2014 United States Senate election in Nebraska

2014 United States Senate election in Nebraska

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Nominee Ben Sasse David Domina
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 347,636 170,127
Percentage 64.34% 31.49%

County results
Sasse:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%

U.S. senator before election

Mike Johanns
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Ben Sasse
Republican

The 2014 United States Senate election in Nebraska took place on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Republican Senator Mike Johanns did not run for re-election to a second term. Republican nominee Ben Sasse defeated Democratic nominee David Domina to succeed him.

Republican primary

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Four serious-looking men in dark jackets
Buffalo County Republican Party candidate event in November 2013. From left to right: Shane Osborn, Sid Dinsdale, Bart McLeay and Ben Sasse.

Candidates

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Declared

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Declined

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Endorsements

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Sid Dinsdale

Individuals

Bart McLeay

Individuals

Shane Osborn

Individuals

Organizations

Rescinded Endorsement

Ben Sasse

Individuals

Organizations

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Sid
Dinsdale
Clifton
Johnson
Bart
McLeay
Shane
Osborn
Ben
Sasse
Other Undecided
Gravis Marketing[46] September 6–7, 2013 1,842 ± 2.2% 7% 2% 41% 5% 45%
Public Opinion Strategies^[47] October 27–28, 2013 400 ± 4.9% 7% 1% 39% 7% 46%
Harper Polling[48] February 3–4, 2014 565 ± 4% 13.1% 4.3% 30.4% 29% 23.2%
The Polling Company February 25–28, 2014 400 ± 4.9% 9% 1% 2% 35% 24% 30%
NSON Opinion Strategy[49] April 16–20, 2014 400 ± 5% 13% 27% 29% 28%
Not disclosed*[50] April 26–28, 2014 507 ± ? 22% 3% 5% 25% 31% 14%
Strategic National[51] May 7–8, 2014 500 ± 4.9% 23% 3% 8% 20% 34% 11.5%
Magellan Strategies[52] May 8, 2014 525 ± 4.28% 24% 2% 6% 20% 38% 3% 7%
  • * Internal poll for Ben Sasse campaign
  • ^ Internal poll for Shane Osborn campaign
Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Jon
Bruning
Mike
Foley
Shane
Osborn
Pete
Ricketts
Ben
Sasse
Undecided
Harper Polling[53] June 1–2, 2013 230 ± 6.46% 29% 9% 18% 12% 3% 29%

Results

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Results by county
  Sasse
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  Dinsdale
  •   40–50%
Republican primary results[54]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ben Sasse 109,847 49.37%
Republican Sid Dinsdale 49,832 22.39%
Republican Shane Osborn 46,856 21.06%
Republican Bart McLeay 12,700 5.71%
Republican Clifton Johnson 3,285 1.48%
Total votes 222,520 100.00%

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Declared

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Declined

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Endorsements

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Polling

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Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Chris
Beutler
Chuck
Hassebrook
Steve
Lathrop
Mike
Meister
Kim
Robak
Undecided
Harper Polling[53] June 1–2, 2013 133 ± 8.5% 13% 14% 13% 6% 19% 35%

Results

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Democratic primary results[54]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David Domina 44,813 67.46%
Democratic Larry Marvin 21,615 32.54%
Total votes 66,428 100.00%

General election

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Candidates

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Debates

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[76] Solid R November 3, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[77] Safe R November 3, 2014
Rothenberg Political Report[78] Safe R November 3, 2014
Real Clear Politics[79] Safe R November 3, 2014

