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

1912

Nebraska Republican primary, 1912[1]
Candidate Votes Percentage
Theodore Roosevelt 58.7%
William Howard Taft 21.5%
Robert La Follette 17.1%

1916

Nebraska Republican primary, April 18, 1916[1]
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[1]
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[1]
Candidate Votes Percentage
President Calvin Coolidge 79,676 63.6%
Hiram Johnson 45,032 35.9%

1928

Nebraska Republican primary, April 10, 1928[1]
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[1]
Candidate Votes Percentage
Joseph I. France 40,481 74.4%
President Herbert Hoover 13,934 25.6%

1936

Nebraska Republican primary, April 14, 1936[1]
Candidate Votes Percentage
William Borah 70,240 74.5%
Alf Landon 23,117 24.5%

1940

Nebraska Republican primary, April 9, 1940[1]
Candidate Votes Percentage
Thomas Dewey 102,915 58.9%
Arthur Vandenberg 71,798 41.1%

1944

Nebraska Republican primary, April 11, 1944[1]
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[1]
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[1]
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[1]
Candidate Votes Percentage
President Dwight D. Eisenhower 102,576 99.8%

1960

Nebraska Republican primary, May 10, 1960[1]
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[1]
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[1]
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[1]
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[1]
Candidate Votes Percentage
Ronald Reagan 113,493 54.5%
President Gerald Ford 94,542 45.4%

1980

Nebraska Republican primary, May 13, 1980[1]
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[1]
Candidate Votes Percentage
President Ronald Reagan 145,245 99.9%

1988

Nebraska Republican primary, May 10, 1988[1]
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[1]
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[1]
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[2]
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[1]
Candidate Votes Percentage
President George W. Bush 121,355 100.00%

2008

Nebraska Republican primary, May 13, 2008[3]
Candidate Votes Percentage
John McCain 118,876 86.99%
Ron Paul 17,772 13.00%

2012

Nebraska Republican primary, May 15, 2012[4]
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[5]
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[6]
Candidate Votes Percentage
Donald Trump 242,035 90.7%
Bill Weld (withdrawn) 22,831 8.6%
Write-in 1,853 0.7%
Total 266,719 100%

2024

References

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  2. ^ "Nebraska Secretary of State". sos.ne.gov. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-07-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-11-08. Retrieved 2016-07-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Nebraska Secretary of State - Election Night Results - November 8th, 2016". electionresults.sos.ne.gov. Archived from the original on 2016-05-11. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  6. ^ "Nebraska Presidential Republican Primary Election Results". The New York Times. 13 May 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.

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