The 2018 Nebraska gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the

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, concurrently with the

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of Nebraska's Class I U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states,

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to the

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, and various

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and

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. Incumbent

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Governor

Pete Ricketts John Peter Ricketts (born August 19, 1964) is an American politician serving as the 40th governor of Nebraska since 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party. Ricketts is the son of Joe Ricketts, founder of TD Ameritrade. He is also, with o ...

won re-election to a second term.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

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, writer, candidate for

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in 2016 and candidate for

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in 2017 *

, incumbent governor :*Running mate: Mike Foley, incumbent lieutenant governor

Declined

* Mike Flood, former Speaker of the

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, state senator (running as a Democrat)

Endorsements

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

* Tyler Davis,

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instructor *

, state senator :* Running Mate:

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, state senator * Vanessa Gayle Ward, activist

Declined

* Chuck Hassebrook, former Regent of the University of Nebraska and nominee for governor in 2014 (running for the

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) * Steve Lathrop, former state senator (running for the

)

Endorsements

Results

Independents

State Senator

announced in September 2017 he left the Republican Party in order to mount a third party challenge against Governor Ricketts. Krist planned to create a new party in order to run, which will require submitting 5,000 signatures to qualify the party for the ballot. However, in February 2018 he abandoned the independent candidacy and became a Democrat.

Candidates

Withdrawn

, state senator (running as a Democrat)

General election

Predictions

Debates

Results

References

External links

Candidates
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;Official campaign websites
Bob Krist (D) for Governor

Pete Ricketts (R) for Governor
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Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Endorsements

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Endorsements

Results

Independents

Candidates

Withdrawn

General election

Predictions

Debates

Results

See also

References

External links