| Election Name: | 2020 Nebraska elections |
| Country: | Nebraska |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
| Previous Year: | 2018 |
Nebraska state elections in 2020 were held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Primary elections were held on August 18, 2020.[1]
In addition to the U.S. presidential race, Nebraska voters elected the Class II U.S. Senator from Nebraska, one of its Public Service Commissioners, two of eight voting members on the Nebraska University Board of Regents, four of eight seats on the Nebraska State Board of Education, all of its seats to the House of Representatives, two of seven seats on the Nebraska Supreme Court, two of six seats on the Nebraska Court of Appeals, and 25 of 49 seats in the unicameral Nebraska Legislature. Six ballot measures were also voted on.[1]
See main article: 2020 United States presidential election in Nebraska.
See also: 2020 Nebraska Democratic presidential primary and 2020 Nebraska Republican presidential primary.
Nebraska has five electoral votes in the Electoral College.
See main article: 2020 United States Senate election in Nebraska.
See main article: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska.
All three Republican incumbents ran for reelection.[2]
Democratic incumbent Crystal Rhodes was up for re-election to District 2 of Nebraska's Public Service Commission.[3]
Timothy Clare ran for reelection in District 1.[4] District 2 was an open seat.[5]
Incumbents Patsy Koch Johns (of District 1)[6] and Lisa Fricke (of District 2)[3] both ran for another term on the Board. Districts 3 and 4 were open seats.[7]
Two incumbents on the state Supreme Court and two on the state Court of Appeals ran for retention (a six-year term) in 2020.[8]
25 of 49 seats in the Nebraska State Legislature were up for election. Although officially nonpartisan, before the election, its de facto composition was:
| Party |
| |
|---|---|---|
| Republican | 30 | |
| Democratic | 18 | |
| Independent | 1 | |
| Total | 49 | |
Nebraska Initiative 428 would cap the annual interest for payday loans at 36%. As of September 2020, the Nebraskan average was 400% APR.[9] Vote for 428, an organisation campaigning for the initiative's passage, released a poll by Benenson Group Strategies which showed support for the measure (among Nebraskan voters) at 67%. It was conducted in August.[9]
| Nebraska Initiative 429 | |
| Initiative 429 | |
| Date: | November 3, 2020 |
| Country: | Nebraska |
| Location: | , United States |
| Yes: | 588,405 |
| No: | 316,298 |
| Total: | 904,703 |
| Mapcaption: | Yes No |
Nebraska Initiative 429 would allow gambling at licensed racetracks.[10]
| Nebraska Initiative 430 | |
| Initiative 430 | |
| Date: | November 3, 2020 |
| Country: | Nebraska |
| Location: | , United States |
| Yes: | 591,086 |
| No: | 318,094 |
| Total: | 909,180 |
| Mapcaption: | Yes No |
Nebraska Initiative 430 would establish the governing commission for racetrack gambling.[10]
| Nebraska Initiative 431 | |
| Initiative 431 | |
| Date: | November 3, 2020 |
| Country: | Nebraska |
| Location: | , United States |
| Yes: | 620,835 |
| No: | 282,703 |
| Total: | 903,538 |
| Mapcaption: | Yes No |
Nebraska Initiative 431 would enact taxes on gambling at racetracks.[10]