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|title = [[Secretary of State of Nebraska|Secretary of State]]

|title = [[Secretary of State of Nebraska|Secretary of State]]

| before_election = [[John A. Gale]]

| before_election = [[John A. Gale]]

The 2018 Nebraska elections were held on November 6, 2018. All of Nebraska’s executive were up for election, as well as a United States Senate seat, all three of Nebraska’s seats in the United States House of Representatives, half of the seats in the Nebraska Legislature, and seats on the Nebraska Public Service Commission, the State Board of Education, and the Board of Regents.

Incumbent Republican Senator Deb Fischer ran for re-election to a second term. She defeated former Lancaster County Commissioner Jane Raybould, the Democratic nominee, in the general election with 58% of the vote.

All three Republican members of the United States House of Representatives from Nebraska ran for re-election. All three won re-election.

Results of the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska by district:^[1]

Incumbent Republican Governor Pete Ricketts ran for re-election to a second term. He was challenged in the general election by State Senator Bob Krist, the Democratic nominee. Ricketts defeated Krist with 59% of the vote.

2018 Nebraska Secretary of State election

County results Congressional district results Precinct results Evnen:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Danner:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Tie:      50%      No votes

Incumbent Republican Secretary of State declined to run for re-election to a fifth term. Bob Evnen, an attorney and former member of the State Board of Education, won the Republican primary against administrative assistant Debra Terrell, with 59% of the vote. In the general election, he was opposed by Spencer Danner, the former head of the Omaha Human Rights and Relations Department.^[2] Evnen defeated Tanner with 61% of the vote.

• Bob Evnen, attorney and former member of the State Board of Education
• Debra Terrell, administrative assistant^[3]

• Spencer Danner, consultant, former head of the Omaha Human Rights and Relations Department

2018 Nebraska Auditor of Public Accounts election

County results Congressional district results Janssen:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Skinner:      50–60%

Incumbent Republican Auditor Charlie Janssen ran for re-election to a second term. He was challenged in the general election by Omaha librarian Jane Skinner.^[5] During the campaign, the Omaha World-Herald reported that, during a three-month investigation, Janssen repeatedly took “three-hour beer drinking lunches at a Lincoln sports bar,” prompting calls from the Nebraska Democratic Party that he resign.^[6] Ultimately, though Janssen won re-election, it was by the thinnest margin of any statewide Republican candidate.

• Jane Skinner, Omaha librarian

Incumbent Republican State Treasurer Don Stenberg was unable to seek a third consecutive term. State Senator John Murante defeated public accountant Taylor Royal to win the Republican primary and was unopposed in the general election.

• John Murante, state senator
• Taylor Royal, public accountant, 2017 candidate for mayor of Omaha^[7]

Incumbent Republican Attorney General Doug Peterson ran for re-election to a second term. He won the Republican primary unopposed and was originally set to face Democratic nominee Evangelos Argyrakis, an Omaha-area attorney. However, after Argyrakis won the primary unopposed, he was arrested for strangulation after an altercation involving his father, and he dropped out of the race.^[8] Though Democrats originally planned on replacing Argyrakis on the ballot, they ultimately did not do so,^[9] and Peterson was re-elected unopposed.

• Evangelos Argyrakis, Omaha attorney

Incumbent Republican Commissioner Frank E. Landis declined to seek a sixth term. State Senator Dan Watermeier ran in the Republican primary against former Cass County Commissioner Ron Nolte and Scott Smathers, the executive director of the Nebraska Sportsmen’s Foundation. Community organizer Christa Yoakum and software developer John Atkeison both ran in the Democratic primary. ^[10] Watermeier won the Republican primary in a landslide, winning 59% of the vote, while Yoakum defeated Atkeison with 77% of the vote. In the general election, Watermeier and Yoakum took opposite positions on whether the Commission should ultimately approve the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, with Watermeier supporting the project and Yoakum opposing it.^[11] Watermeier ended up narrowly defeating Yoakum with 52% of the vote.

