NATIONAL ELECTION RETURNS : EDITION-TIME COMPILATIONS : State-by-State Election Reports of Key Races and Issues : Nebraska
OMAHA —
In a hotly contested race for governor featuring two women nominees, former Lincoln Mayor Helen Boosalis, a Democrat, narrowly lost to Kay Orr, a longtime Republican enthusiast of President Reagan, who has been serving as the state treasurer.
Orr received 51% of the vote to Boosalis’ 49%. It was the nation’s first woman-vs.-woman battle for governor.
Nebraskans voted to retain the state’s mandatory seat belt law.
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