The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Nebraska (including its time as a territory): Governor Lieutenant Governor Secretary of State Attorney General State Auditor of Public Accounts State Treasurer

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the: State Legislature (technically non-partisan since 1937) State delegation to the U.S. Senate State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives (including non-voting delegate)

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

Pre-statehood (1853–1866) YearExecutive officesLegislatureUnited States CongressGovernorDelegate1853William Walker no legislatureNapoleon Bonaparte Giddings 1854Francis Burt 1855Mark W. Izard Territorial legislatureBird Beers Chapman 18561857Fenner Ferguson 1858William Alexander Richardson 1859Samuel W. Black Experience Estabrook 1860Samuel Gordon Daily 1861Alvin Saunders 1862186318641865Phineas Hitchcock 1866

1867–1936

YearExecutive officesState LegislatureUnited States CongressElectoralvotesGovernorLieutenantGovernorSecretaryof StateAttorneyGeneralAuditorTreasurerSenateHouseSenator(Class I)Senator(Class II)House1867David Butler no such officeThomas P. Kennard House Champion S. Chase John Gillespie Augustus Kountze R maj.R maj.Thomas Tipton John Milton Thayer Turner M. Marquett John Taffe 1868Grant/Colfax 1869Seth Robinson James Sweet 18701871William H. James George H. Roberts Henry A. Koenig Phineas Hitchcock William H. James 1872Grant/Wilson 1873Robert Wilkinson Furnas John J. Gosper Joseph R. Webster Jefferson B. Weston Lorenzo Crounse 18741875Silas Garber Bruno Tzschuck George H. Roberts J. C. McBride Algernon Paddock 1876Hayes/Wheeler 1877Othman A. Abbott Alvin Saunders Frank Welch 1878Thomas JeffersonMajors 1879Albinus Nance Edmund C. Carns S. J. Alexander C. J. Dilworth F. W. Liedtke George M. Bartlett Edward K.Valentine 1880Garfield/Arthur 1881John Wallichs Charles Van Wyck 18821883James W. Dawes Alfred W. Agee Edward P. Roggen Isaac Powers, Jr. Phelps D.Sturdevant D/A-Mo maj.R maj.Charles F. Manderson 3R1884Blaine/Logan 1885Hibbard H. Shedd William Leese H. A. Babcock Charles H. Willard R maj.R maj.18861887John Milton Thayer Gilbert L. Laws Algernon Paddock 2R, 1D1888Harrison/Morton 1889George de RueMeiklejohn Thomas H. Benton John E. Hill 3R1890Benjamin R. Cowdery 1891Thomas JeffersonMajors John Clayton Allen George H. Hastings Pop maj.Pop maj.2Pop, 1D1892James E. Boyd Harrison/Reid 1893Lorenzo Crounse Eugene Moore Joseph S. Bartley D/Pop maj.D/Pop maj.William V. Allen 3R, 2Pop, 1D18941895Silas A. Holcomb Robert E. Moore Joel A. Piper Arthur S. Churchill R maj.R maj.John M. Thurston 5R, 1Pop18964 – Bryan/Sewall (D/Sv) 4 – Bryan/Watson 1897James E. Harris William F. Porter Constantine JosephSmyth John F. Cornell John B. Meserve D/Pop/SvR maj.D/Pop/SvR maj.4Pop, 2R18981899William A. Poynter Edward A. Gilbert R maj.R maj.Monroe Hayward 3Pop, 2R, 1D1900William V. Allen McKinley/Roosevelt 1901Charles H. Dietrich Ezra P. Savage George W. Marsh Frank N. Prout Charles Weston William Stuefer Joseph Millard 2D, 2Pop, 2REzra P. Savage vacantCharles H. Dietrich 19021903John H. Mickey Edmund G. McGilton Peter Mortensen 5R, 1D1904Roosevelt/Fairbanks 1905A. Galusha Norris Brown Edward N. Searle Jr. Elmer Burkett 6R19061907George L. Sheldon Melville R. Hopewell George C. Junkin William T. Thompson L. G. Brian Norris Brown 5R, 1D1908Bryan/Kern 1909Ashton C. Shallenberger Silas ReynoldsBarton D maj.D maj.3D, 3R1910Arthur F. Mullen 1911Chester Hardy Aldrich Addison Wait Grant G. Martin Walter A. George Gilbert Hitchcock 1912vacantWilson/Marshall 1913John H. Morehead Samuel Roy McKelvie W. B. Howard R maj.D maj.George W. Norris 19141915James Pearson Charles W. Pool Willis E. Reed William H. Smith George E. Hall D maj.D maj.19161917Keith Neville Edgar Howard 19181919Samuel Roy McKelvie Pelham A. Barrows Darius M. Amsberry Clarence A. Davis George W. Marsh Daniel B. Cropsey R maj.R maj.6R1920Harding/Coolidge 192119221923Charles W. Bryan Fred Gustus Johnson Charles W. Pool Ora S. Spillman Charles D. Robinson Robert B. Howell 3D, 3R1924Coolidge/Dawes 1925Adam McMullen George A. Williams 19261927Frank Marsh Sr. L. B. Johnson W. M. Stebbins 4D, 2R1928Hoover/Curtis 1929Arthur J. Weaver Christian A. Sorensen 4R, 2D19301931Charles W. Bryan Theodore W. Metcalfe George W. Marsh Truman W. Bass 4D, 2R1932Roosevelt/Garner 1933Walter H. Jurgensen Harry R. Swanson Paul F. Good William B. Price George E. Hall D maj.D maj.5DWilliam H. Thompson 1934Richard C. Hunter 1935Robert Leroy Cochran William H. Wright Edward R. Burke 4D, 1RFred C. Ayres 1936George W. Norris H. J. Murray

