2018 United States Senate election in Nebraska

The 2018 United States Senate election in Nebraska took place on November 6, 2018, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Nebraska. Incumbent Republican Deb Fischer was re-elected to a second term against Lincoln city councilwoman Jane Raybould and Libertarian candidate Jim Schultz.

The candidate filing deadline was March 1, 2018, and the primary election was held on May 15, 2018.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominated

• Deb Fischer, incumbent U.S. senator

Eliminated in primary

• Jack Heidel, retired University of Nebraska at Omaha professor
• Dennis Frank Macek
• Jeffrey Lynn Stein
• Todd Watson, businessman and independent candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2014

Declined

• Shane Osborn, former state treasurer and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2014
• Don Stenberg, state treasurer, former attorney general, nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2000 and candidate in 1996, 2006 and 2012

Endorsements

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominated

• Jane Raybould, Lincoln City Councilwoman, former Lancaster County Commissioner and nominee for lieutenant governor in 2014

Eliminated in primary

• Chris Janicek, businessman
• Larry Marvin, perennial candidate
• Frank Svoboda

Endorsements

Results

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Declared

• Jim Schultz

Results

General election

Predictions

Debates

Polling

Results

By county

From Secretary of State of Nebraska

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Dakota (largest municipality: South Sioux City)
• Saline (largest municipality: Crete)
• Thurston (largest municipality: Pender)

By congressional district

Fischer won all three congressional districts.

References

External links

• Candidates at Vote Smart
• Candidates at Ballotpedia
• Campaign finance at FEC
• Campaign finance at OpenSecrets

Official campaign websites

• Deb Fischer (R) for Senate
• Jane Raybould (D) for Senate
• Jim Schultz (L) for Senate