Nebraska

NEBRASKA

5 Electoral Votes

Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nebraska Secretary of State)

Total Population, July 1, 2007 est.	1,774,571
Total Registration, Oct. 2006	1,138,069

Rep. 572,869 (50.34%) Dem. 370,600 (32.56%) Neb. 7,152 (0.63%) Grn. 444 Nonpartisan 187,004 (16.43%)
Nebraska has: 93 counties.
Largest counties: Douglas, Lancaster, Sarpy. >
Largest cities: Omaha, Lincoln. >

Government
Governor: Dave Heineman (R) sworn in Jan. 21, 2005; elected to a full term Nov. 2006.
State Legislature: Nebraska Legislature Unicameral: 49 Senators
Local: Communities, Counties NACO Counties
U.S. House: 3R - 1. J.Fortenberry (R) | 2. L.Terry (R) | 3. A.Smith (R).
U.S. Senate: Chuck Hagel (R) retiring in 2008, Ben Nelson (D) re-elected in 2006.

On Sept. 10, 2007 Sen. Chuck Hagel (R) announced that he will not seek re-election in 2008.

The Cornhusker State

State of Nebraska
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NE Democratic Party
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Democrats: Caucuses -- Saturday, February 9, 2008
Republicans: Presidential Preference Primary -- Tuesday, May 13, 2008*

Democrats
31 Delegates (24 Pledged and 7 Unpledged) and 4 alternates.
0.77% of the 4,049 Delegate Votes.

Clinton | Obama

Caucus Results - Unofficial

CD1

CD2

CD3

Total

Clinton
5,288

34.3%

3,709

23.2%

3,448
47.3%
12,445

32.2%

+Obama
10,041

65.1%

12,252

76.8%

3,833
52.5% 26,126
67.5%

Uncommitted
85

0.6%

0
14
0.2%

99

0.3%

Total 15,414
15,961
7,295 38,670

National Convention Delegates

District At-Large Pledged PLEO Total

Clinton 5 2 1 8

Obama 11 3 2 16

Republicans
33 Delegates: 3 RNC; 21 at-large; 9 CD (3 x 3 CDs).
1.39% of the 2,380 Delegates.

former: Huckabee | Romney

Sen. Chuck Hagel (R) was seen as a possible 2008 presidential candidate, running as either a Republican or an Independent, but on Sept. 10, 2007 he announced that he would neither seek re-election to the Senate nor run for president in 2008. >

Setting the Date
On Sept. 5, 2007 the Nebraska Democratic Party decided to hold a caucus on Feb. 9, 2008 to determine its delegate allocation rather than using the May primary. Although Democratic candidates will appear on the May 13 primary ballot, the outcome will not affect their selection of delegates. *For Republicans the primary is non-binding and delegates will be allocated according to county conventions held from June 1 to June 10, 2008.

Note: Nebraska Democrats applied to the DNC, at the meeting of the Rules and Bylaws Committee on April 20, 2006, to start their delegate selection process in the pre-window period, before February 5; however the DNC selected Nevada and South Carolina.

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004

+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)

512,814

(65.91)

Kerry/Edwards (Dem.)
254,328

(32.69)

Badnarik/Campagna (Lib.) 2,041 (0.26)

Peroutka/Baldwin (Neb.) 1,314
(0.17)

Cobb/LaMarche (Grn.)
978

(0.13)

Calero/Hawkins (Pet.)
82

(0.01)

Nader/Camejo (Pet.)
5,698

(0.73)

write in
931

(0.12)

Total........778,106

2004 Overview
No doubt about the outcome here as Bush swept to a plurality of 258,486 votes (33.22 percentage points). The Kerry campaign did have a director in the state and did manage to carry one county, Thurston County, by 1,212 votes to 1,154 votes. (Thurston County borders Iowa and is a bit south of Sioux City; it has a large Native American population).

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Past Results

1996

Dole (Rep.).............363,467
(53.66)

Clinton (Dem.)........236,761
(34.95)

Perot (Ref.)..............71,278
(10.52)

Others (3)..................5,909
(0.87)

Total........677,415

1992

Bush (Rep.)...........344,346
(46.58)

Clinton (Dem.)........217,344
(29.40)

Perot (Ind.).............174,687
(23.63)

Others (3).................2,906
(0.39)

Total........739,283

2000

+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
433,862

(62.25)

Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
231,780

(33.25)

Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
2,245

(0.32)

Hagelin/Goldhaber (NLP)
478

(0.07)

Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)
24,540

(3.52)

Buchanan/Foster (Petition)
3,646

(0.52)

Phillips/Frazier (Petition)
468

(0.07)

Total........697,019

Total voting: 707,223 -- includes 625,557 at polls, 851 military and overseas, 80,452 absentee, and 363 new/former residents.
2000 Overview
Solidly Republican Nebraska went solidly for Bush with a plurality of 202,082 votes (29.00 percentage points). Bush carried all 93 counties. Democrats did retain the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Bob Kerrey (D) as former Gov. Ben Nelson (D) defeated Don Stenberg (R) by 51.0% to 48.8%.

Presidential Preference Primary -- Tuesday, May 11, 2004

Democratic

Presidential Preference Results

	Votes	Percent
Howard Dean	5,400	7.54%
John Edwards	10,031	14.02%
+John Kerry	52,479	73.32%
Dennis Kucinich	1,490	2.08%
Al Sharpton	1,367	1.91%
Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.	805	1.12%
Total	71,572

31 Delegates (24 Pledged, 7 Unpledged) and 4 Alternates

Republican
George W. Bush 121,355