Nebraska Legislature District 21

Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Beau Ballard Nonpartisan · Member list as of Oct 28

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: Beau Ballard (Nonpartisan) won by 10.6 points, 2024

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Official results for Nebraska

History (16 elections for this seat)

Nebraska Legislature District 21, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
NonpartisanBeau BallardWon	Other	9,50955.3%	55.3%
NonpartisanSeth Derner	Other	7,68944.7%	44.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 18,482
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Nebraska Legislature District 21, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
NonpartisanMike HilgersWon(incumbent)	Other	10,15755.0%	55.0%
NonpartisanBrodey Weber	Other	8,32545.0%	45.0%

Nebraska Legislature District 21, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
NonpartisanMike HilgersWon	Other	8,58856.7%	56.7%
NonpartisanLarry Scherer	Other	6,56743.3%	43.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 13,653
Election day: November 6, 2012
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Nebraska Legislature District 21, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
NonpartisanKen HaarWon(incumbent)	Other	6,86950.3%	50.3%
NonpartisanMike Hilgers	Other	6,78449.7%	49.7%

Nebraska Legislature District 21, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
NonpartisanKen HaarWon	Other	7,80650.1%	50.1%
NonpartisanJames Arthur Jeffers	Other	7,78649.9%	49.9%

Nebraska Legislature District 21, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
NonpartisanCarol L. HudkinsWon(incumbent)	Other	11,848100.0%	100.0%

Nebraska Legislature District 21, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
NonpartisanCarol L. HudkinsWon(incumbent)	Other	12,176100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 11,329
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Nebraska Legislature District 21, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
NonpartisanCarol L. HudkinsWon(incumbent)	Other	6,59158.2%	58.2%
NonpartisanCarol M. Yoakum	Other	4,73841.8%	41.8%

Nebraska Legislature District 21, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
NonpartisanCarol L. HudkinsWon	Other	7,87756.9%	56.9%
NonpartisanBill Saap	Other	5,97043.1%	43.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 11,601
Election day: November 8, 1988
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Nebraska Legislature District 21, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
NonpartisanRichard PetersonWon(incumbent)	Other	6,87659.3%	59.3%
NonpartisanT. Patrick Stinson	Other	4,72540.7%	40.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 10,906
Election day: November 6, 1984
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Nebraska Legislature District 21, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
NonpartisanRichard PetersonWon(incumbent)	Other	8,21875.3%	75.3%
NonpartisanJ. R. Peterson	Other	2,68824.6%	24.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 13,468
Election day: November 4, 1980
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Nebraska Legislature District 21, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
NonpartisanRichard PetersonWon	Other	7,25853.9%	53.9%
NonpartisanJ. Paul McIntosh	Other	6,21046.1%	46.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 10,210
Election day: November 7, 1978
Type: Special election
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Nebraska Legislature District 21, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
NonpartisanThomas C. KennedyWon	Other	7,26471.2%	71.2%
NonpartisanMerle E. Hansen	Other	2,94628.9%	28.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 12,398
Election day: November 2, 1976
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Nebraska Legislature District 21, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
NonpartisanKeith M. BoughnWon	Other	6,64453.6%	53.6%
NonpartisanJ. Paul McIntosh	Other	5,74446.3%	46.3%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	100.1%	0.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 11,546
Election day: November 7, 1972
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Nebraska Legislature District 21, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
NonpartisanThomas C. KennedyWon(incumbent)	Other	8,36972.5%	72.5%
NonpartisanMerle Finkral	Other	3,17727.5%	27.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 11,327
Election day: November 5, 1968
District map: Older district map (1966 to 1971)

Nebraska Legislature District 21, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
NonpartisanThomas C. KennedyWon	Other	5,81551.3%	51.3%
NonpartisanS. H. Brauer Sr.(incumbent)	Other	5,51248.7%	48.7%

2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
1968 to 2020: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source

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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.

District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:ne/sldu:21

DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026