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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
Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to Consider the Nomination of Tulsi Gabbard Yea Feb 6, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Proceed to Legislative Session Yea Feb 6, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table the Motion to Reconsider Re: Vought Nomination Yea Feb 6, 2025 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Russell Vought, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget Yea Feb 6, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Russell Vought to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget Yea Feb 5, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Eric Turner, of Texas, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Yea Feb 5, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Eric Turner to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Yea Feb 4, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Pamela Bondi, of Florida, to be Attorney General Yea Feb 4, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Douglas Collins, of Georgia, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs Yea Feb 4, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Pamela Bondi to be Attorney General Yea Feb 3, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Christopher Wright, of Colorado, to be Secretary of Energy Yea Feb 3, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to Consider the Nomination of Russell Vought Yea Feb 3, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Douglas Collins, of Georgia, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs Yea Jan 30, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Christopher Wright to be Secretary of Energy Yea Jan 30, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Douglas Burgum, of N.D., to be Secretary of the Interior Yea Jan 30, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Douglas Burgum to be Secretary of the Interior Yea Jan 29, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Lee Zeldin, of N.Y., to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Yea Jan 29, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Lee Zeldin to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Yea Jan 29, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 23 — Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act Yea Jan 28, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Sean Duffy, of WI, to be Secretary of Transportation Yea Jan 28, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Sean Duffy to be Secretary of Transportation Yea Jan 27, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Scott Bessent, of S.C., to be Secretary of the Treasury Yea Jan 27, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Scott Bessent to be Secretary of the Treasury Yea Jan 25, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Kristi Noem, of South Dakota, to be Secretary of Homeland Security Yea Jan 25, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Kristi Noem to be Secretary of Homeland Security Yea Jan 24, 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)

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