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Nebraska Proposed Amendment 1

Three consecutive terms for state senators. 2026 results by county, from Nebraska's official results file: For 18.6%, Against 81.4% statewide.

Statewide

Ballot statement for LR19CA (2025), approved by the Executive Board of the Legislative Council: A vote FOR will amend the state constitution to increase the term limit for state legislators from two consecutive four-year terms (eight years) to three consecutive four-year terms (12 years).

A vote for
A vote FOR will amend the state constitution to increase the term limit for state legislators from two consecutive four-year terms (eight years) to three consecutive four-year terms (12 years).
A vote against
A vote AGAINST will not amend the Nebraska Constitution, so the current limit of two consecutive four-year terms will remain in effect. State legislators will continue to be ineligible for office in the Legislature for four years after serving two consecutive terms.
For 18.6% Against 81.4%

136,369 for and 595,497 against.

The Legislature's approved ballot statement, on the Secretary of State's site · The state's unofficial results

The state's unofficial totals. We don't call measures.

By county

93 counties: Against has the most votes in 93. The figures for each county are from the same file and add up to the statewide totals.

CountyForAgainstVotes
Adams County18.1%81.9%10,410
Antelope County20.3%79.7%2,616
Arthur County20.6%79.4%214
Banner County20.8%79.2%307
Blaine County17.0%83.0%218
Boone County17.9%82.1%2,360
Box Butte County14.3%85.7%3,505
Boyd County19.1%80.9%796
Brown County19.4%80.6%1,217
Buffalo County18.3%81.7%18,200
Burt County19.6%80.4%2,837
Butler County18.8%81.2%3,396
Cass County15.4%84.6%12,018
Cedar County15.0%85.0%3,714
Chase County19.8%80.2%1,450
Cherry County14.3%85.7%2,437
Cheyenne County15.7%84.3%3,325
Clay County16.4%83.6%2,750
Colfax County23.3%76.7%2,671
Cuming County21.8%78.2%3,121
Custer County19.5%80.5%4,400
Dakota County17.3%82.7%4,782
Dawes County13.5%86.5%3,025
Dawson County21.3%78.7%6,407
Deuel County16.7%83.3%738
Dixon County16.8%83.2%2,196
Dodge County16.3%83.7%12,496
Douglas County18.0%82.0%214,491
Dundy County19.4%80.6%629
Fillmore County19.2%80.8%2,281
Franklin County20.2%79.8%1,175
Frontier County20.1%79.9%1,032
Furnas County19.6%80.4%1,883
Gage County17.2%82.8%8,372
Garden County11.7%88.3%858
Garfield County17.2%82.8%727
Gosper County19.3%80.7%883
Grant County12.6%87.4%277
Greeley County19.7%80.3%914
Hall County16.6%83.4%17,496
Hamilton County18.5%81.5%4,168
Harlan County20.1%79.9%1,340
Hayes County21.4%78.6%365
Hitchcock County19.1%80.9%986
Holt County16.0%84.0%4,024
Hooker County19.2%80.8%318
Howard County16.8%83.2%2,566
Jefferson County20.5%79.5%2,664
Johnson County20.3%79.7%1,716
Kearney County20.0%80.0%2,815
Keith County17.7%82.3%3,156
Keya Paha County14.3%85.7%405
Kimball County19.9%80.1%1,264
Knox County15.4%84.6%3,607
Lancaster County23.5%76.5%125,134
Lincoln County18.3%81.7%12,415
Logan County23.9%76.1%285
Loup County21.9%78.1%319
Madison County20.0%80.0%11,405
McPherson County21.3%78.7%225
Merrick County17.6%82.4%3,366
Morrill County14.0%86.0%1,971
Nance County19.9%80.1%1,252
Nemaha County17.9%82.1%2,680
Nuckolls County19.4%80.6%1,611
Otoe County17.8%82.2%6,242
Pawnee County17.8%82.2%1,102
Perkins County27.3%72.7%1,142
Phelps County20.3%79.7%3,682
Pierce County19.2%80.8%2,919
Platte County18.7%81.3%11,765
Polk County18.5%81.5%2,054
Red Willow County19.9%80.1%4,115
Richardson County16.4%83.6%2,931
Rock County17.2%82.8%651
Saline County19.0%81.0%4,356
Sarpy County15.3%84.7%78,308
Saunders County16.4%83.6%10,264
Scotts Bluff County17.2%82.8%11,381
Seward County21.5%78.5%7,100
Sheridan County14.6%85.4%1,977
Sherman County17.5%82.5%1,226
Sioux County15.0%85.0%486
Stanton County17.1%82.9%2,570
Thayer County17.6%82.4%2,192
Thomas County18.5%81.5%308
Thurston County19.5%80.5%1,420
Valley County17.1%82.9%1,729
Washington County17.7%82.3%9,265
Wayne County16.2%83.8%3,164
Webster County18.8%81.2%1,280
Wheeler County19.5%80.5%369
York County19.1%80.9%5,187

The share with the most votes in each place is in bold. That's the count, not a result.

Sources & scope

Nebraska's official results, these figures first read Nov 13, 5:23 PM. Unofficial until certified. Nebraska's page has its other statewide offices, ballot measures and legislature.