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Ben
Sasse (R)
David
Domina (D)
Other Undecided
Rasmussen Reports[80] April 7–8, 2014 750 ± 4% 52% 27% 5% 16%
Rasmussen Reports[80] May 14–15, 2014 750 ± 4% 51% 34% 5% 10%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov[81] July 5–24, 2014 858 ± 4.4% 56% 34% 1% 9%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov[82] August 18 – September 2, 2014 987 ± 4% 56% 30% 1% 13%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov[83] September 20 – October 1, 2014 721 ± 4% 58% 31% 0% 11%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov[83] October 16–23, 2014 681 ± 5% 59% 30% 0% 11%
Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Shane
Osborn (R)
David
Domina (D)
Other Undecided
Rasmussen Reports[80] April 7–8, 2014 750 ± 4% 48% 27% 5% 20%
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Jon
Bruning (R)
Chris
Beutler (D)
Undecided
Harper Polling[53] June 1–2, 2013 538 ± 4.22% 44% 34% 22%
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Mike
Foley (R)
Chuck
Hassebrook (D)
Undecided
Harper Polling[53] June 1–2, 2013 538 ± 4.22% 48% 30% 22%
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Shane
Osborn (R)
Steve
Lathrop (D)
Undecided
Harper Polling[53] June 1–2, 2013 538 ± 4.22% 47% 29% 25%
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Pete
Ricketts (R)
Kim
Robak (D)
Undecided
Harper Polling[53] June 1–2, 2013 538 ± 4.22% 45% 36% 19%
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Ben
Sasse (R)
Mike
Meister (D)
Undecided
Harper Polling[53] June 1–2, 2013 538 ± 4.22% 35% 24% 41%

Results

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United States Senate election in Nebraska, 2014[84]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Ben Sasse 347,636 64.34% +6.82%
Democratic Dave Domina 170,127 31.49% −8.57%
Independent Jim Jenkins 15,868 2.94% N/A
Independent Todd Watson 6,260 1.16% N/A
Write-in 446 0.08% N/A
Total votes 540,337 100.0% N/A
Republican hold

By county

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From Secretary of State of Nebraska[85]

