This is a list of the Nebraska Republican Party presidential primary results.

1912

+ Nebraska Republican primary, 1912 Candidate Votes Percentage Theodore Roosevelt 58.7% William Howard Taft 21.5% Robert La Follette 17.1%

1916

+ Nebraska Republican primary, April 18, 1916 Candidate Votes Percentage Albert B. Cummins 29,850 33.7% Henry Ford 26,884 30.3% Charles Evans Hughes (Write-in) 15,837 17.9% Theodore Roosevelt (Write-in) 2,256 2.5%

1920

+ Nebraska Republican primary, April 20, 1920 Candidate Votes Percentage Hiram Johnson 63,161 46.2% Leonard Wood 42,385 31.0% John J. Pershing 27,669 20.3%

1924

+ Nebraska Republican primary, April 8, 1924 Candidate Votes Percentage President Calvin Coolidge 79,676 63.6% Hiram Johnson 45,032 35.9%

1928

+ Nebraska Republican primary, April 10, 1928 Candidate Votes Percentage George Norris 96,726 91.8% Herbert Hoover 6,815 6.5% Frank Orren Lowden 711 0.7% Charles G. Dawes 679 0.7% Calvin Coolidge 452 0.4%

1932

+ Nebraska Republican primary, April 12, 1932 Candidate Votes Percentage Joseph I. France 40,481 74.4% President Herbert Hoover 13,934 25.6%

1936

+ Nebraska Republican primary, April 14, 1936 Candidate Votes Percentage William Borah 70,240 74.5% Alf Landon 23,117 24.5%

1940

+ Nebraska Republican primary, April 9, 1940 Candidate Votes Percentage Thomas Dewey 102,915 58.9% Arthur Vandenberg 71,798 41.1%

1944

+ Nebraska Republican primary, April 11, 1944 Candidate Votes Percentage Harold Stassen 51,800 65.7% Thomas Dewey 18,418 23.3% Wendell Willkie 8,249 10.5%

1948

+ Nebraska Republican primary, April 13, 1948 Candidate Votes Percentage Harold Stassen 80,979 43.5% Thomas Dewey 64,242 34.5% Robert Taft 21,608 11.6% Arthur Vandenberg 9,590 5.2% Douglas MacArthur 6,893 3.7% Earl Warren 1,761 0.9% Joseph W. Martin 910 0.5%

1952

+ Nebraska Republican primary, April 1, 1952 Candidate Votes Percentage Robert Taft (Write-in) 79,357 36.2% Dwight D. Eisenhower (Write-in) 66,078 30.1% Harold Stassen 53,238 24.3% Douglas MacArthur (Write-in) 7,478 3.4% Earl Warren (Write-in) 1,872 0.9%

1956

+ Nebraska Republican primary, May 15, 1956 Candidate Votes Percentage President Dwight D. Eisenhower 102,576 99.8%

1960

+ Nebraska Republican primary, May 10, 1960 Candidate Votes Percentage Vice President Richard Nixon 74,356 93.8% Nelson Rockefeller (Write-in) 2,028 2.6% Barry Goldwater (Write-in) 1,068 1.3%

1964

+ Nebraska Republican primary, May 12, 1964 Candidate Votes Percentage Barry Goldwater 68,050 49.1% Richard Nixon (Write-in) 43,613 31.5% Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (Write-in) 22,622 16.3% Nelson Rockefeller (Write-in) 2,333 1.7% William P. Scranton (Write-in) 578 0.4% Lyndon B. Johnson (Write-in) 316 0.2%

1968

+ Nebraska Republican primary, May 14, 1968 Candidate Votes Percentage Richard Nixon 140,336 70.0% Ronald Reagan 42,703 21.3% Nelson Rockefeller (Write-in) 10,225 5.1% Harold Stassen 2,638 1.3% Eugene McCarthy (Write-in) 1,544 0.8%

1972

+ Nebraska Republican primary, May 9, 1972 Candidate Votes Percentage President Richard Nixon 179,464 92.4% Pete McCloskey 9,011 4.6% John M. Ashbrook 4,996 2.6%

1976

+ Nebraska Republican primary, May 11, 1976 Candidate Votes Percentage Ronald Reagan 113,493 54.5% President Gerald Ford 94,542 45.4%

1980

+ Nebraska Republican primary, May 13, 1980 Candidate Votes Percentage Ronald Reagan 155,995 76.0% George H. W. Bush 31,380 15.3% John Anderson 11,879 5.8% Bob Dole 1,420 0.7% Phil Crane 1,062 0.5% Harold Stassen 799 0.4% Ben Fernandez 400 0.2%

1984

+ Nebraska Republican primary, May 15, 1984 Candidate Votes Percentage President Ronald Reagan 145,245 99.9%

1988

+ Nebraska Republican primary, May 10, 1988 Candidate Votes Percentage Vice President George H. W. Bush 138,784 68.0% Bob Dole 45,572 22.3% Pat Robertson 10,334 5.1% Jack Kemp 8,423 4.1%

1992

+ Nebraska Republican primary, May 12, 1992 Candidate Votes Percentage President George H. W. Bush 156,346 81.4% Pat Buchanan 25,847 13.5% David Duke 2,808 1.5% George A. Zimmermann 1,313 0.7% Tennie Rogers 751 0.4%

1996

+ Nebraska Republican primary, May 14, 1996 Candidate Votes Percentage Bob Dole 129,131 75.7% Pat Buchanan 17,741 10.4% Steve Forbes (withdrawn) 10,612 6.2% Alan Keyes (withdrawn) 5,123 3.0% Lamar Alexander (withdrawn) 4,423 2.6% Richard Lugar (withdrawn) 1,127 0.7% Robert Dornan (withdrawn) 847 0.5% Morry Taylor 460 0.3%

2000

+ Nebraska Republican primary, May 9, 2000 Candidate Votes Percentage George W. Bush 145,176 78.15% John McCain (withdrawn) 28,065 15.11% Alan Keyes 12,073 6.50%

2004

+ Nebraska Republican primary, May 11, 2004 Candidate Votes Percentage President George W. Bush 121,355 100.00%

2008

+ Nebraska Republican primary, May 13, 2008 Candidate Votes Percentage John McCain 118,876 86.99% Ron Paul 17,772 13.00%

2012

+ Nebraska Republican primary, May 15, 2012 Candidate Votes Percentage Mitt Romney 131,436 70.89%Rick Santorum (withdrawn) 25,830 13.93% Ron Paul 18,508 9.98% Newt Gingrich (withdrawn) 9,628 5.19%

2016

+ Nebraska Republican primary, May 10, 2016 Candidate Votes Percentage Donald Trump 122,327 61.47%Ted Cruz (withdrawn) 36,703 18.44% John Kasich (withdrawn) 22,709 11.41% Ben Carson (withdrawn) 10,016 5.03% Marco Rubio (withdrawn) 7,233 3.63% Total 198,988 99.98%

2020

+ Nebraska Republican primary, May 13, 2020 Candidate Votes Percentage 242,035 90.7% (withdrawn) 22,831 8.6% Write-in 1,853 0.7% Total 266,719 100%

2024

+ Nebraska Republican primary, May 14, 2024 Candidate Votes Percentage 167,968 79.3% (withdrawn) 38,246 18.1% (withdrawn) 3,902 1.8% Write-in 1,671 0.8% Total 211,787 100%

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