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The 1990 United States Senate election in Nebraska was held on November 5, 1990. Incumbent Senator J. James Exon ran for re-election to a third term. He was challenged by former Congressman Hal Daub, the Republican nominee, who had previously run for the Senate in 1988. Exon defeated Daub in a landslide, winning 59% of the vote. This was the last time that a Democratic candidate won the Class II Senate seat in Nebraska, and Exon remains the only Democrat to have held this seat in the Senate.
In 1984, despite Ronald Reagan's landslide presidential victory in the concurrent election,[1] J. James Exon flipped the Senate seat, defeating Republican Nancy Hoch with nearly 52% of the vote. By contrast, Reagan won Nebraska in the presidential election with 70% of the vote to 28% for Democratic candidate Walter Mondale.[2]
The 1990 election was held as part of the midterm election cycle of Republican President George H. W. Bush's term.[3] Historically, the President's party struggles during the midterms.[4]
Exon ran for reelection, he was unchallenged for the nomination [6] receiving over 98% of votes cast in the primary. Around two thousand of the votes cast were for write in candidates.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | J. James Exon (incumbent) | 157,959 | 98.75% | |
| Democratic | Write-ins | 2,006 | 1.25% | |
| Total votes | 159,965 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Hal Daub | 178,237 | 91.26% | |
| Republican | Otis Glebe | 16,367 | 8.38% | |
| Republican | Write-ins | 711 | 0.36% | |
| Total votes | 195,315 | 100.00% | ||
The election was held on November 6, 1990.[9][10] Exon, like most incumbents in the 1990 United States Senate elections,[3] was reelected to another term.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | J. James Exon (incumbent) | 349,779 | 58.90% | +6.97% | |
| Republican | Hal Daub | 243,013 | 40.92% | −7.09% | |
| Write-in | 1,036 | 0.17% | — | ||
| Majority | 106,766 | 17.98% | +14.06% | ||
| Total votes | 593,828 | 100.00% | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
On January 3, 1991, Exon was sworn in to the 102nd United States Congress by then–Vice President Dan Quayle alongside his fellow Senators-elect.[11]
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