2018 Nebraska precinct and election shapefile. ## RDH Date retrieval 08/03/2021 ## Sources Election results from Nebraska Secretary of State's office via email. Precinct shapefiles primarily from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2020 Redistricting Data Program Phase 2 release. Adams, Antelope, Box Butte, Buffalo, Burt, Butler, Chase, Cherry, Cuming, Custer, Dakota, Dawes, Dawson, Deuel, Dodge, Douglas, Garfield, Hamilton, Harlan, Holt, Kearney, Keith, Keya Paha, Kimball, Lincoln, Madison, Merrick, Morrill, Nemaha, Nuckolls, Otoe, Perkins, Phelps, Platte, Red Willow, Richardson, Saline, Sarpy, Scotts Bluff, Seward, Stanton, Thayer, Valley, and Washington either used a replacement shapefile or, more often, required tweaks based on PDF maps from county election officials and the geocoded voter registration file. ## Fields metadata Vote Column Label Format ------------------------ Columns reporting votes follow a standard label pattern. One example is: G16PREDCli The first character is G for a general election, P for a primary, S for a special, and R for a runoff. Characters 2 and 3 are the year of the election. Characters 4-6 represent the office type (see list below). Character 7 represents the party of the candidate. Characters 8-10 are the first three letters of the candidate's last name. Office Codes A## - Ballot amendment, where ## is an identifier AGR - Commissioner of Agriculture ATG - Attorney General AUD - Auditor CFO - Chief Financial Officer CHA - Council Chairman COC - Corporation Commissioner COM - Comptroller CON - State Controller COU - City Council Member CSC - Clerk of the Supreme Court DEL - Delegate to the U.S. House GOV - Governor H## - U.S. House, where ## is the district number. AL: at large. HOD - House of Delegates, accompanied by a HOD_DIST column indicating district number HOR - U.S. House, accompanied by a HOR_DIST column indicating district number INS - Insurance Commissioner LAB - Labor Commissioner LAN - Commissioner of General Land Office LND - Commissioner of Public/State Lands LTG - Lieutenant Governor MAY - Mayor MNI - State Mine Inspector PSC - Public Service Commissioner PUC - Public Utilities Commissioner RGT - State University Regent RRC - Railroad Commissioner SAC - State Appeals Court (in AL: Civil Appeals) SBE - State Board of Education SCC - State Court of Criminal Appeals SOC - Secretary of Commonwealth SOS - Secretary of State SPI - Superintendent of Public Instruction SPL - Commissioner of School and Public Lands SSC - State Supreme Court TAX - Tax Commissioner TRE - Treasurer UBR - University Board of Regents/Trustees/Governors USS - U.S. Senate Party Codes D and R will always represent Democrat and Republican, respectively. See the state-specific notes for the remaining codes used in a particular file; note that third-party candidates may appear on the ballot under different party labels in different states. ## Fields G18USSRFIS - Deb Fischer (Republican Party) G18USSDRAY - Jane Raybould (Democratic Party) G18USSLSCH - Jim Schultz (Libertarian Party) G18GOVRRIC - Pete Ricketts (Republican Party) G18GOVDKRI - Bob Krist (Democratic Party) G18SOSREVN - Bob Evnen (Republican Party) G18SOSDDAN - Spencer Danner (Democratic Party) G18TRERMUR - John Murante (Republican Party) G18ATGRPET - Doug Peterson (Republican Party) G18AUDRJAN - Charlie Janssen (Republican Party) G18AUDDSKI - Jane Skinner (Democratic Party) ## Processing Steps Some counties reported one or more classes of votes at the county level. These were distributed by candidate based on the precinct-level reported vote.