1937–present

YearExecutive officesState LegislatureUnited States CongressElectoral votesGovernorLieutenantGovernorSecretaryof StateAttorneyGeneralAuditorTreasurerSenator(Class I)Senator(Class II)House1937Robert Leroy Cochran Walter H. Jurgensen Harry R. Swanson Richard C. Hunter William H. Price Walter H. Jensen 43NP(22R, 21D)Edward R. Burke George W. Norris 4D, 1R1938Nate M. Parsons 1939William E. Johnson Walter R. Johnson Ray C. Johnson Truman W. Bass 43NP(24R, 19D)3R, 2DJohn Havekost 1940Willkie/McNary 1941Dwight Griswold Frank Marsh Sr. L. B. Johnson 43NP(26R, 17D)Hugh A. Butler 19421943Roy W. Johnson Carl G. Swanson 43NP(26R, 13D; 4 not reported)Kenneth S. Wherry 4R194443NP(25R, 13D; 5 not reported)Dewey/Bricker 194543NP(28R, 7D; 8 not reported)1946Edward Gillette 1947Val Peterson Robert B. Crosby 43NP(20R, 9D; 14 not reported)1948Dewey/Warren 1949Charles J. Warner James HodsonAnderson 43NP(22R, 5D; 16 not reported)3R, 1D1950Clarence S. Beck 43NP(23R, 5D; 15 not reported)1951James S. Pittenger Frank B. Heintze 43NP(25R, 5D, 1I; 12 not reported)4R1952Fred A. Seaton Eisenhower/Nixon Dwight Griswold 1953Robert B. Crosby Frank Marsh 43NP(26R, 5D, 1I; 11 not reported)195443NP(26R, 4D, 1I; 12 not reported)Samuel W. Reynolds Eva Bowring Roman Hruska Hazel Abel 1955Victor Anderson Ralph W. Hill 43NP(23R, 8D, 2I; 10 not reported)Carl Curtis 1956vacant1957Dwight Burney 43NP(25R, 13D, 1I; 4 not reported)1958Bertha I. Hill 1959Ralph Brooks Richard R. Larsen 43NP(31R, 9D, 3I)2D, 2R1960Nixon/Lodge Dwight Burney 1961Frank B. Morrison Clarence A. H. Meyer Clarence L. E. Swanson 43NP(26R, 11D, 3I; 3 not reported)4R196243NP(27R, 10D, 3I; 3 not reported)196343NP(29R, 12D, 2I)3R1964P. Merle Humphries 43NP(28R, 13D, 2I)Johnson/Humphrey 1965Philip Sorensen Fred Sorensen 49NP(31R, 12D, 2I; 4 not reported)2R, 1D19661967Norbert Tiemann John Everroad Wayne Swanson 49NP(33R, 12D, 2I; 2 not reported)3R1968Nixon/Agnew 196949NP(36R, 11D; 2 not reported)19701971J. James