Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past cycle

Pete Ricketts

Official portrait of Pete Ricketts
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. senator from Nebraska (class 2)
Party
Republican
Born
1964
In Congress
Senate since 2023 · 3 years in office
Current term
November 5, 2024 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
RICKETTS, PETE
Next election
Primary May 14, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Nebraska with the whole state highlighted

Nebraska

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. Senate · NebraskaIncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID S6NE00129 · Principal campaign committee: PETE RICKETTS FOR SENATE

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. Senate · Nebraska$14,546,959.40General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. Senate · Nebraska$5,876,228.08General-election nominee
Total raised$5,876,228.08
Total spent$5,388,941.16
Cash on hand$486,969.11
Debts owed by the campaign$6,000.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2023–2024 cycle totals through December 31, 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: $1,698,880.62PACs and other committees: $1,384,794.44Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $120,067.59Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $2,617,233.20Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $55,252.23
  • Individual contributions$1,698,880.6229%
  • PACs and other committees$1,384,794.4424%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$120,067.592%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$2,617,233.2045%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$55,252.231%

Self-funding: $120,067.59 (2% of money raised): $120,067.59 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

201 committees reported giving $799,800.00 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.

Show all 201 committees

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Pete Ricketts$30,958.06
  • Independent expenditures opposing Pete Ricketts$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.

The race

Nebraska U.S. Senate special election, 2024 · 3 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Pete Ricketts (R)$5,876,228.08$486,969.112024-12-31
Preston Love Jr. (D)$283,232.43$9,870.692024-11-25
John Glen Lt Ret. Weaver (R)$56,973.54$0.002024-06-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Economist/YouGovOctober 21–28, 20241,202 (LV)± 3.5%Pete Ricketts 54% · Preston Love Jr. 36%
NYT/Siena CollegeOctober 23–26, 20241,194 (LV)± 3.2%Pete Ricketts 56% · Preston Love Jr. 38%
1,194 (RV)± 3.1%56%37%Pete Ricketts 7%
SurveyUSAOctober 9–12, 2024563 (LV)± 4.7%Pete Ricketts 53% · Preston Love Jr. 37%
SurveyUSASeptember 20–23, 2024558 (LV)± 4.8%Pete Ricketts 53% · Preston Love Jr. 35%
SurveyUSAAugust 23–27, 20241,293 (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: PETE RICKETTS FOR 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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