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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: Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana Yea Mar 17, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Anna St. John to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana Yea Mar 17, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. Yea Mar 12, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6644 — 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Yea Mar 12, 2026 Bill Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6644 — 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Yea Mar 11, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Scott (SC) Amdt. No. 4308, as amended Yea Mar 11, 2026 Amendment Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture Re: Amdt. No. 4308 Yea Mar 10, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd to be General in the United States Army Yea Mar 10, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd to be General in the United States Army Yea Mar 9, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. Yea Mar 5, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 104 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that… Nay Mar 4, 2026 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6644 — 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Yea Mar 4, 2026 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6644 — 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Yea Mar 2, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Ryan McCormack, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy Yea Feb 26, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Ryan McCormack to be Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy Yea Feb 26, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: John DeLeeuw, of Texas, to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board Yea Feb 25, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: John DeLeeuw to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board Yea Feb 25, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. Yea Feb 24, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. Yea Feb 12, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 142 — Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision… Yea Feb 12, 2026 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 142 — Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision… Yea Feb 11, 2026 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 95 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Nay Feb 10, 2026 Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Daniel E. Burrows, of Colorado, to be an Assistant Attorney General Yea Feb 10, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Daniel E. Burrows to be an Assistant Attorney General Yea Feb 9, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Justin R. Olson, of Indiana, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana Yea Feb 5, 2026 Nomination Confirmed 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

Recent posts

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