RICKETTS, PETE
RepublicanFEC reportedRepublican candidate · U.S. Senate · Nebraska · Statewide · Election 2026 · IncumbentS6NE00129
Overview
- Raised
- $14.5Mvs $5.9M 2023–2024
- Spent
- $13.8Mvs $5.4M 2023–2024
- Cash on hand
- $1.2Mvs $487K 2023–2024
- Debts owed
- $0vs $6,000 2023–2024
OpenFEC processed candidate totals through Oct 14, 2026, across every authorized committee; figures change when amended reports are filed.
Raised is total receipts and Spent is total disbursements as reported for the candidate's authorized committees together; both can include transfers, loans and refunds. Cash on hand and debts are the balances at the end of the last report. The comparison is the same figure for 2023–2024.
Candidate & race
- Office & constituency
- U.S. Senate · Nebraska · Statewide
- Reported party
- Republican
- Election year
- 2026
- Race status
- Incumbent
- Candidate status
- Current candidate
- Principal campaign committee
- PETE RICKETTS FOR SENATE (C00832436)
The principal campaign committee is the reported connection to this candidate. Transaction details below cover that committee; candidate-wide totals can also cover other authorized committees.
Money in
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Sources
- Itemized individual contributions$2.5M
- Unitemized individual contributions$322.7K
- Other committees$1.9M
- Party committees$62K
- Transfers from affiliates$2.3M
- Candidate contributions$7.3M
- Other receipts$64.9K
Top contributors
- RICKETTS, PETE J$7.3M15 contributions
- PETE RICKETTS VICTORY FUND99% Republican-aligned activity · 1% unclassifiedInferred from activity$1.9M32 contributions
- NRSC VICTORY
Money out
Spending by kind
- Operating expenditures$13.6M
- Contribution refunds$75.9K
- Other disbursements$153.5K
Largest transfers and contributions to committees
- AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEMixed activity · 46% Democratic / 54% RepublicanInferred from activity$70.3K
- CLUB FOR GROWTH PACRepublican-aligned activityInferred from activity$6,120
Largest operating payments
- AXMEDIA$331.3KMEDIA PLACEMENT · Oct 30, 2025
- AXMEDIA$292.6KMEDIA PLACEMENT · Aug 12, 2025
- AXMEDIA$237.3KMEDIA PLACEMENT · Aug 26, 2025
Over time
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Financial timeline
2025–2026 election cycle · dated records
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Records
Registration
- Office sought
- U.S. Senate
- State / district
- Nebraska · Statewide
- Party affiliation
- Republican
- Race status
- Incumbent
- Candidate status
- Current candidate
- Election year
- 2026
- Registration snapshot cycle
- 2025–2026
- Cycles loaded
- 2026, 2024
- Registered address
- 1327 H STREET STE 101 · LINCOLN, Nebraska, 68508
- Compliance screening
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Relationships
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Reconciliation
- Coverage
- Jan 1, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026
- Contribution refunds
- $75,925
- Debts owed by committees
- $0
- Last report
- PRE-GENERAL
Source and provenance
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