Exon Frank Marsh Allen Beermann Ray A. C. Johnson 49NP(36R, 12D, 1I)1972197349NP(33R, 15D, 1I)19741975Gerald Whelan Paul L. Douglas Frank Marsh 1976Ford/Dole 197749NP(30R, 17D, 2I)Edward Zorinsky 2R, 1D197849NP(28R, 19D, 2I)1979Charles Thone Roland Luedtke 49NP(25R, 22D, 2I)J. James Exon 1980Reagan/Bush 1981Kay Orr 49NP(30R, 17D, 2I)3R198249NP(31R, 16D, 2I)1983Bob Kerrey Donald McGinley 49NP(30R, 17D, 2I)198449NP(29R, 19D, 1I)1985Robert Spire 49NP(26R, 22D, 1I)198649NP(25R, 23D, 1I)1987Kay Orr William E. Nichol Frank Marsh 49NP(26R, 22D, 1I)David Karnes 198849NP(27R, 21D, 1I)Bush/Quayle 198949NP(28R, 20D, 1I)Bob Kerrey 2R, 1D199049NP(29R, 19D, 1I)1991Ben Nelson Maxine Moul Don Stenberg John Breslow Dawn Rockey 49NP(27R, 21D, 1I)199249NP(26R, 22D, 1I)Bush/Quayle 1993Kim Robak 199449NP(25R, 23D, 1I)1995Scott Moore John Breslow Dave Heineman 49NP(26R, 22D, 1I)3R1996Dole/Kemp 199749NP(27R, 21D, 1I)Chuck Hagel 199849NP(26R, 21D, 2I)1999Mike Johanns David Maurstad Kate Witek 49NP(28R, 19D, 2I)200049NP(29R, 18D, 2I)Bush andCheney 2001John A. Gale 49NP(31R, 16D, 2I)Ben Nelson Dave Heineman Lorelee Hunt Byrd 20022003Jon Bruning 49NP(34R, 13D, 2I)2004Ron Ross 2005Dave Heineman Rick Sheehy 49NP(32R, 15D, 2I)2006Kate Witek 2007Mike Foley Shane Osborn 49NP(30R, 17D, 2I)20084 – McCain/Palin 1 – Obama/Biden 200949NP(31R, 18D)Mike Johanns 201049NP(30R, 19D)2011Don Stenberg 49NP(32R, 17D)2012Romney/Ryan 2013Lavon Heidemann 49NP(29R, 19D, 1I)Deb Fischer 2014John E. Nelson 2015Pete Ricketts Mike Foley Doug Peterson Charlie Janssen 49NP(34R, 14D, 1I)Ben Sasse 2R, 1D201649NP(35R, 13D, 1I)Trump/Pence 201749NP(31R, 16D, 1L, 1I)3R20182019Bob Evnen John Murante 49NP(30R, 18D, 1I)20204 – Trump/Pence 1 – Biden/Harris 202149NP(32R, 17D)20222023Jim Pillen Joe Kelly Mike Hilgers Mike Foley Pete Ricketts Tom Briese 49NP(32R, 16D, 1I)20244 – Trump/Vance 1 – Harris/Walz 49NP(33R, 15D, 1I)20252026Joey Spellerberg

References

See also Politics in Nebraska