2018 Nebraska gubernatorial election

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The 2018 Nebraska gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the governor of Nebraska, concurrently with the election of Nebraska's Class I U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various Nebraska and local elections. Incumbent Republican governor Pete Ricketts won re-election to a second term.

• Krystal Gabel, writer, candidate for Metropolitan Utilities District in 2016 and candidate for Omaha City Council in 2017
• Pete Ricketts, incumbent governor

• Running mate: Mike Foley, incumbent lieutenant governor

• Mike Flood, former speaker of the Nebraska Legislature
• Bob Krist, state senator (running as a Democrat)

• Tyler Davis, University of Nebraska, Omaha instructor
• Bob Krist, state senator

• Running mate: Lynne Walz, state senator

• Vanessa Gayle Ward, activist

• Chuck Hassebrook, former regent of the University of Nebraska and nominee for governor in 2014 (running for the legislature)
• Steve Lathrop, former state senator (running for the legislature)

State Senator Bob Krist announced in September 2017 that he had left the Republican Party in order to mount a third party challenge against Governor Ricketts. Krist planned to create a new party in order to run, which would require submitting 5,000 signatures to qualify the party for the ballot. However, in February 2018 he abandoned his independent candidacy and became a Democrat.

• Bob Krist, state senator (running as a Democrat)

• Burt (largest village: Tekamah)
• Saline (largest city: Crete)
• Thurston (largest village: Pender)

• Douglas (largest city: Omaha)

Rickets won two of three congressional districts, with Krist winning the remaining one, which elected a Republican.

• Nebraska elections, 2018

• Candidates at Vote Smart
• Candidates at Ballotpedia

Official campaign websites

• Bob Krist (D) for Governor
• Pete Ricketts (R) for Governor