1990 United States Senate election in Nebraska
November 5, 1990
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County results Exon: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Daub: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% | |||||||||||||||||
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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 Republican nominee Hal Daub, who had previously represented the 2nd congressional district before unsuccessfully running for the U.S. Senate in 1988.
National Republicans targeted Exon's seat, given President George Bush's landslide victory in the state in 1988 and Exon's narrow victory in 1984. However, the midterm elections saw comparatively little change nationwide, and saw the fewest number of Senate seat changes since the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913. Exon ultimately 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.