- See also: 2020 United States Senate elections
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 |
% |
|---|
|
Democrat |
Chris Janicek |
46,247 |
30.69% |
|
Democrat |
Angie Philips |
35,929 |
23.84% |
|
Democrat |
Alisha Shelton |
34,284 |
22.75% |
|
Democrat |
Andy Stock |
17,156 |
11.38% |
|
Democrat |
Larry Marvin |
6,868 |
4.56% |
|
Democrat |
Daniel Wik |
5,765 |
3.83% |
|
Democrat |
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% |
|
Democrat |
Chris Janicek |
227,191 |
24.43% |
-7.05% |
|---|
|
Democrat |
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 |
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