2024 Elections: Nebraska Senate

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Maine and Nebraska award two electoral votes to the statewide winner and one electoral vote to the winner of each congressional district. (Maine has two congressional districts, and Nebraska has three.) Historical election results for these districts are calculated based on votes cast within the district’s current boundaries.

Sources: The New York Times poll average. Individual polls compiled by FiveThirtyEight and The Times.