County Ben Sasse

Republican

Dave Domina

Democratic

Jim Jenkins
Independent
Todd Watson
Independent
Write-in Total
votes
% # % # % # % # % #
Adams 68.66% 5,906 26.99% 2,322 2.55% 219 1.77% 152 0.03% 3 8,602
Antelope 72.58% 1,845 24.86% 632 1.85% 47 0.71% 18 0.00% 0 2,542
Arthur 80.00% 144 16.11% 29 2.78% 5 1.11% 2 0.00% 0 180
Banner 86.46% 249 10.76% 31 1.39% 4 1.39% 4 0.00% 0 288
Blaine 72.41% 147 11.82% 24 15.27% 31 0.49% 1 0.00% 0 203
Boone 74.51% 1,643 21.13% 466 3.63% 80 0.68% 15 0.05% 1 2,205
Box Butte 68.03% 2,060 27.61% 836 2.84% 86 1.52% 46 0.00% 0 3,028
Boyd 75.11% 712 21.73% 206 1.79% 17 1.37% 13 0.00% 0 948
Brown 78.42% 883 15.63% 176 4.35% 49 1.60% 18 0.00% 0 1126
Buffalo 74.55% 9,953 16.24% 2,168 7.97% 1,064 1.20% 160 0.04% 5 13,350
Burt 64.03% 1,816 32.93% 934 2.05% 58 0.95% 27 0.04% 1 2,836
Butler 76.50% 2,377 19.34% 601 2.48% 77 1.64% 51 0.03% 1 3,107
Cass 70.57% 6,062 25.72% 2,209 2.37% 204 1.27% 109 0.07% 6 8,590
Cedar 62.76% 1,916 34.72% 1,060 1.21% 37 1.31% 40 0.00% 0 3,053
Chase 85.95% 1,205 9.06% 127 3.28% 46 1.71% 24 0.00% 0 1,402
Cherry 79.36% 1,769 14.63% 326 4.44% 99 1.35% 30 0.22% 5 2,229
Cheyenne 78.71% 2,241 17.42% 496 2.46% 70 1.40% 40 0.00% 0 2,847
Clay 77.89% 1,687 17.54% 380 2.68% 58 1.85% 40 0.05% 1 2,166
Colfax 71.25% 1,405 25.66% 506 1.93% 38 1.12% 22 0.05% 1 1,972
Cuming 74.32% 2,144 23.12% 667 1.66% 48 0.90% 26 0.00% 0 2,885
Custer 59.36% 2,536 9.83% 420 29.38% 1,255 1.43% 61 0.00% 0 4,272
Dakota 59.20% 2,208 36.38% 1,357 2.71% 101 1.72% 64 0.00% 0 3,730
Dawes 70.66% 1,912 24.46% 662 2.85% 77 2.03% 55 0.00% 0 2,706
Dawson 75.98% 4,220 16.96% 942 5.69% 316 1.33% 74 0.04% 2 5,554
Deuel 80.43% 555 13.04% 90 4.35% 30 2.17% 15 0.00% 0 690
Dixon 66.29% 1,280 30.92% 597 1.55% 30 1.19% 23 0.05% 1 1,931
Dodge 69.81% 7,324 27.07% 2,840 2.06% 216 0.98% 103 0.09% 9 10,492
Douglas 56.42% 81,226 40.92% 58,917 1.83% 2,628 0.70% 1,008 0.14% 195 143,974
Dundy 85.40% 591 9.97% 69 2.60% 18 2.02% 14 0.00% 0 692
Fillmore 70.84% 1,635 25.48% 588 2.30% 53 1.39% 32 0.00% 0 2,308
Franklin 79.82% 1,084 13.77% 187 5.08% 69 1.33% 18 0.00% 0 1,358
Frontier 83.25% 805 12.00% 116 3.21% 31 1.55% 15 0.00% 0 967
Furnas 80.72% 1,344 12.85% 214 2.58% 43 3.78% 63 0.06% 1 1,665
Gage 64.10% 4,705 31.74% 2,330 2.96% 217 1.17% 86 0.03% 2 7,340
Garden 80.25% 508 13.27% 84 5.21% 33 1.26% 8 0.00% 0 633
Garfield 76.44% 558 17.12% 125 4.52% 33 1.92% 14 0.00% 0 730
Gosper 72.98% 543 14.92% 111 9.01% 67 3.09% 23 0.00% 0 744
Grant 72.63% 199 19.34% 53 6.57% 18 1.46% 4 0.00% 0 274
Greeley 67.80% 556 28.05% 230 3.41% 28 0.73% 6 0.00% 0 820
Hall 66.18% 9,214 29.14% 4,057 3.11% 433 1.46% 203 0.11% 15 13,922
Hamilton 78.21% 2,847 17.09% 622 3.05% 111 1.65% 60 0.00% 0 3,640
Harlan 79.91% 1,074 14.81% 199 3.05% 41 2.23% 30 0.00% 0 1,344
Hayes 87.12% 399 7.21% 33 4.59% 21 0.87% 4 0.22% 1 458
Hitchcock 83.43% 977 12.13% 142 2.99% 35 1.45% 17 0.00% 0 1171
Holt 71.93% 2,675 24.79% 922 1.77% 66 1.43% 53 0.08% 3 3,719
Hooker 72.11% 212 14.97% 44 11.22% 33 1.70% 5 0.00% 0 294
Howard 69.51% 1,452 26.14% 546 2.44% 51 1.91% 40 0.00% 0 2,089
Jefferson 70.65% 1,827 25.87% 669 2.44% 63 1.04% 27 0.00% 0 2,586
