S. state of Nebraska. The main two people in the election were Ben Sasse (Republican Party), Chris Janicek (Democratic Party). Sasse won the election and went back to the Senate for a second term.
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This election was strange because Democratic nominee Chris Janicek, lost the support of his party after a number of scandals, write-in candidate Preston Love Jr., got the support of the state Democratic Party instead but Janicek was still on the ballot. Primary elections happened on March 12, 2020. There were two people in the Republican Party primary election. Ben Sasse won the primary election against Matt Innis. There was seven people in the Democratic Party primary election. Chris Janicek won the primary election. Gene Siadek was the only person in the Libertarian Party primary election. They won the Libertarian Party primary election.
Republican Party primary
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ben Sasse (incumbent) | 215,207 | 75.21% | |
| Republican | Matt Innis | 70,921 | 24.79% | |
| Total votes | 284,212 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic Party primary
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | Chris Janicek | 46,247 | 30.69% | |
| Democrat | Angie Philips | 35,929 | 23.84% | |
| Democrat | Alisha Shelton | 34,284 | 22.75% | |
| Democrat | Andy Stock | 17,156 | 11.38% | |
| Democrat | Larry Marvin | 6,868 | 4.56% | |
| Democrat | Daniel Wik | 5,765 | 3.83% | |
| Democrat | Dennis Macek | 4,453 | 2.95% | |
| Total votes | 150,702 | 100.00% | ||
Libertarian Party primary
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libertarian | Gene Siadek | 2,517 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 2,517 | 100.00% | ||
Write-in candidates
Democratic Party
- Preston Love Jr. endorsed by the Democratic Party after the allegations against Janicek.[2]
Results
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Ben Sasse (incumbent) | 583,507 | 62.74% | -1.60% | |
| Democratic | Chris Janicek | 227,191 | 24.43% | -7.05% | |
| Democratic | Preston Love Jr. (write-in) | 58,411 | 6.28% | N/A | |
| Libertarian | Gene Siadek | 55,115 | 5.93% | N/A | |
| Write-in | 5,788 | 0.62% | +0.54% | ||
| Total votes | 930,012 | 100.0% | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
2020 United States Senate Election In Nebraska Media
This image shows the precinct level results for the 2020 United States Senate election in Nebraska.
Republican primary results by county*Template:Collapsible list**Template:Collapsible list*
Democratic primary results by county*Template:Collapsible list**Template:Collapsible list**Template:Collapsible list**Template:Collapsible list*
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Primary Election Official Results" (PDF). Nebraska Secretary of State. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
- ↑ Dvorak, Gina (September 10, 2020). "Nebraska Democrats announce Preston Love Jr. as write-in candidate for Senate". 6News. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
- ↑ "General Election Official Results" (PDF). Nebraska Secretary of State. Retrieved December 4, 2020.