United States Senate election in Nebraska, 1982

November 5, 1982



Nominee	Edward Zorinsky	Jim Keck
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	363,350	155,760
Percentage	66.59%	28.55%

Senator before election

Edward Zorinsky
Democratic

Elected Senator

Edward Zorinsky
Democratic

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The 1982 United States Senate election in Nebraska was held on November 5, 1982 to select the U.S. Senator from the state of Nebraska. Democratic U.S. Senator Edward Zorinsky won re-election

Candidates

Democratic

Edward Zorinsky, incumbent U.S. Senator

Republican

Jim Keck

Results

1982 Nebraska U.S. Senate Election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Edward Zorinsky	363,350 (66.59%)	66.59%
	Republican	Jim Keck	155,760	28.55%
	Independent	Virginia Walsh	26,443	4.85%
Majority
Turnout

References

↑ General Election Results, House