Nebraska Public Service Commission election, 2020

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Nebraska Public Service Commission
Election details
	Filing deadline: March 2, 2020
	Primary: May 12, 2020; General: November 3, 2020; Pre-election incumbent(s):; Crystal Rhoades (D) (District 2)
How to vote
	Poll times: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Central time zone); 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. (Mountain time zone); Voting in Nebraska
Ballotpedia analysis
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Nebraska; executive elections
	Public Service Commissioner; State board of regents (2 seats); State Board of Education (4 seats)

Nebraska held an election for one of five seats on the public service commission on November 3, 2020. The primary was scheduled for May 12, 2020. The filing deadline was March 2, 2020.

Incumbent Crystal Rhoades won election in the general election for Nebraska Public Service Commission District 2.

Election procedure changes in 2020

See also: Changes to election dates, procedures, and administration in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020

Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.

Nebraska modified its absentee/mail-in voting procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:

Absentee/mail-in voting: Mail-in ballots were sent to all registered voters in the general election.

For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.

Candidates and election results

General election candidates

Crystal Rhoades (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
Tim Davis (Republican Party)

Democratic primary candidates

Crystal Rhoades (Incumbent) ✔

Republican primary candidates

Tim Davis ✔
Krystal Gabel

Past elections

2018

See also: Nebraska Public Service Commission election, 2018

District 1

General election

General election for Nebraska Public Service Commission District 1

Dan Watermeier defeated Christa Yoakum in the general election for Nebraska Public Service Commission District 1 on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Dan Watermeier (R)	51.1	73,891
	Christa Yoakum (D)	48.9	70,595

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 144,486 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Nebraska Public Service Commission District 1

Christa Yoakum defeated John Atkeison in the Democratic primary for Nebraska Public Service Commission District 1 on May 15, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Christa Yoakum	76.7	18,510
	John Atkeison	23.3	5,634

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 24,144
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Nebraska Public Service Commission District 1

Dan Watermeier defeated Ron Nolte and Scott Smathers in the Republican primary for Nebraska Public Service Commission District 1 on May 15, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dan Watermeier	59.1	15,997
		Ron Nolte	24.1	6,518
	Submit photo	Scott Smathers	16.9	4,570

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 27,085
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