Elections Center
Primary Rules
See Nebraska primary election type, who can vote in primaries, and historical 2024 Democratic and Republican delegate allocation details.
Who Can Vote
Nebraska lists multiple primary classifications: Nonpartisan: Nonpartisan State Legislature. Open: Democratic State, Republican State, Democratic Congressional, and Republican Congressional. Partially Open: Republican Presidential and Democratic Presidential. Eligibility can depend on the party, office, ballot type, and election cycle.
Nonpartisan: Nonpartisan State Legislature. Open: Democratic State, Republican State, Democratic Congressional, and Republican Congressional. Partially Open: Republican Presidential and Democratic Presidential.
Primary rules can vary by party, office, and election cycle. Confirm your current ballot eligibility with state election officials, your local election office, or the relevant political party.
The delegate totals on this page are historical 2024 presidential cycle data. They help explain the last presidential allocation cycle but should not be treated as current-cycle delegate counts.
Primary Type
Nebraska uses nonpartisan elections for its unicameral state legislature and open primaries for other state offices. In a primary election in Nebraska, a voter receives the ballot that corresponds with their registered political party. The recognized political parties in Nebraska are Republican, Democratic, Libertarian and Legal Marijuana NOW. The voter will...
Delegates
2024 Democratic Delegates
Nebraska Democratic Party will send a total of 30 Delegate Votes (25 Pledged, 5 unpledged) and 2 Alternate delegates to the Democratic National Convention. The party will use a proportional representation system based on the results of the Presidential Primary...
2024 Republican Delegates
The Republican party will send a total of 36 Delegate Votes (9 district-level, 24 at-large, 3 RNC) and 33 Alternate delegates to the Republican National Convention. All 36 of Nebraska's delegates to the Republican National Convention are pledged to the...
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Nebraska is listed with the following primary type classification: Nonpartisan, Open, Partially Open.
Nebraska lists multiple primary classifications: Nonpartisan: Nonpartisan State Legislature. Open: Democratic State, Republican State, Democratic Congressional, and Republican Congressional. Partially Open: Republican Presidential and Democratic Presidential. Eligibility can depend on the party, office, ballot type, and election cycle.
Nebraska can list different classifications for presidential, state, congressional, Democratic, Republican, or nonpartisan contests. The page lists the model breakdown as: Nonpartisan: Nonpartisan State Legislature. Open: Democratic State, Republican State, Democratic Congressional, and Republican Congressional. Partially Open: Republican Presidential and Democratic Presidential.
The model lists 30 Democratic delegate votes and 36 Republican delegate votes for the 2024 presidential cycle.
The delegate totals shown for Nebraska are historical 2024 presidential cycle data where listed. Confirm current-cycle delegate plans with official party materials or state election sources.
Use state election materials, party materials, and selected reference links where available. This page links to Nebraska Secretary of State - Elections Division and www.ncsl.org - Primary Types.