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Pete Ricketts

Senator, Nebraska

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Pete Ricketts Gets an A

Score: 98 out of 100, the weighted average of 6 principles. On 58 of 60 votes and bills, Ricketts was on the liberty side.

Ricketts was on the ballot on November 3, 2026, against Chuck Conboy (America First), Mike Marvin (Legal Marijuana Now) and Dan Osborn (Independent).

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  • A
    Tyranny10 of 10 with liberty
  • A-
    Free nations18 of 20 with liberty
  • –
    Free speechNo record yet
  • A
    Free markets9 of 9 with liberty
  • A
    Equal rights4 of 4 with liberty
  • –
    ConscienceNo record yet
  • A
    Defense7 of 7 with liberty
  • A
    Borders10 of 10 with liberty

Who pays for Ricketts’s campaign

$14,546,959 raised since January 2025.

  • 50%the candidate’s own money$7,296,348
  • 20%from people$2,861,507
  • 17%transfers and other income$2,414,723
  • 13%from PACs and other committees$1,912,381

The committee money, by who is behind it

  • Company PACs$621,700
  • Leadership and cause PACs$489,108
  • Trade groups$258,500
  • Member groups$102,570
  • Unions$17,000

Added up from what the committees themselves reported giving. They report later than the campaign does, so this can come to more than the committee line above.

Committees that gave the most

  1. NRSC$62,000
  2. Abbott Laboratories Employee Political Action Committee$10,000
  3. Alabama First PAC$10,000
  4. Alamo PAC$10,000
  5. American Council of Life Insurers Political Action Committee$10,000

58 more committees gave $10,000 as well. A PAC may give a candidate $5,000 for each election, so many give the same.

From the campaign’s own reports to the Federal Election Commission, through October 14, 2026. People who gave are counted, never named. The full filing at FEC.gov. Discuss this money

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61 votes and bills on the record.

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