2016 Nebraska Legislature election

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2016 Nebraska Legislature election
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November 8, 2016
Officially nonpartisan
2018 →
25 out of 49 seats in the Nebraska Legislature
25 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Galen Hadley
(term-limited)		 None
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since January 7, 2015
Leader's seat District 37
Last election 35 13
Seats after 31 16
Seat change Decrease 4 Increase 3
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Ernie Chambers
(de facto)		 Laura Ebke
(de facto)
Party Independent Libertarian
Leader since January 9, 2013 January 7, 2015
Leader's seat District 11 District 32
Last election 1 0
Seats after 1 1[a]
Seat change Steady Steady
     Democratic gain      Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold      Independent hold
Speaker before election

Galen Hadley
Republican

 Elected Speaker

Jim Scheer
Republican

The 2016 Nebraska Legislature election was held on November 8, 2016, to determine which party would control the Nebraska Legislature for the following two years in the 105th Nebraska legislature. The 25 odd-numbered seats out of 49 seats in the Nebraska Legislature were up for election and the primary was held on May 10, 2016. Prior to the election, 35 seats were held by Republicans, 13 seats were held by Democrats and 1 seat was held by an Independent. The general election saw Democrats gaining 3 seats, this however meant that Republicans maintained their majority in the State Legislature.[1][2]

Democrats

  1. District 5: Heath Mello was term-limited.
  2. District 13: Tanya Cook was term-limited.
  3. District 21: Ken Haar was term-limited.
  4. District 41: Kate Sullivan was term-limited.

Republicans

  1. District 17: Dave Bloomfield was term-limited.
  2. District 25: Kathy Campbell was term-limited.
  3. District 27: Colby Coash was term-limited.
  4. District 35: Mike Gloor was term-limited.
  5. District 37: Galen Hadley was term-limited.
  6. District 39: Beau McCoy was term-limited.
  7. District 47: Ken Schilz was term-limited.

Defeated incumbents

In primary

Republicans

  1. District 7: Nicole Fox lost the primary to Democrats Tony Vargas and John Synowiecki.

In general

Republicans

  1. District 3: Tommy Garrett lost re-election to Democrat Carol Blood.
  2. District 15: David Schnoor lost re-election to Democrat Lynne Walz.
  3. District 23: Jerry Johnson lost re-election to fellow Republican Bruce Bostelman.
  4. District 33: Les Seiler lost re-election to fellow Republican Steve Halloran.
  5. District 43: Al Davis lost re-election to fellow Republican Tom Brewer.

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. District 35, 0.66% (gain)
  2. District 13, 2.32%
  3. District 15, 2.78% (gain)
  4. District 3, 3.12% (gain)
  5. District 31, 4.14%
  6. District 43, 4.52%
  7. District 37, 6.52%
  8. District 39, 9.74%

Results[b]

Notes

References

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