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Questions about Pete Ricketts

U.S. Senator from Nebraska · Republican · from roll-call votes in the 119th Congress

How often does Pete Ricketts vote with his party?

Pete Ricketts voted with Republicans on 100% of party-line votes in the 119th Congress (Senate median 99%), as of Nov 1, 2026.

Party-line votes
Party-line votes cast832
With Republicans829 (100%)
Against Republicans3
Senate median99%
Senate Republicans, median100%

Source: Voteview roll calls (UCLA) · How we measure · Who breaks with party most · Updated Nov 1, 2026

How bipartisan is Pete Ricketts?

Pete Ricketts voted the same way as Democrats on 9% of shared contested votes in the 119th Congress (Senate median 9%), tied for 39th most of 99 Senate members, as of Nov 1, 2026.

Bipartisanship
Contested votes cast885
Same vote as Democrats9%
Senate median9%
Rank in the chambertied for 39th of 99

Source: Voteview roll calls (UCLA) · How we measure · Updated Nov 1, 2026

Which members vote most like Pete Ricketts?

Alan Armstrong voted the same way as Pete Ricketts most often: 100% of 175 shared contested votes in the 119th Congress (median for two Senate members of the same party 96%), as of Nov 1, 2026.

Median for two Senate members of the same party: 96%; of different parties: 8%.

Members who vote most alike
MemberSame voteShared votes
RAlan Armstrong100%175
RDeb Fischer100%878
RJames Lankford100%880
RJohn Boozman100%871
RTim Scott100%858
DJohn Fetterman Closest of the Democrats25%829

Source: Voteview roll calls (UCLA) · How we measure · Updated Nov 1, 2026

How much of Pete Ricketts’s PAC money came from PACs whose organizations lobbied on bills he voted on?

Of the 178 PACs that gave to Pete Ricketts in 2025–26 and have a lobbying organization behind them, 83 belong to organizations that lobbied on bills that came to a vote with him in the chamber or that he cosponsored or sponsored (47%; Senate median 41%); together they gave $438K of the $1.5M in PAC money he received (30%; Senate median 29%), as of Nov 2, 2026.

Largest PACs this cycle: Young Victory Committee, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Boozman. What each gave is part of Pro.

PACs whose organizations lobbied
PACs that gave in 2025–26275
With a lobbying organization behind them178
Of those, their organizations lobbied on these bills83 (47%)
Senate median41%
Their gifts, together$438K of $1.5M

Source: FEC PAC gifts · Senate LDA lobbying filings · Bill by bill on the profile · How we measure · Updated Nov 2, 2026

Who is running against Pete Ricketts in 2026?

Ballot not yet checked. Oathstar lists 1 other nominee for the U.S. Senate in Nebraska from published primary results; the ballot has not been checked against an official list yet.

On the ballot for the U.S. Senate in Nebraska
CandidatePartyRaised
Pete RickettsRepublican Republican, incumbent$14.5M
Dan OsbornIndependent Independent$11.0M

Source: The full race