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Official Election Results

Primary Election - May 12, 2020

Thomas County, Nebraska

Party

Description

District#

  • Name
  • Total
  • Thomas
  • Thomas

Nonpartisan/Partisan
By Request
Total

Description

  • District#
  • Name

Party

Early Voting Early Voting Thomas Precinct Thomas

  • Early Voting
  • Thomas

Republican Ticket

Republican

262
5

President President

Donald J. Trump Bill Weld
Early Voting Early Voting

221
4

Thomas Thomas

41 1
N/A N/A

Republican

141 132
34

US Senator US Senator

  • Ben Sasse
  • Republican

Republican Democratic Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican
Early Voting Early Voting Early Voting Early Voting Early Voting Early Voting Early Voting Early Voting

124

Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas

  • 14
  • 3

4
00

Matt Innis

  • 100
  • 28

President

  • 0
  • 0

1

Tulsi Gabbard Larry Lee Scott Bolinger Adrian Smith

10

33333

8
186
13
5
1
29
0

14002
00000

Congress, District Congress, District Congress, District Congress, District Congress, District

219
13 11
7
4002

William Elfgren

  • Justin Moran
  • 6

  • Arron Kowalski
  • 4
  • 1

0

Democratic Ticket

Democratic

24
0
101000101000

President President President President

  • Joe Biden
  • Early Voting

Early Voting Early Voting Early Voting
21
0
Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas
2020

1

010

0

000

Tulsi Gabbard Bernie Sanders Elizabeth Warren
Democratic

3

  • Democratic
  • 0

0

  • Democratic
  • 0

2755311

Dennis Frank Maček Chris Janicek Larry Marvin

US Senator US Senator US Senator US Senator US Senator

Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic
Early Voting Early Voting Early Voting Early Voting Early Voting Early Voting Early Voting
1652211
Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas
1002100

0101000
0000000

Angie Philips Alisha Shelton Daniel M. Wik Andy Stock

US Senator US Senator

01

Congress, District Congress, District

  • Democratic
  • Early Voting
  • Thomas

22

3

Mark Elworth, Jr

  • 18
  • 3
  • 1
  • 0

0

Libertarian Ticket

Libertarian

President President President

Early Voting Early Voting Early Voting
Thomas Thomas Thomas

000
000

Max Abramson Dan Behrman Lincoln Chafee

000
000
000
000

Libertarian Libertarian

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Official Election Results

Primary Election - May 12, 2020

Thomas County, Nebraska

Party

Description

District#

  • Name
  • Total
  • Thomas
  • Thomas

Nonpartisan/Partisan
By Request

Description

  • District#
  • Name

Party

Early Voting Early Voting Thomas Precinct Thomas

President President President

Libertarian Libertarian Libertarian
Early Voting Early Voting Early Voting
Thomas Thomas Thomas

000
00000

Jacob Hornberger Jo Jorgensen

000
000
000
000

Adam Kokesh

US Senator

Libertarian Libertarian
Early Voting Early Voting
Thomas Thomas

00

Gene Siadek

00
00
00
00

00

3

Dustin C. Hobbs

Congress, District
Nonpartisan

Early Voting Early Voting
Thomas Thomas

223
96

43 43

Tom Brewer Tanya Storer

177 89
46 7

Member Legislature Member Legislature

Early Voting Early Voting Early Voting
Thomas Thomas Thomas

188 175 203

Mullen Hospital Mullen Hospital Mullen Hospital

Jill Buchfinck Eva K. Crawford Nikki Gracey

161 147 170
27 28 33

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