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2026 results by county, from Nebraska's official results file. Scott Petersen 53.5%, Sarah J. Slattery 40.8% statewide.

Statewide

Scott Petersen
53.5%401,887
Sarah J. Slattery
40.8%306,355
Paul Rumbaugh
3.1%23,430
Bob Krist
2.6%19,562

The state's unofficial totals. Winners aren't marked here.

By county

93 counties: Scott Petersen has the most votes in 90, Sarah J. Slattery has the most votes in 3. The figures for each county are from the same file and add up to the statewide totals.

CountyScott PetersenSarah J. SlatteryPaul RumbaughBob KristVotes
Adams County65.0%29.2%3.5%2.3%10,840
Antelope County84.6%11.2%2.5%1.7%2,675
Arthur County90.9%7.3%0.9%0.9%219
Banner County89.0%7.5%2.6%1.0%308
Blaine County86.0%10.4%2.7%0.9%222
Boone County79.7%14.5%3.5%2.2%2,375
Box Butte County69.1%23.2%5.1%2.6%3,598
Boyd County85.0%11.9%1.8%1.3%834
Brown County83.4%10.8%4.0%1.8%1,263
Buffalo County66.8%27.6%3.3%2.4%18,465
Burt County67.0%26.7%3.6%2.6%2,906
Butler County74.4%19.4%3.5%2.7%3,451
Cass County59.9%33.9%3.2%3.0%12,257
Cedar County78.5%14.7%3.4%3.4%3,817
Chase County83.2%12.0%2.1%2.7%1,512
Cherry County84.6%10.5%2.5%2.5%2,417
Cheyenne County76.0%18.3%3.0%2.7%3,387
Clay County77.6%15.7%3.7%3.0%2,801
Colfax County64.0%30.7%3.7%1.7%2,824
Cuming County76.9%18.1%3.0%1.9%3,248
Custer County84.1%11.6%2.5%1.9%4,564
Dakota County51.1%42.7%4.5%1.7%5,007
Dawes County65.5%26.8%4.3%3.3%3,114
Dawson County65.8%27.8%4.3%2.1%6,853
Deuel County81.6%13.1%3.7%1.6%761
Dixon County71.1%21.5%4.4%3.0%2,216
Dodge County59.2%34.8%3.4%2.6%12,682
Douglas County38.3%56.0%3.0%2.7%219,273
Dundy County86.1%9.3%3.0%1.6%676
Fillmore County72.6%20.9%3.9%2.6%2,337
Franklin County80.9%13.5%3.7%1.9%1,209
Frontier County83.3%12.4%1.9%2.4%1,099
Furnas County81.6%13.2%3.5%1.7%1,945
Gage County64.4%28.7%4.1%2.8%8,411
Garden County77.1%14.5%5.3%3.2%876
Garfield County84.7%10.0%4.0%1.3%793
Gosper County81.1%13.5%2.4%3.0%891
Grant County92.8%2.9%2.2%2.2%277
Greeley County78.7%15.7%2.6%3.0%940
Hall County61.7%32.6%3.2%2.4%17,993
Hamilton County76.3%18.5%2.8%2.3%4,314
Harlan County80.5%14.2%3.1%2.2%1,370
Hayes County90.5%4.0%2.9%2.6%378
Hitchcock County81.8%12.0%4.5%1.7%1,059
Holt County83.4%12.0%2.7%1.9%4,133
Hooker County83.6%13.6%1.8%0.9%330
Howard County77.5%18.3%2.6%1.6%2,654
Jefferson County68.9%24.3%4.4%2.4%2,718
Johnson County64.6%27.5%4.8%3.0%1,759
Kearney County76.9%18.5%2.5%2.1%2,860
Keith County77.2%16.8%3.5%2.4%3,343
Keya Paha County89.0%7.3%2.0%1.7%409
Kimball County76.6%17.2%4.3%1.9%1,270
Knox County75.8%17.2%4.2%2.8%3,594
Lancaster County41.1%53.4%2.9%2.7%129,502
Lincoln County71.9%21.9%3.8%2.3%12,708
Logan County90.0%7.1%1.9%1.0%310
Loup County81.2%15.5%2.4%0.9%330
Madison County71.7%23.3%2.8%2.2%11,943
McPherson County91.9%4.0%2.2%1.8%223
Merrick County77.5%15.3%3.6%3.6%3,463
Morrill County77.9%14.8%3.9%3.5%1,990
Nance County75.2%18.8%3.7%2.3%1,296
Nemaha County67.5%24.7%4.6%3.2%2,741
Nuckolls County77.8%17.5%2.9%1.9%1,677
Otoe County62.1%31.9%3.2%2.8%6,392
Pawnee County71.3%20.8%6.7%1.2%1,121
Perkins County84.8%11.1%2.2%1.8%1,159
Phelps County81.1%14.1%2.5%2.3%3,777
Pierce County83.7%11.9%2.9%1.5%3,027
Platte County72.6%22.5%2.8%2.1%12,125
Polk County78.4%16.7%3.2%1.7%2,092
Red Willow County78.7%16.2%3.1%2.0%4,206
Richardson County69.4%23.2%4.4%3.0%2,990
Rock County82.9%7.8%7.8%1.6%683
Saline County57.0%35.8%4.4%2.8%4,421
Sarpy County47.6%46.8%2.8%2.8%79,827
Saunders County67.1%26.4%3.4%3.1%10,546
Scotts Bluff County65.4%28.7%3.6%2.3%11,814
Seward County70.8%23.9%2.7%2.6%7,355
Sheridan County80.1%13.2%4.6%2.2%1,998
Sherman County75.8%18.5%2.8%3.0%1,271
Sioux County83.6%11.3%3.4%1.6%494
Stanton County77.7%15.4%3.8%3.1%2,612
Thayer County76.7%17.4%4.0%1.9%2,207
Thomas County86.9%6.1%4.5%2.6%312
Thurston County47.2%47.7%3.4%1.7%1,519
Valley County78.2%16.9%2.5%2.3%1,771
Washington County66.1%28.6%2.6%2.7%9,506
Wayne County66.5%26.8%3.3%3.4%3,242
Webster County78.0%17.0%2.8%2.2%1,316
Wheeler County87.4%9.9%1.1%1.6%372
York County72.5%22.3%2.9%2.2%5,369

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.