The 2018 Nebraska State Legislature elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Nebraska voters elected state senators^{[lower-alpha 1]} in the 24 even-numbered seats of the 49^{[lower-alpha 2]} legislative districts in the Nebraska Unicameral. Nebraska is unique among American| states in that there is only one chamber in its state legislature, and this chamber is called the Unicameral and the State Legislature interchangeably. State senators serve four-year terms in the Nebraska Unicameral.

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2018 Nebraska Legislature election

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24 of the 49 seats in the Nebraska Legislature 25 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Rep Dem Ind Party Republican Democratic Independent Democrat Last election 32 15 1 Seats before 31 16 1 Seats won 30 18 1 Seat change 1 2   Fourth party   Lib Party Libertarian Last election 0 Seats before 1 Seats won 0 Seat change 1
Results by gains and holds Results by winning party vote share      Democratic gain      Republican gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      >90%      50–60%      60–70%     70–80%      >90%
Speaker before election Jim Scheer Republican Elected Speaker Jim Scheer Republican

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A top two primary election on May 15, 2018 determined which candidates appear on the November 6 general election ballot. Each candidate technically runs as a non-partisan (i.e., no party preference).

Following the 2016 elections, Republicans maintained effective control of the Nebraska State Legislature with 32 seats. Democrats increased their numbers from 15 to 16 seats when State Senator Bob Krist of the 10th legislative district switched parties from Republican to Democrat.^[1] Furthermore, Republican state senator Jim Smith resigned from office, leaving an open seat for Republicans to defend in the 14th legislative district.^[2]

On election day 2018, the Unicameral consisted of 31 Republican seats,^{[lower-alpha 3]} 16 Democratic seats, and 1 seat each for Independent Sen. Ernie Chambers and Libertarian Sen. Laura Ebke. The Democrats net gained 2 seats, while the Republicans net lost one and the chamber's lone Libertarian was defeated.

• Note: All Nebraska state legislative elections are technically non-partisan; therefore, parties listed here are from candidates' websites and official party endorsement lists. Candidates all appear on the ballot without party labels.
• Districts not shown are not up for election until 2020.

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• United States elections, 2018
• United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska, 2018
• United States Senate election in Nebraska, 2018
• Nebraska gubernatorial election, 2018
• Nebraska Attorney General election, 2018
• Nebraska Secretary of State election, 2018
• Nebraska elections, 2018