2018 Nebraska elections

A general election was held in the U.S. state of Nebraska on November 6, 2018. All of Nebraska's executive officers were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat, and all of Nebraska's three seats in the United States House of Representatives.

Governor and lieutenant governor
Incumbent Republican governor Pete Ricketts ran for re-election to a second term. Republican state senator Bob Krist announced that he would give up his party affiliation and run for governor as a Democrat.

Pete Ricketts defeated Bob Krist in the general election.

Attorney general
Incumbent Republican attorney general Doug Peterson ran for re-election to a second term.

Republican primary

 * Doug Peterson, Incumbent attorney general

Democratic primary

 * Evangelos Argyrakis, attorney

General election
Omaha Attorney Evangelos Argyrakis, ran in the Democratic primary. However, after being charged with felony strangulation following an altercation with his 82-year-old father on April 8, 2018, Nebraska Democratic Party called on him to step aside, which he did on June 25, 2018. This left Peterson running unopposed in the general election.
 * Withdrawal

Secretary of state
Incumbent Republican secretary of state John Gale, who was appointed to the position in December 2000, has announced he will not run for re-election.

Candidates

 * Declared
 * Bob Evnen, attorney and former member of the Nebraska State Board of Education
 * Debra Perrell


 * Potential
 * Jim Smith, state senator


 * Declined
 * John Murante, state senator (running for state treasurer)
 * Tyson Larson, state senator

Candidates

 * Declared
 * Spencer Danner, head of Omaha's Human Rights and Relations Department
 * Declined
 * Jane Raybould, Lincoln City Councilwoman, former Lancaster County Commissioner and nominee for lieutenant governor in 2014 (running for U.S. Senate)
 * Adam Morfeld, state senator (running for legislature)
 * Chris Rodgers, Douglas County Commissioner
 * Katie Weitz, nonprofit executive
 * Katie Weitz, nonprofit executive

General election
Governing magazine projected the race as "safe Republican".

State treasurer
Incumbent Republican Nebraska state treasurer Don Stenberg is term-limited and is not eligible to run for re-election to a third term.

Republican primary
State Senator John Murante ran for the Republican nomination. He faced off against Taylor Royal in the Republican primary.

John Murante defeated Taylor Royal in the Republican primary, and ran unopposed in the general election.

Auditor of Public Accounts
Incumbent Republican Auditor of Public Accounts of Nebraska Charlie Janssen ran for re-election to a second term.

District 1
Nebraska Public Service Commission District 1 incumbent Republican Frank Landis, who was first elected in 1988, has not announced whether he will run for re-election to a sixth term.

District 3
Nebraska Public Service Commission District 3 incumbent Republican Tim Schram, who was first elected in 2006, ran for re-election to a third term.

State Legislature
Nebraska's state legislature is unique among American states in that it is unicameral, meaning that it is only one chamber. Consisting of 49 legislative districts, the Nebraska State Legislature had 24 seats up for election in 2018.

United States Senate
Incumbent Republican senator Deb Fischer ran for re-election to a second term. She faced Democratic challenger Jane Raybould. Fischer defeated Raybould in the general election.

United States House of Representatives
All of Nebraska's three seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2018.

In District 2, Republican Incumbent Don Bacon ran for re-election. Kara Eastman defeated Brad Ashford, who held the seat prior to losing to Bacon in 2016, in the Democratic primary.

Don Bacon defeated Kara Eastman in the general election.