Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past cycle
Preston Love Jr.
- Party
- Democratic
- Running for
- U.S. Senate · Nebraska
- Filing address
- Omaha, NE (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- LOVE, PRESTON JR
- Next election
- Primary May 14, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Nebraska
FEC candidate ID S4NE00223 · Principal campaign committee: LOVE 4 SENATE
2023–2024 cycle totals through November 25, 2024, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.
Where the money comes from
- Individual contributions$197,363.0870%
- PACs and other committees$7,500.003%
- Party committees$14,450.005%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$63,841.9523%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$77.400%
Self-funding: $63,841.95 (23% of money raised): $10.00 given and $63,831.95 lent by the candidate. $40,000.00 of loans repaid so far.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
PAC and committee contributors
4 committees reported giving $5,845.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA - COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$500.00
- NEBRASKA DEMOCRATIC PARTYParty committee$195.00
- WE HAVE THE PEOPLE PACPAC$150.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Preston Love Jr.$35,010.00
- Independent expenditures opposing Preston Love Jr.$0.00
FEC totals for the 2024 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.
Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.
- CAVALRY PACSupporting$35,000.00
- SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTIONSupporting$10.00
The race
Nebraska U.S. Senate special election, 2024 · 3 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preston Love Jr. (D) | $283,232.43 | $9,870.69 | 2024-11-25 |
| Pete Ricketts (R) | $5,876,228.08 | $486,969.11 | 2024-12-31 |
| John Glen Lt Ret. Weaver (R) | $56,973.54 | $0.00 | 2024-06-30 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economist/YouGov | October 21–28, 2024 | 1,202 (LV) | ± 3.5% | Pete Ricketts 54% · Preston Love Jr. 36% |
| NYT/Siena College | October 23–26, 2024 | 1,194 (LV) | ± 3.2% | Pete Ricketts 56% · Preston Love Jr. 38% |
| 1,194 (RV) | ± 3.1% | 56% | 37% | Pete Ricketts 7% |
| SurveyUSA | October 9–12, 2024 | 563 (LV) | ± 4.7% | Pete Ricketts 53% · Preston Love Jr. 37% |
| SurveyUSA | September 20–23, 2024 | 558 (LV) | ± 4.8% | Pete Ricketts 53% · Preston Love Jr. 35% |
| SurveyUSA | August 23–27, 2024 | 1,293 (RV) | ± 3.6% | Pete Ricketts 50% · Preston Love Jr. 33% |
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 United States Senate special election in Nebraska (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.
Sources and updates
- Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: LOVE 4 SENATE.
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.
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