The 2018 United States Senate election in Nebraska took place on November 6, 2018, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Nebraska. Incumbent Republican Deb Fischer was re-elected to a second term against Lincoln city councilwoman Jane Raybould and Libertarian candidate Jim Schultz.
The candidate filing deadline was March 1, 2018, and the primary election was held on May 15, 2018.
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominated
Deb Fischer, incumbent U.S. Senator
Eliminated in primary
Jack Heidel, retired University of Nebraska at Omaha professor
Dennis Frank Macek
Jeffrey Lynn Stein
Todd Watson, businessman and independent candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2014
Declined
Shane Osborn, former State Treasurer and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2014
Don Stenberg, State Treasurer, former Attorney General, nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2000 and candidate in 1996, 2006 and 2012
Endorsements
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominated
Jane Raybould, Lincoln City Councilwoman, former Lancaster County Commissioner and nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 2014
Eliminated in primary
Chris Janicek, businessman
Larry Marvin, perennial candidate
Frank Svoboda
Endorsements
Results
Libertarian primary
Candidates
Declared
Jim Schultz
Results
General election
Predictions
Debates
Polling
Results
By county
From Secretary of State of Nebraska
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Dakota (largest municipality: South Sioux City) Saline (largest municipality: Crete) Thurston (largest municipality: Pender)