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GOVERNOR RACE

Nebraska Governor

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Nebraska race data was last verified Oct 1, 2026, 10:32 PM EDT. Figures may not reflect the latest developments.

Ratings

We show no win probability for governor races. Our governor forecast has not yet passed its accuracy test against past elections, so these pages carry ratings, polls and fundraising instead.

On the November ballot

We do not carry Nebraska's certified primary result.

Nebraska Secretary of State publishes the certified primary result on its official results page.

Nebraska's published terms restrict reuse of its election data, and we honor that.

Nebraska held its primary on May 12, 2026.

What we know

We have not confirmed either primary result from a source we may use.

State demographics · Census ACS

Median household income
$76,475 (±$633)
Median gross rent, monthly
$1,072 (±$8)
People below the poverty line
10.6% (±0.3%)
People without health insurance
7.2% (±0.2%)
Renter households paying 30% or more of income on rent
45.0% (±0.9%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020-2024 , statewide; the survey window ends Dec 31, 2024. Survey estimates; the figure after ± is the 90% margin of error. The renter-burden share is derived by Thin Gold from two published Census percentages. This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Election information

Voter registration deadline
October 16, 2026, per the federal form; confirm with your state (U.S. Election Assistance Commission, National Mail Voter Registration Form, as of October 10, 2026)
Early voting
Not shown. We have not yet built a reader for this state's election office, so no state-published date is shown.

What is not on this page

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  • No individual poll results are compiled for this race.
  • Filing data from Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission is not open to automated readers; see nadc-e.nebraska.gov.
  • The previous result for this seat is not shown: we hold no certified results record for it yet.
  • We do not yet have the 2024 presidential result for this race.
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