Pete Ricketts — GovTally

Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Agriculture 4 Banking & Finance 2 Defense & Military 2 Economy & Taxes 2 Foreign Policy & Trade 2 Environment & Energy 1 Labor & Employment 1 Social Services & Welfare 1 Technology & Privacy 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
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

Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs — Economic Policy unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs — Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs — National Security and International Trade and Finance unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water — Chairman unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Transportation and Infrastructure unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy — Chairman unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Europe and Regional Security Cooperation unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Budget unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
Confirmation: Alexander C. Van Hook, of Louisiana, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana	Yea	Jan 8, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 98 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been…	Nay	Jan 8, 2026	Motion to Discharge Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 86 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Nay	Jan 7, 2026	Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Sara Bailey, of Texas, to be Director of National Drug Control Policy	Yea	Jan 6, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Joshua Simmons, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency	Yea	Jan 6, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Keith Bass, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense	Yea	Jan 5, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Sara Bailey to be Director of National Drug Control Policy	Yea	Dec 18, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Alexander C. Van Hook to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana	Yea	Dec 18, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Keith Bass to be Assistant Secretary of Defense	Yea	Dec 18, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Joshua Simmons to be General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency	Yea	Dec 18, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: En Bloc Nominations as Provided for Under the Provisions of S. Res. 532	Yea	Dec 18, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 82 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Nay	Dec 18, 2025	Joint Resolution Defeated	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: En Bloc Nominations Provided for Under the Provisions of S. Res. 412	Yea	Dec 17, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Douglas Weaver, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission	Yea	Dec 17, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Douglas Weaver to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission	Yea	Dec 17, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Jared Isaacman, of Pennsylvania, to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Yea	Dec 17, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jared Isaacman to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Yea	Dec 17, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1071 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026	Yea	Dec 17, 2025	Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1071 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026	Yea	Dec 15, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1071 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026	Yea	Dec 11, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 532 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.	Yea	Dec 11, 2025	Resolution Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 3385 — Lower Health Care Costs Act	Nay	Dec 11, 2025	Cloture Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 3386 — Health Care Freedom for Patients Act of 2025	Yea	Dec 11, 2025	Cloture Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 532 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.	Yea	Dec 10, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 82 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Nay	Dec 10, 2025	Motion to Proceed 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 type	Contributions	Total	Share
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

Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Source
$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.