Pete Ricketts
- Republican · US Senator, Nebraska · On the Nov 3 ballot for re-election
- Background
- Businessperson
- Raised
- $14.5M
- Cash on hand
- $1.2M
- Years in Congress
- 3
- Age
- 62
- Races
- Won 1 of 2
Spectrum
Centrist is the middle of the scale, not of Congress. How this works
By donors (CFscore, 2024 cycle)
Research estimate from Stanford DIME 4.0. Source
Method and limits
Published score 1.022 on a scale from −2.0 to 2.0, where 0 is the center. 2,326 donors. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Places a candidate by who gave them money; candidates who share donors sit close together.
Reflects the donor network, not votes or views, and comes from past cycles, not a 2026 reading.
Now
US Senate, Nebraska
- Newest poll
- Ricketts 47, Osborn 46, Richards 2, Conboy 1 · Echelon Insights, Oct 23, 2026 · Polls updated Oct 31, 8:30 p.m. ET, from VoteHub
Career
| Year | Race | Result | Share | Lost to, or other round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | US Senate, NE · special | Won | 62.6% | |
| 2006 | US Senate, NE | Lost · primary won 48.1% | 36.1% | E. Benjamin Nelson 63.9% |
Filed with the FEC, no race in our files: 2008 US Senate, NE.
About this list
Races in our results files. Other offices, earlier years and most primaries can be missing. A general that went to a runoff counts as neither a win nor a loss.
Money
FEC, through Oct 14, 2026Spent $13.8M · Debts owed $0
Where the money came from
- Individuals$2.9M
- PACs and other committees$1.9M
- Party committees$62K
- Candidate’s own money$7.3M
- Loans from the candidate$0
- Transfers from the candidate’s other committees$2.3M
As the campaign reported to the FEC through Oct 14, 2026. Bars compare these lines. Some money has no line here, so they may not add up to the total raised. Source: FEC candidate summary.
Committees giving to this campaign
362 committees reported giving $2.0M.
- NRSCParty committee$62,000
- American Israel Public Affairs Committee PACPAC$14,494
- American Hotel and Lodging Association PAC ('HOTELPAC')PAC$10,000
- National Restaurant Association PAC (Restaurant PAC)PAC$10,000
- American Bankers Association PAC (BANKPAC)PAC$10,000
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- Mortgage Bankers Association PAC (MORPAC)PAC$10,000
- Citigroup Inc. PAC - Federal (Citi PAC - Federal)PAC$10,000
- Norfolk Southern Corporation Good Government FundPAC$10,000
- Ncta - the Internet & Television Association PAC (NCTAPAC)PAC$10,000
- Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. PAC (ABC PAC)PAC$10,000
- Union Pacific Corp. Fund for Effective GovernmentPAC$10,000
- UBS Americas Inc. PAC (UBS PAC)PAC$10,000
- Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America, Inc. PAC (INSURPAC)PAC$10,000
- National Cattlemen's Beef Association PAC (NCBA-PAC)PAC$10,000
- Engineers Political Education Committee (Epec)/International Union of Operating EngineersPAC$10,000
- Chevron Employees PAC - Chevron CorporationPAC$10,000
- The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers PACPAC$10,000
- Abbott Laboratories Employee PACPAC$10,000
- United Parcel Service, Inc. PAC (UPSPAC)PAC$10,000
- Cme Group Inc. PACPAC$10,000
The largest 20 are listed. Refunds the committees reported are taken out. Independent spending isn’t included. These figures come from the committees’ own reports, so they can differ from the campaign’s lines above, sometimes by a lot. Source: FEC committee-to-candidate file, dated Oct 25, 2026.
Reports through Oct 14, 2026.
How these are counted
Later filings are not in yet. Totals for the 2025 to 2026 cycle, not the six-year figures fec.gov shows for senators. Raised $14,546,959. Cash on hand $1,218,139. Spent $13,815,790. Debts owed $0. Individuals $2,861,507. PACs and other committees $1,912,381. Party committees $62,000. Candidate’s own money $7,296,348. Loans from the candidate $0. Other loans $0. Transfers from the candidate’s other committees $2,334,894. Main committee: Pete Ricketts for Senate. No individual donor names are shown.
Senate votes
119th Congress, through Sept 30, 2026915 roll calls. Yea 668, Nay 238, Not voting 9.
