2022 Nebraska Attorney General election
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The 2022 Nebraska Attorney General election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the next attorney general of Nebraska. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Doug Peterson was eligible to run for a third term, but he announced on December 14, 2021, that he would not run for re-election.[1]
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November 8, 2022
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 County results Hilgers: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% >90% | |||||||||||||||||
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No Democratic candidates filed to run for the position, and Hilgers faced Legal Marijuana Now candidate, former Republican congressional candidate Larry Bolinger, in the general election.
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Eliminated in primary
- Jennifer Hicks, conservative activist[3]
Declined
- Doug Peterson, incumbent attorney general[1]
Endorsements
Mike Hilgers
U.S. Senators
- Deb Fischer, U.S. Senator from Nebraska (2013–present)[2]
Governors
- Dave Heineman, former Governor of Nebraska (2005–2015)[4]
- Kay Orr, former Governor of Nebraska (1987–1991)[4]
- Pete Ricketts, Governor of Nebraska (2015–present)[2]
Attorneys General
- Doug Peterson, Nebraska Attorney General (2016–2021)[5]
State legislators
- Mike Flood, U.S. Representative for Nebraska's 1st congressional district (2022–present), state senator from the 19th district (2005–2013; 2021–2022), former speaker of the Nebraska Legislature (2007–2013)[2]
- Jim Scheer, former state senator from the 19th district (2013–2021), former speaker of the Nebraska Legislature (2017–2021)[2]
Results
Hilgers
- 50–60%
- 60–70%
- 70–80%
- 80–90%
Hicks
- 50–60%
- 60–70%
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Mike Hilgers | 151,709 | 67.24 | |
| Republican | Jennifer Hicks | 73,906 | 32.76 | |
| Total votes | 225,615 | 100.00 | ||
Legal Marijuana Now primary
Candidates
Declared
- Larry Bolinger, author and Republican candidate for Nebraska's 3rd congressional district in 2018 and 2020[4][7]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legal Marijuana Now | Larry Bolinger | 912 | 100.00 | |
| Total votes | 912 | 100.00 | ||
General election
Predictions
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[8] | Safe R | September 14, 2022 |
| Elections Daily[9] | Safe R | November 1, 2022 |
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Mike Hilgers | 434,671 | 69.73% | −30.27% | |
| Legal Marijuana Now | Larry Bolinger | 188,649 | 30.27% | N/A | |
| Majority | 246,022 | 39.47% | −60.53% | ||
| Turnout | 623,320 | ||||
| Republican hold | |||||
By county
| County | Mike Hilgers Republican |
Larry Bolinger Legal Marijuana Now |
Total votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | # | % | # | ||
| Adams | 79.8% | 7,621 | 20.1% | 1,933 | 9,554 |
| Antelope | 90.2% | 2,083 | 9.8% | 226 | 2,309 |
| Arthur | 90.1% | 209 | 9.9% | 23 | 232 |
| Banner | 91.5% | 323 | 8.5% | 30 | 353 |
| Blaine | 90.5% | 172 | 9.5% | 18 | 290 |
| Boone | 88.7% | 2,072 | 11.3% | 263 | 2,335 |
| Box Butte | 84.2% | 2,707 | 15.8% | 509 | 3,216 |
| Boyd | 93.6% | 770 | 6.4% | 53 | 823 |
| Brown | 90.8% | 1,079 | 9.2% | 109 | 1,188 |
| Buffalo | 82.1% | 12,301 | 17.9% | 2,688 | 14,989 |
| Burt | 78.1% | 2,008 | 21.9% | 563 | 2,571 |
| Butler | 84.3% | 2,755 | 15.7% | 513 | 3,268 |
| Cass | 70.6% | 7,567 | 29.4% | 3,153 | 10,720 |
| Cedar | 88.9% | 3,227 | 11.1% | 401 | 3,628 |
| Chase | 92.4% | 1,317 | 7.6% | 109 | 1,426 |
| Cherry | 89.2% | 2,158 | 10.8% | 261 | 2,419 |
