2020 Nebraska Legislature election Majority party Minority party Third party Rep
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Party Republican Democratic Independent Democrat Seats before 30 18 1 Seats won 32 17 0 Seat change 2 1 1 Popular vote 245,639 166,676 Percentage 58.98% 40.02%
Results by gains and holds Results by winning party vote share Democratic gain Republican gain Democratic hold Republican hold 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% >90% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% >90%
The 2020 Nebraska State Legislature elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections . Nebraska voters elected state senators[ a] in the 25 odd-numbered seats of the 49[ b] legislative districts in the Nebraska Unicameral . State senators serve four-year terms in the unicameral Nebraska Legislature .
A top two primary election on May 12, 2020 determined which candidates appear on the November 3 general election ballot.[ 1] [ 2] Each candidate technically runs as a non-partisan (i.e., no party preference). The Nebraska State Legislature 's website offers a statewide map of the 49 legislative districts here and maps for each individual district can be found on the website.[ 3]
Following the 2018 elections, the Republicans maintained effective control of the Nebraska State Legislature with 30 seats. The Democrats increased their numbers from 16 to 18.
Republicans flipped three seats from Democrats; Democrats flipped one seat from Republicans and one from nonpartisan Ernie Chambers.[ 4]
Open seats that changed parties [ edit ] Democratic seats won by Republicans [ edit ] District 31: Won by Rich Pahls. District 45: Won by Rita Sanders. Nonpartisan seats won by Democrats [ edit ] District 11: Won by Terrell McKinney. Incumbents defeated [ edit ] In general elections [ edit ] District 35: Dan Quick (elected in 2016) lost to Raymond Aguilar. District 49: Andrew LaGrone (appointed in 2019) lost to Jen Day. District Winner Party Margin 3 Carol Blood Democratic 0.8% 49 Jen Day Democratic (flip) 1.0% 31 Rich Pahls Republican (flip) 5.4% 29 Eliot Bostar Democratic 6.2% 35 Raymond Aguilar Republican (flip) 7.2% 45 Rita Sanders Republican (flip) 7.6% 9 John Cavanaugh Democratic 8.2% 21 Mike Hilgers Republican 9.92%
Note: All elections are technically non-partisan in the State Legislature; therefore, parties listed here are from candidates' websites and official party endorsement lists. Candidates all appear on the ballot as nonpartisan. Candidates endorsed by the Republican Party:[ 5] Candidates endorsed by the Democratic Party:[ 6] Sara Howard (incumbent) was term-limited.
Nebraska's 9th Legislative District Election, 2020 Primary election Party Candidate Votes % Democratic John Cavanaugh 3,911 46.0 Democratic Marque Snow 3,435 40.4 Democratic Mark Vondrasek 1,152 13.6 Total votes 100.0 General election Democratic John Cavanaugh 8,461 54.1 Democratic Marque Snow 7,170 45.9 Total votes 100.0 Democratic hold
Ernie Chambers (incumbent) was term-limited.
Nebraska's 13th Legislative District Election, 2020 Primary election Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Justin Wayne (incumbent ) 6,477 100.0 Total votes 100.0 General election Democratic Justin Wayne (incumbent ) 11,771 100.0 Total votes 100.0 Democratic hold
Results by precinct: Jim Scheer (incumbent) was term-limited.
Nebraska's 19th Legislative District Election, 2020 Primary election Party Candidate Votes % Republican Mike Flood 8,346 100.0 Total votes 100.0 General election Republican Mike Flood 15,519 100.0 Total votes 100.0 Republican hold
Results by precinct: Kate Bolz (incumbent) was term-limited.
Rick Kolowski (incumbent) retired.
Nebraska's 33rd Legislative District Election, 2020 Primary election Party Candidate Votes % Republican Steve Halloran (incumbent ) 6,653 100.0 Total votes 100.0 General election Republican Steve Halloran 12,893 100.0 Total votes 100.0 Republican hold
Nebraska's 41st Legislative District Election, 2020 Primary election Party Candidate Votes % Republican Tom Briese (incumbent ) 8,355 100.0 Total votes 100.0 General election Republican Tom Briese (incumbent ) 15,855 100.0 Total votes 100.0 Republican hold
Sue Crawford (incumbent) was term-limited.
Nebraska's 45th Legislative District Election, 2020 Primary election Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Susan Hester 4,158 51.0 Republican Rita Sanders 3,999 49.0 Total votes 100.0 General election Republican Rita Sanders 9,224 53.8 Democratic Susan Hester 7,919 46.2 Total votes 100.0 Republican gain from Democratic
Nebraska's 47th Legislative District Election, 2020 Primary election Party Candidate Votes % Republican Steve Erdman (incumbent ) 4,158 100.0 Total votes 100.0 General election Republican Steve Erdman (incumbent ) 14,964 100.0 Total votes 100.0 Republican hold
Results by precinct: John Murante (elected in 2016) resigned when elected Treasurer of Nebraska in 2018. Governor Pete Ricketts appointed Andrew LaGrone to fill the vacancy.[ 7]
^ Although Nebraska's legislature is unicameral, the officeholders are called Senators. ^ The even-numbered districts were elected in 2018 and will be up for election again in 2022.
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