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Pete Ricketts

Pete Ricketts

RRepublicanNE · Senator
63
/ 100
Average
Attendance99
Avg: 98
Independence65
Avg: 55
Bipartisan Tone16
Avg: 15
Ethics Record100
Avg: 100
Transparency12
Avg: 47

Accountability Score — composite of attendance, independence, bipartisan tone, ethics record & transparency.

Methodology
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Pete Ricketts

Pete Ricketts

RepublicanNE · Senator
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Conservative (0.442)
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Pete Ricketts is a Republican Senator from NE. He has served 1 year in Congress across 1 term. Based on his voting record, he is rated as conservative, voting with his party 35.1% of the time.

1
Years in Office
1
Terms Served
119
Current Congress

Take Action — Contact Pete

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Report Card

Performance metrics for the current Congress

35.1%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
209 votes against party
0.6%
Missed Votesⓘ
324 total votes
33
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
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How Pete Compares

vs. the average Senator

Party Loyalty-11.0% vs avg
35.1%
Avg: 46.1%
Missed Votes-1.7% vs avg
0.6%
Avg: 2.3%
Bills Sponsored+3.3 vs avg
33
Avg: 29.7

Committee Assignments

Committees shape which bills get heard. See what this member has influence over.

Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban AffairsSenate Committee on Environment and Public WorksSenate Committee on Foreign RelationsSenate Committee on the Budget

Campaign Finance

2026 cycle · through 2026-04-22

$1,072,535
Cash on Handⓘ
$4,866,649
Total Receiptsⓘ
$4,281,084
Disbursementsⓘ
$1,753,452
Individual Donors
$1,315,603
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$45,888
Self-Fundingⓘ

Service History

2024–PresentSenate · NE · RepublicanCurrent

State Demographics

NE · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.

1,965,926
Population
$75,504
Median Income
36.7
Median Age
34.2%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 79.9%Black 4.8%Hispanic 12.3%Asian 2.5%