Pete Ricketts
American politician (born 1964)
Illustration by Vugol.me, adapted from Official U.S. Congress portrait · Public domain
Races
- 2026 · U.S. Senate, NE · General · Republican · on the ballot · incumbent
- 2024 · U.S. Senate, NE · General · Republican · result not on file · incumbent · source
- 2018 · Governor, NE · General · Republican · won · 411,812 votes (59.0%) · source
Background
John Peter Ricketts is an American businessman and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Nebraska since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 40th governor of Nebraska from 2015 to 2023.
In the news
- Democrats eye Nebraska as an opportunity to take a Senate seat away from Republicans
- The most vulnerable senators of 2026, about a month out from Election Day
- A Tough Ad Reminds Nebraska Voters About a Brutal Crime and a Pardon
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Campaign finance
As of 2026-06-30 · Source: FEC
Website and social
Sources
- Official portrait — public-domain congressional image set (unitedstates project)
- Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-09-27 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Ricketts
- Official social accounts — congress-legislators dataset (unitedstates project)
- Roster — FEC filing — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/S6NE00129/
- photo_headshot — https://github.com/unitedstates/images
- photo_action — https://www.ricketts.senate.gov
- photo_full_body — https://www.ricketts.senate.gov/about/
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