# Nebraska Republican presidential primary results

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This is a list of the Nebraska Republican Party presidential primary results.

## 1912

Nebraska Republican primary, 1912 :
| Candidate | Percentage |
| Theodore Roosevelt | 58.7% |
| William Howard Taft | 21.5% |
| Robert La Follette | 17.1% |

## 1916

Nebraska Republican primary, April 18, 1916 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| Albert B. Cummins | 29,850 | 33.7% |
| Henry Ford | 26,884 | 30.3% |
| Charles Evans Hughes (Write-in) | 15,837 | 17.9% |
| Theodore Roosevelt (Write-in) | 2,256 | 2.5% |

## 1920

Nebraska Republican primary, April 20, 1920 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| Hiram Johnson | 63,161 | 46.2% |
| Leonard Wood | 42,385 | 31.0% |
| John J. Pershing | 27,669 | 20.3% |

## 1924

Nebraska Republican primary, April 8, 1924 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| President Calvin Coolidge | 79,676 | 63.6% |
| Hiram Johnson | 45,032 | 35.9% |

## 1928

Nebraska Republican primary, April 10, 1928 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| George Norris | 96,726 | 91.8% |
| Herbert Hoover | 6,815 | 6.5% |
| Frank Orren Lowden | 711 | 0.7% |
| Charles G. Dawes | 679 | 0.7% |
| Calvin Coolidge | 452 | 0.4% |

## 1932

Nebraska Republican primary, April 12, 1932 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| Joseph I. France | 40,481 | 74.4% |
| President Herbert Hoover | 13,934 | 25.6% |

## 1936

Nebraska Republican primary, April 14, 1936 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| William Borah | 70,240 | 74.5% |
| Alf Landon | 23,117 | 24.5% |

## 1940

Nebraska Republican primary, April 9, 1940 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| Thomas Dewey | 102,915 | 58.9% |
| Arthur Vandenberg | 71,798 | 41.1% |

## 1944

Nebraska Republican primary, April 11, 1944 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| Harold Stassen | 51,800 | 65.7% |
| Thomas Dewey | 18,418 | 23.3% |
| Wendell Willkie | 8,249 | 10.5% |

## 1948

Nebraska Republican primary, April 13, 1948 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| Harold Stassen | 80,979 | 43.5% |
| Thomas Dewey | 64,242 | 34.5% |
| Robert Taft | 21,608 | 11.6% |
| Arthur Vandenberg | 9,590 | 5.2% |
| Douglas MacArthur | 6,893 | 3.7% |
| Earl Warren | 1,761 | 0.9% |
| Joseph W. Martin | 910 | 0.5% |

## 1952

Nebraska Republican primary, April 1, 1952 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| Robert Taft (Write-in) | 79,357 | 36.2% |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower (Write-in) | 66,078 | 30.1% |
| Harold Stassen | 53,238 | 24.3% |
| Douglas MacArthur (Write-in) | 7,478 | 3.4% |
| Earl Warren (Write-in) | 1,872 | 0.9% |

## 1956

Nebraska Republican primary, May 15, 1956 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| President Dwight D. Eisenhower | 102,576 | 99.8% |

## 1960

Nebraska Republican primary, May 10, 1960 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| Vice President Richard Nixon | 74,356 | 93.8% |
| Nelson Rockefeller (Write-in) | 2,028 | 2.6% |
| Barry Goldwater (Write-in) | 1,068 | 1.3% |

## 1964

Nebraska Republican primary, May 12, 1964 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| Barry Goldwater | 68,050 | 49.1% |
| Richard Nixon (Write-in) | 43,613 | 31.5% |
| Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (Write-in) | 22,622 | 16.3% |
| Nelson Rockefeller (Write-in) | 2,333 | 1.7% |
| William P. Scranton (Write-in) | 578 | 0.4% |
| Lyndon B. Johnson (Write-in) | 316 | 0.2% |

## 1968

Nebraska Republican primary, May 14, 1968 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| Richard Nixon | 140,336 | 70.0% |
| Ronald Reagan | 42,703 | 21.3% |
| Nelson Rockefeller (Write-in) | 10,225 | 5.1% |
| Harold Stassen | 2,638 | 1.3% |
| Eugene McCarthy (Write-in) | 1,544 | 0.8% |

