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Pete Ricketts

U.S. Senator (Class 2), NE

Republican Nebraska since Nov 5, 2024

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Issue areas

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Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Senator (Class 2), NE current
Nebraska
Republican Nov 5, 2024 Jan 3, 2027 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 2), NE
Nebraska
Republican Jan 23, 2023 Nov 5, 2024 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Nebraska
United States
Republican Jan 23, 2023 Nov 5, 2024 openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.445, social dim. 0.491. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
Confirmation: Jason Reding Quinones, of Florida, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Yea Aug 2, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jason Reding Quinones to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Yea Aug 2, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Brian Burch, of Illinois, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Holy See Yea Aug 2, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Brian Burch to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Holy See Yea Aug 2, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Andrew Puzder, of Tennessee, to be Representative of the United States of America to the European Union with the rank of… Yea Aug 2, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Andrew Puzder to be Representative of the United States of America to the European Union with the rank of… Yea Aug 2, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Nicholas Kent, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Education Yea Aug 1, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: David Woll, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Yea Aug 1, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Luigi Rinaldi, of New York, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay Yea Aug 1, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Mullin Amdt. No. 3412 Yea Aug 1, 2025 Amendment Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3944 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Aug 1, 2025 Bill Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Collins Amdt. No. 3411, as amended Yea Aug 1, 2025 Amendment Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Johnson Amdt. No. 3428 Nay Aug 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Scott (FL) Amdt. No. 3113, as modified Nay Aug 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Kennedy Amdt. No. 3414 Nay Aug 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Duckworth Amdt. No. 3466 Nay Aug 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Van Hollen Amdt. No. 3115 Nay Aug 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Murphy Amdt. No. 3447 Nay Aug 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Points of Order Re: Merkley Amdt. No. 3114 Nay Aug 1, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Luigi Rinaldi to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Oriental… Yea Aug 1, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Brian Nesvik, of Wyoming, to be Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Yea Aug 1, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Casey Mulligan, of Illinois, to be Chief Counsel for Advocacy, Small Business Administration Yea Aug 1, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Brian Nesvik to be Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Yea Aug 1, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Nicholas Kent to be Under Secretary of Education Yea Jul 31, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: David Woll to be General Counsel of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Yea Jul 31, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,014 recorded contributions totalling $6,276,886. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 948 of 1014 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Corporate PAC 242 $2,342,348 37%
Big donor 657 $2,268,425 36%
Party 35 $1,390,169 22%
Super PAC 14 $45,378 1%
Unclassified 66 $230,566 4%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$134,918 PETE RICKETTS VICTORY FUND PETE RICKETTS FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Apr 28, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$134,221 CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE PETE RICKETTS FOR SENATE Party Jun 22, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$118,404 PETE RICKETTS VICTORY FUND PETE RICKETTS FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Mar 3, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$109,986 PETE RICKETTS VICTORY FUND PETE RICKETTS FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Sep 28, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$107,771 CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE PETE RICKETTS FOR SENATE Party Sep 28, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$100,850 NRSC VICTORY PETE RICKETTS FOR SENATE Party Sep 19, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$85,008 PETE RICKETTS VICTORY FUND PETE RICKETTS FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Mar 27, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$83,345 PETE RICKETTS VICTORY FUND PETE RICKETTS FOR SENATE Corporate PAC May 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$79,748 CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE PETE RICKETTS FOR SENATE Party Dec 28, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$78,200 PETE RICKETTS VICTORY FUND PETE RICKETTS FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Aug 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$66,583 NRSC VICTORY PETE RICKETTS FOR SENATE Party Nov 6, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$62,759 PETE RICKETTS VICTORY FUND PETE RICKETTS FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Aug 29, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$59,526 NRSC VICTORY PETE RICKETTS FOR SENATE Party Apr 29, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$58,018 NRSC VICTORY PETE RICKETTS FOR SENATE Party Oct 21, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$57,598 NRSC VICTORY PETE RICKETTS FOR SENATE Party Apr 29, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Sponsored legislation (9 as lead sponsor)

Social media

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