2018 Nebraska gubernatorial election

The 2018 Nebraska gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the governor of Nebraska, concurrently with the [2018 United States Senate 2018 United States Senate election in Nebraska|election in Nebraska|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, and by a slightly bigger margin than in 2014.

Republican primary

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.

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