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Traditionally a safe Republican seat, the race in Nebraska was described as unusually competitive and was also potentially important for determining partisan control of the Senate after the 2024 election cycle. [3] Despite her win, Fischer's overall performance was the worst an incumbent Republican performed in a Nebraska Senate race since 1970.
See live updates of Nebraska election results from the 2024 election, including Senate and House races, state elections and ballot initiatives.
The 2024 United States Senate special election in Nebraska was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the Class 2 member of the United States Senate from Nebraska, to complete the term of Ben Sasse, who resigned on January 8, 2023, to become the president of the University of Florida. [1]
The table does not include appointments or special elections, though it does include elections that occurred upon a state delegation's admission or readmission to the Senate. The table also includes elections that filled vacancies to unexpired terms that had never been filled due to legislative deadlock or an elected candidate's failure to qualify.
"At this particular moment, Nebraska is the second-closest Senate race in the country, according to 538's polling averages. If you had told me a year ago that Nebraska was going to be Republicans ...
Republicans have averted a potential disaster in Nebraska, with NBC News projecting that Sen. Deb Fischer has won re-election to a third term. ... Fischer's win gives the Republicans 51 Senate ...
Concurrent with the 2024 regular Senate elections, two special Senate elections took place: one in California, to fill the final two months of Dianne Feinstein's term following her death in September 2023; and one in Nebraska, to fill the remaining two years of Ben Sasse's term following his resignation in January 2023.
The independent Osborn gave the two-term Republican incumbent a scare, prompting the GOP to pour more money into the race.