| Election Name: | 2018 Nebraska elections |
| Country: | Nebraska |
| Type: | Midterm |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
| Previous Year: | 2016 |
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Nebraska on November 6, 2018. All of Nebraska's executive officers were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat, and all of Nebraska's three seats in the United States House of Representatives.
See main article: 2018 Nebraska gubernatorial election.
Incumbent Republican governor Pete Ricketts ran for re-election to a second term.[1] Republican state senator Bob Krist announced that he would give up his party affiliation and run for governor as a Democrat.[2]
Pete Ricketts defeated Bob Krist in the general election.
| Election Name: | 2018 Nebraska Attorney General election |
| Country: | Nebraska |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 Nebraska elections#Attorney general |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2022 Nebraska Attorney General election |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
| Nominee1: | Doug Peterson |
| Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 516,777 |
| Percentage1: | 100.00% |
| Attorney General | |
| Before Election: | Doug Peterson |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| After Election: | Doug Peterson |
| After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
Incumbent Republican attorney general Doug Peterson ran for re-election to a second term.[3]
| Election Name: | 2018 Nebraska Secretary of State election |
| Country: | Nebraska |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 Nebraska Secretary of State election |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2022 Nebraska Secretary of State election |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
| Election Date: | November 6, 2018 |
| Nominee1: | Bob Evnen |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 406,632 |
| Percentage1: | 60.6% |
| Nominee2: | Spencer Danner |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 263,982 |
| Percentage2: | 39.4% |
| Secretary of State | |
| Before Election: | John A. Gale |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Bob Evnen |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
Incumbent Republican secretary of state John Gale, who was appointed to the position in December 2000, has announced he will not run for re-election.[8]
Governing magazine projected the race as "safe Republican".[14]
Incumbent Republican Nebraska state treasurer Don Stenberg is term-limited and is not eligible to run for re-election to a third term.
State Senator John Murante ran for the Republican nomination.[15] He faced off against Taylor Royal in the Republican primary.[16]
John Murante defeated Taylor Royal in the Republican primary, and ran unopposed in the general election.[17]
Incumbent Republican Auditor of Public Accounts of Nebraska Charlie Janssen ran for re-election to a second term.[18]
| Election Name: | 2018 Nebraska State Board of Education District 5 election |
| Country: | Nebraska |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 State Board of Education District 5 election |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2022 State Board of Education District 5 election |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
| Election Date: | November 6, 2018 |
| Nominee1: | Patricia Timm |
| Party1: | Nonpartisan politician |
| Popular Vote1: | 38,800 |
| Percentage1: | 63.1% |
| Nominee2: | Maris Bentley |
| Party2: | Nonpartisan politician |
| Popular Vote2: | 22,713 |
| Percentage2: | 36.9% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| Board Member | |
| Before Election: | Patricia Timm |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Patricia Timm |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
Nebraska Public Service Commission District 1 incumbent Republican Frank Landis, who was first elected in 1988, has not announced whether he will run for re-election to a sixth term.
Nebraska Public Service Commission District 3 incumbent Republican Tim Schram, who was first elected in 2006, ran for re-election to a third term.[19]
See main article: Nebraska State Legislature election, 2018. Nebraska's state legislature is unique among American states in that it is unicameral, meaning that it is only one chamber. Consisting of 49 legislative districts, the Nebraska State Legislature had 24 seats up for election in 2018.
See main article: 2018 United States Senate election in Nebraska.
Incumbent Republican senator Deb Fischer ran for re-election to a second term.[20] She faced Democratic challenger Jane Raybould.[21] Fischer defeated Raybould in the general election.
See main article: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska.
All of Nebraska's three seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2018.
In District 2, Republican Incumbent Don Bacon ran for re-election. Kara Eastman defeated Brad Ashford, who held the seat prior to losing to Bacon in 2016, in the Democratic primary.[22]
Don Bacon defeated Kara Eastman in the general election.