| Cheyenne | 84.1% | 2,696 | 15.9% | 508 | 3,204 |
| Clay | 86.0% | 2,220 | 14.0% | 360 | 2,580 |
| Colfax | 83.7% | 1,851 | 16.3% | 360 | 2,211 |
| Cuming | 86.9% | 2,610 | 13.1% | 394 | 3,004 |
| Custer | 90.2% | 3,718 | 9.8% | 406 | 4,124 |
| Dakota | 79.5% | 2,687 | 20.5% | 693 | 3,380 |
| Dawes | 79.7% | 2,396 | 20.3% | 610 | 3,006 |
| Dawson | 85.1% | 4,555 | 14.9% | 795 | 5,350 |
| Deuel | 87.8% | 629 | 12.2% | 87 | 716 |
| Dixon | 85.8% | 1,825 | 14.2% | 302 | 2,127 |
| Dodge | 73.6% | 7,995 | 26.4% | 2,863 | 10,858 |
| Douglas | 55.9% | 98,023 | 44.1% | 77,361 | 175,384 |
| Dundy | 90.6% | 653 | 9.4% | 68 | 721 |
| Fillmore | 84.4% | 1,888 | 15.6% | 350 | 2,238 |
| Franklin | 88.7% | 997 | 12.2% | 139 | 1,136 |
| Frontier | 88.7% | 906 | 11.3% | 115 | 1,021 |
| Furnas | 88.2% | 1,569 | 11.8% | 210 | 1,779 |
| Gage | 77.9% | 5,817 | 22.1% | 1,648 | 7,465 |
| Garden | 85.9% | 731 | 14.1% | 120 | 851 |
| Garfield | 92.7% | 669 | 7.3% | 53 | 722 |
| Gosper | 90.8% | 728 | 9.2% | 74 | 802 |
| Grant | 94.8% | 255 | 5.2% | 14 | 269 |
| Greeley | 87.3% | 762 | 12.7% | 111 | 873 |
| Hall | 79.9% | 11,363 | 20.1% | 2,853 | 14,216 |
| Hamilton | 85.9% | 3,320 | 14.1% | 545 | 3,865 |
| Harlan | 88.8% | 1,176 | 11.2% | 149 | 1,325 |
| Hayes | 95.2% | 355 | 4.8% | 18 | 373 |
| Hitchcock | 87.2% | 885 | 12.8% | 130 | 1,015 |
| Holt | 91.1% | 3,460 | 8.9% | 338 | 1,798 |
| Hooker | 91.7% | 319 | 8.3% | 29 | 348 |
| Howard | 84.9% | 1,930 | 15.1% | 342 | 2,272 |
| Jefferson | 81.6% | 2,080 | 18.4% | 468 | 2,548 |
| Johnson | 79.3% | 1,187 | 20.7% | 309 | 1,496 |
| Kearney | 86.4% | 2,124 | 13.6% | 335 | 2,459 |
| Keith | 87.2% | 2,443 | 12.8% | 358 | 2,798 |
| Keya Paha | 96.1% | 374 | 2.9% | 15 | 389 |
| Kimball | 84.7% | 1,091 | 15.3% | 197 | 1,288 |
| Knox | 87.3% | 3,008 | 12.7% | 437 | 3,445 |
| Lancaster | 60.5% | 63,375 | 39.5% | 41,372 | 104,747 |
| Lincoln | 82.2% | 9,466 | 17.8% | 2,053 | 11,519 |
| Logan | 93.8% | 300 | 6.3% | 20 | 320 |
| Loup | 87.0% | 275 | 13.0% | 41 | 316 |
| Madison | 83.0% | 9,253 | 17.0% | 1,893 | 11,146 |
| McPherson | 97.2% | 209 | 2.8% | 6 | 215 |
| Merrick | 85.2% | 2,646 | 14.8% | 459 | 3,105 |
| Morrill | 84.7% | 1,578 | 15.3% | 284 | 1,862 |
| Nance | 81.7% | 947 | 18.3% | 212 | 1,159 |
| Nemaha | 79.2% | 1,757 | 20.8% | 461 | 2,218 |
| Nuckolls | 87.8% | 1,315 | 12.2% | 182 | 1,497 |
| Otoe | 78.1% | 4,271 | 21.9% | 1,198 | 5,469 |
| Pawnee | 83.1% | 844 | 16.9% | 172 | 1,016 |
| Perkins | 88.6% | 949 | 11.4% | 122 | 1,071 |
| Phelps | 89.5% | 3,165 | 10.5% | 373 | 3,538 |
| Pierce | 89.8% | 2,458 | 10.2% | 280 | 2,738 |
| Platte | 84.5% | 8,846 | 15.5% | 1,626 | 10,472 |
| Polk | 87.6% | 1,703 | 12.4% | 242 | 1,945 |
| Red Willow | 86.6% | 3,321 | 13.4% | 516 | 3,837 |
| Richardson | 78.8% | 2,194 | 21.2% | 589 | 2,783 |
| Rock | 93.6% | 541 | 6.4% | 37 | 578 |
| Saline | 77.1% | 2,673 | 22.9% | 795 | 3,468 |
| Sarpy | 65.4% | 39,395 | 34.6% | 20,814 | 57,209 |
| Saunders | 75.9% | 6,903 | 24.1% | 2,188 | 9,091 |
| Scotts Bluff | 79.3% | 7,533 | 20.7% | 1,962 | 9,495 |
| Seward | 83.0% | 5,272 | 17.0% | 1,079 | 6,351 |
| Sheridan | 88.9% | 1,631 | 11.1% | 203 | 1,834 |
| Sherman | 85.2% | 961 | 14.8% | 167 | 1,128 |
| Sioux | 91.8% | 469 | 8.2% | 42 | 511 |
| Stanton | 85.5% | 2,010 | 14.5% | 342 | 2,352 |
| Thayer | 86.0% | 1,787 | 14.0% | 292 | 2,079 |
| Thomas | 94.4% | 287 | 5.6% | 17 | 304 |
| Thurston | 70.3% | 832 | 29.7% | 351 | 1,183 |
| Valley | 88.8% | 1,509 | 11.2% | 190 | 1,699 |
| Washington | 79.1% | 6,488 | 20.9% | 1,716 | 8,204 |
| Wayne | 83.6% | 2,390 | 16.4% | 469 | 2,829 |
| Webster | 87.2% | 1,079 | 12.8% | 159 | 1,238 |
| Wheeler | 93.0% | 306 | 7.0% | 23 | 329 |
| York | 85.6% | 4,069 | 14.4% | 686 | 4,755 |