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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: Joseph Edlow, of Maryland, to be Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security Yea Jul 15, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Joseph Edlow to be Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security Yea Jul 15, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Anthony Tata, of Florida, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Yea Jul 15, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Anthony Tata to be Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Yea Jul 15, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Luke Pettit, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Yea Jul 15, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Luke Pettit to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Yea Jul 14, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Whitney D. Hermandorfer, of Tennessee, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit Yea Jul 14, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Jonathan Gould, of Virginia, to be Comptroller of the Currency Yea Jul 10, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Whitney D. Hermandorfer to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit Yea Jul 10, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jonathan Gould to be Comptroller of the Currency Yea Jul 10, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: William Briggs, of Texas, to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration Yea Jul 9, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Scott Kupor, of California, to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management Yea Jul 9, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: William Briggs to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration Yea Jul 9, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Bryan Bedford, of Indiana, to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration Yea Jul 9, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Scott Kupor to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management Yea Jul 9, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Preston Griffith, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Energy Yea Jul 9, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Bryan Bedford to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration Yea Jul 8, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Preston Griffith to be Under Secretary of Energy Yea Jul 8, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. Yea Jul 1, 2025 Bill Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Amdt. No. 2360, as Amended Yea Jul 1, 2025 Amendment Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Graham Amdt. No. 2848 Yea Jul 1, 2025 Amendment Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Klobuchar Amdt. No. 2849 Nay Jul 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Van Hollen Amdt. No. 2585 Nay Jul 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Warner Amdt. No. 2847 Nay Jul 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Shaheen Amdt. No. 2564 Nay Jul 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected 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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