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Blaine County, Nebraska

2026 election results. Pete Ricketts (R) got 81% of the U.S. Senate vote in Blaine County. Below are also 9 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Blaine County

U.S. Senate

Pete Ricketts
81.4%192
Dan Osborn
12.7%30
Chuck Conboy
2.5%6
Mike Marvin
2.1%5

1 more candidate on the race page.

100% counted

Statewide: Pete Ricketts wins. Called.

Governor

Jim Pillen
76.6%177
Lynne Walz
13.9%32
Brett Lindstrom
7.4%17
Rick Beard
2.2%5
100% counted

Statewide: Jim Pillen wins. Called.

The leader in Blaine County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 3, 8:36 PM.

9 local contests in Blaine County

School boards, judges and other local offices on Blaine County's ballots, from Nebraska's official results file. Names are as the state prints them. "Ahead" describes the current count; it isn't a race call, and we don't call measures.

Schools

For Member of the State Board of Education - District 07

CandidateVotesShare
Elizabeth Tegtmeier155100.0%

Elizabeth Tegtmeier is unopposed. The contest crosses into 43 other counties; across all of them: Elizabeth Tegtmeier 69,770 (100.0%).

Mid-Plains Community College For Board of Governors - District 03

CandidateVotesShare
Cindy L. Duncan164100.0%

Cindy L. Duncan is unopposed. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Cindy L. Duncan 5,586 (100.0%).

Judges

Judge of the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court Shall Judge Dirk V. Block be retained in office? - 6 Year Term

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes10166.4%
No5133.6%

Yes ahead with 66.4% in Blaine County. The contest crosses into 92 other counties; across all of them: Yes 414,572 (71.5%), No 165,568 (28.5%).

Judge of the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court Shall Judge Thomas E. Stine be retained in office? - 6 Year Term

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes10570.0%
No4530.0%

Yes ahead with 70.0% in Blaine County. The contest crosses into 92 other counties; across all of them: Yes 413,916 (71.9%), No 161,903 (28.1%).

Judge of the County Court - District 08 Shall Judge Kale B. Burdick be retained in office? - 6 Year Term

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes10769.9%
No4630.1%

Yes ahead with 69.9% in Blaine County. The contest crosses into 14 other counties; across all of them: Yes 13,215 (77.0%), No 3,953 (23.0%).

Other local offices

Upper Loup Natural Resources District For Board of Directors - At Large

CandidateVotesShare
Patrick Wright160100.0%

Patrick Wright is unopposed. The contest crosses into 7 other counties; across all of them: Patrick Wright 1,540 (100.0%).

Upper Loup Natural Resources District For Board of Directors - Subdistrict 04

CandidateVotesShare
Max Fay218100.0%

Max Fay is unopposed. The contest crosses into 2 other counties; across all of them: Max Fay 355 (100.0%).

Custer Public Power District - 6 Year Term - At Large 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Wayne V. Licking16152.4%
Bradley Bartak14647.6%

Wayne V. Licking and Bradley Bartak are unopposed. The contest crosses into 12 other counties; across all of them: Wayne V. Licking 2,922 (50.7%), Bradley Bartak 2,838 (49.3%).

Custer Public Power District - At Large

CandidateVotesShare
Duane Kimball161100.0%

Duane Kimball is unopposed. The contest crosses into 12 other counties; across all of them: Duane Kimball 3,165 (100.0%).

Nebraska's official results, these figures first read Nov 13, 5:23 PM. Unofficial until certified.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
NE GovernorR +69.4R +74.2D +4.8
NE-03R +80.1R +74.2R +5.9

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Blaine County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris12.6%Donald Trump85.3%R +72.7293
2020Joe Biden11.0%Donald Trump88.3%R +77.3317
2016Hillary Clinton9.5%Donald Trump87.1%R +77.6317
2012Barack Obama9.6%Mitt Romney88.4%R +78.9303
2008Barack Obama13.6%John McCain84.2%R +70.6316
2004John Kerry11.2%George W. Bush88.8%R +77.6339
2000Al Gore12.3%George W. Bush85.7%R +73.4349

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved D +0.7.

Other counties in Nebraska

Nebraska results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until Nebraska certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. Nebraska's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.