2020 United States Senate election in Nebraska

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2020 United States Senate election in Nebraska

November 3, 2020

Nominee Ben Sasse Chris Janicek Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 583,507 227,191 Percentage 62.7% 24.4%   Nominee Preston Love Jr. (write-in) Gene Siadek Party Democratic Libertarian Popular vote 58,411 55,115 Percentage 6.3% 5.9%

County results Sasse:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%

U.S. Senator before election Ben Sasse Republican Elected U.S. Senator Ben Sasse Republican

An election happened on November 3, 2020 to elect a Senator from the U.S. state of Nebraska. The main two people in the election were Ben Sasse (Republican Party), Chris Janicek (Democratic Party). Sasse won the election and went back to the Senate for a second term.

This election was strange because Democratic nominee Chris Janicek, lost the support of his party after a number of scandals, write-in candidate Preston Love Jr., got the support of the state Democratic Party instead but Janicek was still on the ballot. Primary elections happened on March 12, 2020. There were two people in the Republican Party primary election. Ben Sasse won the primary election against Matt Innis. There was seven people in the Democratic Party primary election. Chris Janicek won the primary election. Gene Siadek was the only person in the Libertarian Party primary election. They won the Libertarian Party primary election.

Republican Party primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ben Sasse (incumbent)	215,207	75.21%
	Republican	Matt Innis	70,921	24.79%
Total votes			284,212	100.00%

Democratic Party primary

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chris Janicek	46,247	30.69%
	Democratic	Angie Philips	35,929	23.84%
	Democratic	Alisha Shelton	34,284	22.75%
	Democratic	Andy Stock	17,156	11.38%
	Democratic	Larry Marvin	6,868	4.56%
	Democratic	Daniel Wik	5,765	3.83%
	Democratic	Dennis Macek	4,453	2.95%
Total votes			150,702	100.00%

Libertarian Party primary

Libertarian primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Gene Siadek	2,517	100.00%
Total votes			2,517	100.00%

Write-in candidates

Democratic Party

• Preston Love Jr. endorsed by the Democratic Party after the allegations against Janicek.

Results

United States Senate election in Nebraska, 2020
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Ben Sasse (incumbent)	583,507	62.74%	-1.60%
	Democratic	Chris Janicek	227,191	24.43%	-7.05%
	Democratic	Preston Love Jr. (write-in)	58,411	6.28%	N/A
	Libertarian	Gene Siadek	55,115	5.93%	N/A
	Write-in		5,788	0.62%	+0.54%
Total votes			930,012	100.0%
	Republican hold