- Roll calls missed
- 1%
- Voted with own party when parties split
- 99.6%
How these are counted
Missed is Not Voting divided by every roll call the member was listed on, including quorum calls and procedural votes. It covers any absence, including illness and leave.
Party split: a roll call counts when the Democratic majority and the Republican majority voted opposite ways. That was 833 roll calls, and the member matched their own party on 830. We pick no votes ourselves.
Senate votes come from Voteview. Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/
Showing the newest 3 of 915
Sep 30, 2026 · Senate roll call 256
On the Nomination · PN1129
Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor
Vote: YeaNomination Confirmed, 47 to 41
Sep 30, 2026 · Senate roll call 255
On the Cloture Motion · PN1129
Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor
Vote: YeaCloture Motion Agreed to, 53 to 47
Sep 30, 2026 · Senate roll call 254
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed · HR9340
A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal standard relating to the recovery of the full, incremental costs of upgrades that serve large-load customers, and for other purposes.
Vote: YeaCloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected, 57 to 43
Legislation
119th Congress, congress.gov, as of Oct 30, 2026Sponsored 52 bills and 15 resolutions. Cosponsored 287 bills and 88 resolutions. Amendments are not counted.
Latest bills Pete Ricketts sponsored
More about Pete Ricketts
Offices held (2 terms and offices)
- 2023 to nowUS SenateRepublican
Committees (13 assignments)
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
- Economic Policy subcommittee
- Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection subcommittee
- National Security and International Trade and Finance subcommittee
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
- Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety subcommittee
- Chairman of the Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife subcommittee
- Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
- Chairman of the East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy subcommittee
- Europe and Regional Security Cooperation subcommittee
- State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development subcommittee
Senate Committee on the Budget
Background
- Businessperson
Source: Wikidata
Official pages (8 links)
Their own pages
Sources (13 sources)
Ballot listing, sos.nebraska.gov
Name, party, office and status. Retrieved Sep 11, 2026.
unitedstates/congress-legislators (current)
Office, terms, committees, official links, age. Retrieved Oct 28, 2026. License: CC0-1.0.
Compiled by the @unitedstates project volunteers (rosters from official congressional sources) from official returns. Not an official source.
Federal 2026 candidates: money totals (web/data/people/money) and the MN federal filing list. Bulk files, no API and no key. Retrieved Oct 31, 2026. License: US government work, public domain. Totals and committee names only; no donor names or addresses are stored.
FEC bulk data 2025-2026: contributions from committees to candidates (pas226)
Federal 2026 candidates: committees giving to each candidate (web/data/people/money-types). Bulk file, no API and no key. Retrieved Oct 31, 2026. License: US government work, public domain. Committee totals only; the individual contributions file is not used.
Stanford DIME public v4.0, recipients file (CFscores)
CFscores for candidates and officials; web/data/ideology/dime.json and aggregate.json. A research estimate by Adam Bonica, not an official measure. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Compiled by Adam Bonica, Stanford University Libraries (built from campaign finance filings) from official returns. Not an official source.
Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0 [Computer file]. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime .
Voteview: Senate roll calls and votes, 119th Congress
Senate roll calls and votes with own party. Retrieved Oct 30, 2026. License: None stated. Cited as Voteview's data page asks.
Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/
Congress.gov API: sponsored and cosponsored legislation, nominations
Bills and resolutions. Retrieved Oct 30, 2026. License: US government work.
Election Wrld 2026 candidate files (state election office lists)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: state public records; see each row's sourceUrl.
unitedstates/congress-legislators
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: CC0 1.0.
FEC candidate master file (cnYY.zip bulk download)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work, public domain.
Stanford DIME v4.0 recipients file
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. Senate statewide 1976-2024
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: CC0 1.0.
Election Wrld officials files (web/data/officials)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: see sources.json.
- Age: unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), official birthday field, counted to Nov 3, 2026. We show the age, never the birth date.
- Took office in Congress 2023-01-23. Basis: congress-legislators terms (CC0).
Officials files, 2026 candidate files, returns files, DIME, FEC candidate master and congress-legislators terms, as of 2026-10-29. Nothing about jobs, retirement, or reasons is recorded or inferred.
DataDownload votes (JSON)Sources: FEC, Voteview, congress.gov, DIME (ODC-BY), Results filesData as of Oct 29, 2026Photo credits