Election for the governorship of the U.S. state of Nebraska
1970 Nebraska gubernatorial election
County resultsExon: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%Tiemann: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
The 1970 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1970, and featured businessman James Exon , a Democrat , defeating incumbent Republican Governor Norbert Tiemann .
Democratic primary [ edit ]
Candidates [ edit ]
Results [ edit ]
Republican primary [ edit ]
Candidates [ edit ]
Results [ edit ]
General election [ edit ]
Results [ edit ]
By county [ edit ]
County
James Exon Democratic
Norbert Tiemann Republican
Various candidates Other parties
Margin
Total
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Adams
Antelope
Arthur
Banner
Blaine
Boone
Box Butte
Boyd
Brown
Buffalo
Burt
Butler
Cass
3,058
57.63%
2,118
39.92%
130
2.45%
940
17.71%
5,306
Cedar
Chase
Cherry
Cheyenne
Clay
Colfax
Cuming
Custer
Dakota
Dawes
Dawson
Deuel
Dixon
Dodge
Douglas
62,172
55.22%
47,719
42.38%
2,698
2.40%
14,403
12.84%
112,589
Dundy
Fillmore
Franklin
Frontier
Furnas
Gage
Garden
Garfield
Gosper
Grant
Greeley
Hall
Hamilton
Harlan
Hayes
Hitchcock
Holt
Hooker
Howard
Jefferson
Johnson
1,362
60.70%
848
37.79%
34
1.52%
514
22.91%
2,244
Kearney
Keith
Keya Paha
Kimball
Knox
Lancaster
17,764
36.65%
29,846
61.57%
861
1.78%
10,088
24.92%
48,471
Lincoln
Logan
Loup
Madison
McPherson
Merrick
Morrill
Nance
Nemaha
Nuckolls
Otoe
Pawnee
Perkins
Phelps
Pierce
Platte
Polk
Red Willow
Richardson
Rock
Saline
2,943
62.39%
1,704
36.12%
70
1.48%
1,293
26.27%
4,717
Sarpy
6,023
55.92%
4,331
40.21%
416
3.86%
1,692
15.71%
10,770
Saunders
Scotts Bluff
Seward
Sheridan
Sherman
Sioux
Stanton
Thayer
Thomas
Thurston
Valley
Washington
2,527
56.27%
1,883
41.93%
81
1.80%
644
14.34%
4,491
Wayne
Webster
Wheeler
York
Totals
248,552
53.84%
201,994
43.76%
11,073
2.40%
46,558
10.01%
461,619
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]