• Ron Nolte, former Cass County commissioner
• Scott Smathers, executive director of the Nebraska Sportsmen’s Foundation
• Dan Watermeier, state senator

• John Atkeison, software developer
• Christa Yoakum, community organizer

Incumbent Republican Commissioner Tim Schram ran for re-election to a third term. He and his Democratic opponent, retired business executive Mike Forsythe, were both unopposed in their respective primary elections. Schram defeated Forsythe by a wide margin, winning 62% of the vote.

• Mike Forsythe, retired business executive

2018 Nebraska State Board of Education District 5 election

Nominee Patricia Timm Maris Bentley Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Popular vote 38,800 22,713 Percentage 63.1% 36.9%

Timm:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Bentley:      50–60%

Incumbent board member Patricia H. Timm ran for another term. She was challenged by retired teacher Maris Bentley, who founded a conservative advocacy group, Nebraskans for Founders’ Values, which opposed changes made to the Omaha Public Schools sex education curriculum.^[12] Timm led Bentley in the nonpartisan primary with 70% of the vote and defeated her in a landslide in the general election, winning 63% of the vote.

• Maris Bentley, retired Plattsmouth teacher
• Patricia H. Timm, incumbent board member

Incumbent board member Maureen Nickels was unopposed for another term.

• Maureen Nickels, incumbent board member

Incumbent board member Molly O’Holleran declined to seek another term. Robin Stevens, the former superintendent of Schuyler Public Schools and O’Holleran’s 2018 opponent, ran to succeed her and won unopposed.

• Robin R. Stevens, former superintendent of Schuyler Public Schools, 2018 candidate for board

Incumbent board member Pat McPherson ran for re-election. He was challenged by retired teacher Bob Meyers, who ran for the position in 2018, and Deborah Neary, the Executive Director of the Midlands Mentoring Partnership. During McPherson’s term on the board, he attracted controversy over a post on a defunct blog that he ran that referred to former President Barack Obama as a “half breed.” McPherson denied that he authored the post and disavowed it, keeping a low profile on the board thereafter.^[13] Neary emerged as the frontrunner, winning 51% of the vote in the primary to McPherson’s 28%. In the ensuing general election, Neary defeated McPherson with 59% of the vote.

• Pat McPherson, incumbent board member
• Bob Meyers, retired teacher, 2018 candidate for board
• Deborah Neary, executive director of the Midlands Mentoring Partnership

Incumbent Regent Jim Pillen was unopposed for re-election.

Incumbent Regent Bob Whitehouse declined to seek re-election. Two Democrats, attorney Elizabeth O’Connor and adjunct professor Larry Bradley, who ran for this seat in 2012, ran to succeed him.^[14] O’Connor defeated Bradley in a landslide.

• Larry Bradley, adjunct professor at the University of Nebraska Omaha, member of the Papio Missouri Natural Resources District, 2012 regent candidate
• Elizabeth O’Connor, attorney

Incumbent Regent Rob Schafer ran for re-election. He was challenged by former Regent Robert J. Prokop and photographer Joshua Redwine.^[15] Schafer and Prokop advanced to the general election from the primary, winning 43% and 24% of the vote, respectively. Schafer defeated Prokop in the general election by a wide margin, winning 61% of the vote to Prokop’s 39%.

• Robert J. Prokop, former regent
• Joshua Redwine, Lincoln photographer
• Rob Schafer, incumbent regent

Incumbent Regent Hal Daub, the former Mayor of Omaha and former Congressman, ran for re-election to a second term on the Board of Regents. He was challenged by Barbara Weitz, a retired faculty member at the University of Nebraska Omaha, and attorney Ryan Wilkins.^[16] Weitz and Daub placed first and second in the primary election and advanced to the general election, where Weitz narrowly defeated Daub with 53% of the vote.