The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, to elect the three U.S. representatives from the U.S. state of Nebraska, one from each of the state's three congressional districts. Primaries were held on May 15, 2018. The elections and primaries coincided with the elections and primaries of other federal and state offices.
The 2018 elections saw all three incumbents elected (all from the Republican Party); thus the GOP retained control of all three House seats.
Overview
District Results of the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska by district:
DistrictRepublicanDemocraticOthersTotalResult Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %District 1 141,712 60.36% 93,069 39.64% 0 0.00% 234,781 100% Republican holdDistrict 2 126,715 51.00% 121,770 49.00% 0 0.00% 248,485 100% Republican holdDistrict 3 163,650 76.72% 49,654 23.28% 0 0.00% 213,304 100% Republican holdTotal 432,077 62.56% 264,493 35.19% 0 0.00% 696,570 100%
District 1
The incumbent was Republican Jeff Fortenberry, who had represented the district since 2005. He was re-elected with 69% of the vote in 2016.
Democratic primary Dennis Crawford, attorney Jessica McClure, chemist
Primary results
Republican primary Jeff Fortenberry, incumbent
Primary results
General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political ReportNovember 5, 2018 Inside ElectionsNovember 5, 2018 Sabato's Crystal BallNovember 5, 2018RCPNovember 5, 2018Daily KosNovember 5, 2018538November 7, 2018
Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error JeffFortenberry (R) JessicaMcClure (D) UndecidedChange Research (D)Change Research (D) October 24–25, 2018 742 – 55% 39% –
Results
District 2
The incumbent was Republican Don Bacon, who had represented the district since 2017. He flipped the district and was elected with 49% of the vote in 2016.
Democratic primary Brad Ashford, former U.S. representative Kara Eastman, founder of Omaha Healthy Kids Alliance and vice chair of the Metropolitan Community College Board of Governors
Endorsements
Debate + 2018 Nebraska's 2nd congressional district democratic primary debate Date Host Moderator Link Democratic DemocraticKey: Participant Absent Not invited Invited Withdrawn Brad Ashford Kara Eastman1 Apr. 24, 2018 KMTV-TVOmaha World-Herald Craig NigrelliMike'l SevereYouTube
Primary results
Republican primary Don Bacon, incumbent
Primary results
General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political ReportNovember 5, 2018 Inside ElectionsNovember 5, 2018 Sabato's Crystal BallNovember 5, 2018RCPNovember 5, 2018Daily KosNovember 5, 2018538November 7, 2018
Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error DonBacon (R) KaraEastman (D) UndecidedDFM ResearchDFM Research October 23–25, 2018 350 ± 5.2% 52% 45% 3%Meeting Street Research (R-Bacon)Meeting Street Research (R-Bacon) October 1–2, 2018 400 ± 4.9% 49% 40% 9%GQR Research (D-Eastman)GQR Research (D-Eastman) September 27–30, 2018 400 ± 4.9% 49% 45% 6%NYT Upshot/Siena CollegeNYT Upshot/Siena College September 23–26, 2018 512 ± 4.5% 51% 42% 7%
Results
District 3
The incumbent was Republican Adrian Smith, who had represented the district since 2007. He was re-elected unopposed in 2016.
Democratic primary Paul Theobald, educator and author
Primary results
Republican primary Larry Bolinger,Larry Bolinger author Arron Kowalski Kirk Penner, businessman Adrian Smith, incumbent
Primary results
General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political ReportNovember 5, 2018 Inside ElectionsNovember 5, 2018 Sabato's Crystal BallNovember 5, 2018RCPNovember 5, 2018Daily KosNovember 5, 2018538November 7, 2018
Results
References
External links Candidates at Vote Smart Candidates at Ballotpedia Campaign finance at FEC Campaign finance at OpenSecrets
Official campaign websites for first district candidates Jessica McClure (D) for Congress Jeff Fortenberry (R) for Congress
Official campaign websites for second district candidates Kara Eastman (D) for Congress Don Bacon (R) for Congress
Official campaign websites for third district candidates Paul Theobald (D) for Congress Adrian Smith (R) for Congress