2020 United States Senate election in Nebraska facts for kids

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2020 United States Senate election in Nebraska

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Nominee Ben Sasse Chris Janicek Party Republican Democrat Popular vote 583,507 227,191 Percentage 62.7% 24.4%   Nominee Preston Love Jr. (write-in) Gene Siadek Party Democrat 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

Democratic Party primary

Libertarian Party primary

Write-in candidates

Democratic Party

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

Results

See also

In Spanish: Elección al Senado de los Estados Unidos en Nebraska de 2020 para niños