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Republican

Pete Ricketts

Running for U.S. Senate2026 election

Raised · 2026 cycle

$4.9M

Source: FEC

Top PAC industries

Banking · Health Insurance · Food & Beverage

By PAC dollars · Source: FEC

As of July 2026, Pete Ricketts is a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Nebraska in the 2026 election. Federal Election Commission filings report $4,866,649 in total receipts for the 2026 cycle. The largest identified industry sources of PAC money to the campaign are Banking, Health Insurance, and Food & Beverage. All figures on this page are drawn from primary sources — FEC filings, congressional records, and STOCK Act disclosures — and link back to them.

Data last updated May 2026.

Pete Ricketts represents Nebraska in the U.S. Senate, where he has served since 2023. Appointed by Governor Jim Pillen to fill the seat vacated when Senator Ben Sasse resigned to become president of the University of Florida, he previously served two terms as Governor of Nebraska from 2015 to 2023 and is a member of the family that founded TD Ameritrade.

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$4.9M

Total raised

$4.3M

Total spent

$1.1M

Cash on hand

Where the money comes from

Individual donations ≥$200$1.6M · 33%
Small dollar donations <$200$165K · 3%
PAC contributions$1.3M · 27%
Party committee contributions$62K · 1%
Transfers from other committees$1.6M · 33%
Candidate self-funding$46K · 1%
Loans and other receipts$79K · 2%

Reflects money received by the campaign committee itself. “Loans and other receipts” covers candidate or bank loans, offsets to operating expenditures, interest and other non-contribution receipts reported to the FEC. Independent expenditures by super PACs are not included.

Totals through 2026-04-22 · Source: FEC