Johnson 64.71% 1,082 31.76% 531 1.85% 31 1.50% 25 0.18% 3 1,672
Kearney 78.71% 2,044 13.90% 361 6.28% 163 1.00% 26 0.12% 3 2,597
Keith 79.63% 2,083 13.80% 361 5.08% 133 1.45% 38 0.04% 1 2,616
Keya Paha 82.89% 315 13.95% 53 1.32% 5 1.84% 7 0.00% 0 380
Kimball 80.53% 972 14.08% 170 3.07% 37 2.32% 28 0.00% 0 1207
Knox 66.14% 2,100 29.07% 923 3.15% 100 1.57% 50 0.06% 2 3,175
Lancaster 51.68% 44,462 43.31% 37,265 3.34% 2,870 1.57% 1,350 0.10% 86 86,033
Lincoln 72.46% 7,750 22.96% 2,456 3.43% 367 1.08% 116 0.06% 6 10,695
Logan 81.92% 290 11.30% 40 5.93% 21 0.85% 3 0.00% 0 354
Loup 72.56% 230 16.40% 52 10.41% 33 0.63% 2 0.00% 0 317
Madison 69.01% 6,476 28.09% 2,636 1.91% 179 0.95% 89 0.04% 4 9,384
McPherson 76.61% 190 16.13% 40 4.44% 11 2.82% 7 0.00% 0 248
Merrick 76.27% 2,211 19.08% 553 3.21% 93 1.45% 42 0.00% 0 2,899
Morrill 81.18% 1,255 15.27% 236 2.33% 36 1.03% 16 0.19% 3 1,546
Nance 69.44% 818 26.99% 318 2.38% 28 1.02% 12 0.17% 2 1178
Nemaha 72.11% 1,730 23.09% 554 3.08% 74 1.71% 41 0.00% 0 2,399
Nuckolls 76.95% 1,175 18.21% 278 3.14% 48 1.70% 26 0.00% 0 1,527
Otoe 70.78% 3,828 25.37% 1,372 2.51% 136 1.26% 68 0.07% 4 5,408
Pawnee 72.10% 788 25.25% 276 1.19% 13 1.46% 16 0.00% 0 1093
Perkins 82.73% 862 12.28% 128 4.32% 45 0.58% 6 0.10% 1 1042
Phelps 80.43% 2,725 13.96% 473 4.34% 147 1.24% 42 0.03% 1 3,388
Pierce 78.19% 1,843 18.88% 445 1.91% 45 1.02% 24 0.00% 0 2,357
Platte 78.38% 7,282 18.57% 1,725 2.13% 198 0.90% 84 0.02% 2 9,291
Polk 78.24% 1,384 17.98% 318 2.94% 52 0.79% 14 0.06% 1 1,769
Red Willow 83.36% 2,941 12.53% 442 2.78% 98 1.30% 46 0.03% 1 3,528
Richardson 73.71% 1,901 22.92% 591 1.78% 46 1.47% 38 0.12% 3 2,579
Rock 78.48% 496 16.46% 104 3.64% 23 1.42% 9 0.00% 0 632
Saline 59.35% 2,184 36.88% 1,357 2.72% 100 1.03% 38 0.03% 1 3,680
Sarpy 67.73% 30,281 29.44% 13,163 1.86% 831 0.86% 384 0.11% 49 44,708
Saunders 70.85% 5,174 25.62% 1,871 2.27% 166 1.19% 87 0.07% 5 7,303
Scotts Bluff 73.19% 7,106 22.71% 2,205 2.90% 282 1.15% 112 0.04% 4 9,709
Seward 70.32% 3,860 24.87% 1,365 3.52% 193 1.24% 68 0.05% 3 5,489
Sheridan 83.99% 1,453 11.97% 207 2.72% 47 1.33% 23 0.00% 0 1,730
Sherman 68.66% 896 22.61% 295 7.51% 98 1.23% 16 0.00% 0 1305
Sioux 83.46% 444 13.72% 73 1.50% 8 1.32% 7 0.00% 0 532
Stanton 72.23% 1,256 24.55% 427 1.90% 33 1.27% 22 0.06% 1 1,739
Thayer 74.77% 1,476 21.33% 421 2.68% 53 1.22% 24 0.00% 0 1,974
Thomas 78.59% 246 14.70% 46 5.11% 16 1.60% 5 0.00% 0 313
Thurston 50.21% 713 46.69% 663 1.83% 26 1.27% 18 0.00% 0 1420
Valley 74.24% 1,216 21.12% 346 3.66% 60 0.98% 16 0.00% 0 1,638
Washington 73.91% 5,105 23.35% 1,613 1.85% 128 0.83% 57 0.06% 4 6,907
Wayne 64.47% 1,729 32.18% 863 1.79% 48 1.49% 40 0.07% 2 2,682
Webster 73.66% 948 23.23% 299 1.40% 18 1.71% 22 0.00% 0 1287
Wheeler 75.74% 309 18.63% 76 3.92% 16 1.47% 6 0.25% 1 408
York 74.43% 3,377 17.06% 774 5.71% 259 2.80% 127 0.00% 0 4,537

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

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References

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  50. ^ Not disclosed*
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