## 1972

Nebraska Republican primary, May 9, 1972 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| President Richard Nixon | 179,464 | 92.4% |
| Pete McCloskey | 9,011 | 4.6% |
| John M. Ashbrook | 4,996 | 2.6% |

## 1976

Nebraska Republican primary, May 11, 1976 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| Ronald Reagan | 113,493 | 54.5% |
| President Gerald Ford | 94,542 | 45.4% |

## 1980

Nebraska Republican primary, May 13, 1980 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| Ronald Reagan | 155,995 | 76.0% |
| George H. W. Bush | 31,380 | 15.3% |
| John Anderson | 11,879 | 5.8% |
| Bob Dole | 1,420 | 0.7% |
| Phil Crane | 1,062 | 0.5% |
| Harold Stassen | 799 | 0.4% |
| Ben Fernandez | 400 | 0.2% |

## 1984

Nebraska Republican primary, May 15, 1984 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| President Ronald Reagan | 145,245 | 99.9% |

## 1988

Nebraska Republican primary, May 10, 1988 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| Vice President George H. W. Bush | 138,784 | 68.0% |
| Bob Dole | 45,572 | 22.3% |
| Pat Robertson | 10,334 | 5.1% |
| Jack Kemp | 8,423 | 4.1% |

## 1992

Nebraska Republican primary, May 12, 1992 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| President George H. W. Bush | 156,346 | 81.4% |
| Pat Buchanan | 25,847 | 13.5% |
| David Duke | 2,808 | 1.5% |
| George A. Zimmermann | 1,313 | 0.7% |
| Tennie Rogers | 751 | 0.4% |

## 1996

Nebraska Republican primary, May 14, 1996 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| Bob Dole | 129,131 | 75.7% |
| Pat Buchanan | 17,741 | 10.4% |
| Steve Forbes (withdrawn) | 10,612 | 6.2% |
| Alan Keyes (withdrawn) | 5,123 | 3.0% |
| Lamar Alexander (withdrawn) | 4,423 | 2.6% |
| Richard Lugar (withdrawn) | 1,127 | 0.7% |
| Robert Dornan (withdrawn) | 847 | 0.5% |
| Morry Taylor | 460 | 0.3% |

## 2000

Nebraska Republican primary, May 9, 2000 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| George W. Bush | 145,176 | 78.15% |
| John McCain (withdrawn) | 28,065 | 15.11% |
| Alan Keyes | 12,073 | 6.50% |

## 2004

Nebraska Republican primary, May 11, 2004 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| President George W. Bush | 121,355 | 100.00% |

## 2008

Nebraska Republican primary, May 13, 2008 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| John McCain | 118,876 | 86.99% |
| Ron Paul | 17,772 | 13.00% |

## 2012

Nebraska Republican primary, May 15, 2012 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| Mitt Romney | 131,436 | 70.89% |
| Rick Santorum (withdrawn) | 25,830 | 13.93% |
| Ron Paul | 18,508 | 9.98% |
| Newt Gingrich (withdrawn) | 9,628 | 5.19% |

## 2016

Nebraska Republican primary, May 10, 2016 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| Donald Trump | 122,327 | 61.47% |
| Ted Cruz (withdrawn) | 36,703 | 18.44% |
| John Kasich (withdrawn) | 22,709 | 11.41% |
| Ben Carson (withdrawn) | 10,016 | 5.03% |
| Marco Rubio (withdrawn) | 7,233 | 3.63% |
| Total | 198,988 | 99.98% |

## 2020

Nebraska Republican primary, May 13, 2020 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| Donald Trump | 242,035 | 90.7% |
| Bill Weld (withdrawn) | 22,831 | 8.6% |
| Write-in | 1,853 | 0.7% |
| Total | 266,719 | 100% |

## 2024

Nebraska Republican primary, May 14, 2024 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| Donald Trump | 167,968 | 79.3% |
| Nikki Haley (withdrawn) | 38,246 | 18.1% |
| Perry Johnson (withdrawn) | 3,902 | 1.8% |
| Write-in | 1,671 | 0.8% |
| Total | 211,787 | 100% |