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By the Lincoln Journal Star
The votes have been counted and the remaining candidates have started to look forward to November. Here, you can see maps showing how candidates and issues fared in key races of Nebraska’s Tuesday primary vote.
Kleeb beats Raimondo in all but two counties
Scott Kleeb received more votes than Tony Raimondo in all but two counties in the 2008 Democratic Senate primary.
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Kleeb’s support was especially strong in Nebraska’s huge 3rd District, where he was the 2006 Democratic congressional nominee.
The map shows the net percentage of votes the two candidates received based on all votes cast.
For example: In Lancaster County, Kleeb received 16,140 to Raimondo’s 4,470, and 912 votes went to other candidates. Kleeb got 75 percent to Raimondo’s 21 percent, for a net advantage of 54 percent.
Raimondo, a businessman from Columbus, won Platte, his home county, and nearby Colfax. Kleeb will face Republican nominee Mike Johanns in November’s general election.
Flynn takes only one county in GOP Senate race
Mike Johanns received more votes than Pat Flynn in all but Colfax County in the 2008 Senate Republican primary Tuesday.
Flynn is from Schuyler, Colfax’s county seat. Support for Johanns exceeded 35 percent in 79 counties, and it exceeded 55 percent along the east central edge and in the west central area of the state.
The map shows the net percentage of votes each candidate received relative to the other.
For example: In Lancaster County, Johanns received 16,089 to Flynn’s 4,423, or 78 percent to 22 percent, for a net advantage to Johanns of 56 percent. In total votes cast statewide, Johanns got 111,289 (78 percent) to Flynn’s 31,369 (22 percent).
Clinton takes more counties, but Obama wins vote total
Hillary Clinton won 63 Nebraska counties to 29 for Barack Obama in Tuesday’s primary showdown.
They were separated by two votes or fewer in three of those counties and tied in Dawes County with 152 votes apiece. However, Obama garnered 2,665 more votes statewide than Clinton.
Obama took the large counties of Douglas and Lancaster.
The map shows the net percentage of votes the two candidates received in each county based on all votes cast.
For example: In Lancaster County, Obama received 10,627 votes to Clinton’s 9,500, and 384 votes went to Mike Gravel. In Lancaster, Obama took 51.8 percent to Clinton’s 46.3 percent, for a net advantage of 5.5 percent.
Rural Lancaster County opposes jail financing plan
South and east Lincoln generally supported the plan to issue $65 million in bonds to pay for a new Lancaster County jail, as did rural areas on the northeast, east and southeast edges.
North and west Lincoln opposed the bond, as did the majority of rural Lancaster County.
The bond lost in 133 precincts, won in 85 and tied in five. The unofficial vote total was 21,829 (54 percent) against and 18,832 (46 percent) for. Absentees weighed in heavily against, with 6,291 against and 3,778 for.
Old Cheney dividing line for District 29 support
In southeast Lincoln’s legislative District 29, Old Cheney Road provided a rough dividing line for the two candidates — Susan Scott and Tony Fulton — to measure their support.
Scott captured a greater percentage of the votes in precincts north of Old Cheney and Fulton more of the votes south of Old Cheney. Scott netted nearly 50 percent more in precinct 9E-2 just south of Nebraska 2. Fulton netted more than 20 percent of the vote in six precincts south of Nebraska 2.
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MarkyMark wrote on May 14, 2008 10:17 pm: