Official portrait of Pete Ricketts
U.S. Senate

Pete Ricketts

U.S. Senator from Nebraska

Party
Republican
In office since
January 23, 2023
Current term ends
January 3, 2027
Next election
November 2026
2026 election

Running for U.S. Senate in Nebraska

Candidates registered with the FEC for the Nebraska Senate seat in 2026
CandidatePartyRaisedCash on hand
Pete RickettsIncumbentRepublican$11M$6.9M
Dan OsbornIndependent$5.8M$2.4M
Cindy BurbankDE$40K$21K
Mike MarvinOTH$28K$0
William ForbesDemocrat$1,000$0

From Federal Election Commission filings, reported through September 11, 2026. FEC records show who registered and raised money, not who won a primary or qualified for the ballot. Your state election office publishes the official ballot.

Committee assignments4
  • Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
    • National Security and International Trade and Finance
    • Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection
    • Economic Policy
  • Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
    • Transportation and Infrastructure
    • Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety
    • Fisheries, Water, and WildlifeChairman
  • Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
    • Europe and Regional Security Cooperation
    • East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity PolicyChairman
    • State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development
  • Senate Committee on the Budget
Contact
Washington office
139 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510

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Sources. Office, committee and contact records from the public congress-legislators dataset; portrait from the Government Publishing Office; 2026 fundraising totals from the Federal Election Commission. Updated September 24, 2026.