1996 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska

1996 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska[1]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–
	Republican	450,067	68.02%	3
	Democratic	204,432	30.90%	0
	Natural Law	4,369	0.66%	0	—
	Libertarian	1,921	0.29%	0	—
	Write-ins	855	0.13%	0	—
Totals		661,644	100.00%	3	—

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Incumbent Republican Congressman Doug Bereuter ran for re-election to a tenth term.^[2] He was challenged by Lincoln radio talk show host Patrick Combs, the Democratic nominee, and won re-election in a landslide, receiving 70 percent of the vote to Combs's 30 percent.

• Doug Bereuter, incumbent U.S. Representative^[2]

Republican primary results^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doug Bereuter (inc.)	52,914	99.03%
	Republican	Write-ins	516	0.97%
Total votes			53,430	100.00%

• Patrick J. Combs, radio talk show host^[4]
• Marlin Pals, perennial candidate^[4]

Democratic primary results^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patrick J. Combs	24,725	82.25%
	Democratic	Marlin Pals	5,145	17.11%
	Democratic	Write-ins	192	0.64%
Total votes			30,062	100.00%

• Doug Bereuter (Republican)
• Patrick J. Combs (Democratic)

1996 Nebraska's 1st congressional district general election results^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doug Bereuter (inc.)	157,108	69.96%
	Democratic	Patrick J. Combs	67,152	29.90%
	Write-ins		303	0.13%
Total votes			224,563	100.00%
	Republican hold

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Incumbent Republican Congressman Jon Christensen ran for re-election to a second term. He was challenged by attorney James Martin Davis, the Democratic nominee. Christiansen defeated Davis by a wide margin, receiving 57 percent of the vote to Davis's 40 percent.

• Jon Christensen, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican primary results^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jon Christensen (inc.)	43,396	96.33%
	Republican	Write-ins	1,652	3.67%
Total votes			45,048	100.00%

• James Martin Davis, attorney^[5]
• Jess M. Pritchett, perennial candidate^[4]

Democratic primary results^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Martin Davis	25,223	78.41%
	Democratic	Jess M. Pritchett	6,637	20.63%
	Democratic	Write-ins	307	0.95%
Total votes			32,167	100.00%

• Phillip E. Torrison

Libertarian primary results^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Phillip E. Torrison	60	92.31%
	Libertarian	Write-ins	5	7.69%
Total votes			65	100.00%

• Jon Christensen (Republican)
• James Martin Davis (Democratic)
• Patricia A. Dunn (Natural Law)
• Phillip E. Torrison (Libertarian)

1996 Nebraska's 2nd congressional district general election results^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jon Christensen (inc.)	125,201	56.83%
	Democratic	James Martin Davis	88,447	40.14%
	Natural Law	Patricia A. Dunn	4,369	1.98%
	Libertarian	Phillip E. Torrison	1,921	0.87%
	Write-ins		386	0.18%
Total votes			220,324	100.00%
	Republican hold